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Sports in Brief – Oct. 1

Spinnaker • Oct 1, 2008
Swift earns A-Sun honors For the second time in her career, junior Katelin Swift was honored as the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week.
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UNF fans energize players, crowds

Spinnaker • Oct 1, 2008
As each Kennesaw State University volleyball player prepared to serve the ball, freshmen Curt Bender, Cory Sams and Nathan Cross rose from their seats and began screaming, hoping to distract the players and give the Ospreys an advantage. Although the Sept. 12 volleyball game drew in a small crowd, the trio’s intensity and passion were felt throughout the UNF Arena. Bender, Sams, Cross and their friends took every chance they got to chant “Let’s Go Ospreys” and holler while stomping, causing the floor beneath the seats to vibrate and the other spectators to cheer as well.
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Men finish second, women seventh

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
Both men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to the University of Florida for the UF Gator Invitational Sept. 20, taking second and seventh place, respectively. Freshman Jonathan Esteban placed first for the men’s team with an 8-K time of 26 minutes, 1 second. Sophomore Will Pearce finished second for the team and 31st overall with a time of 26:44.
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Tough times calls for tougher standards

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
In response to the all-across-the-board budget cuts that seem indiscriminate to the aspects of our lives that it effects, UNF has been forced to make admission changes in the midst of an upcoming fee assessment.
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Photo Gallery: Obama's Campaign for Change in the First Coast

Spinnaker • Sep 21, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change stopped in the First Coast Sept. 20 to more than 10,000 screaming supporters under a cool Floridian sun. Although, not all in attendance were allowed into Metro Park, the Fire Marshalls capped the event, which left thousands listening by speaker, and even a few trying to jump the police barricade.
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Attack ads are out of line

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Former Bush adviser Karl Rove has accused Sen. John McCain of going "one step too far" in some of his recent ads attacking Sen. Barack Obama, according to CNN.com. In case you didn't grasp the gravity of it, that was Karl Rove, the man who masterminded two of the sleaziest, dirtiest Presidential campaigns ever, the 2000 and 2004 elections. Though it was never proven, many think Rove was behind the "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" ads that slung mud at and, in many ways, derailed Sen. John Kerry's bid for president.
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Facebook users to accept new digs

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Imagine coming home from work to find your house in a different color, the rooms switched around and the furniture rearranged. That’s the virtual equivalent Facebook users have faced, or will face, as the online hangout forces its 90 million members to adapt to a redesigned site, unveiled in late July. Beginning this week, users’ profiles will be irrevocably migrated to the new site. And the changes are being met with a mix of protest and resignation.
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Library offers laptops for rental

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
The Library expanded its computer availability in May with the addition of 40 new laptops for students and staff to rent for free for a three-hour period. The laptops must stay within the library and are equipped with the same operating system as the desktop computers, making them equally efficient in terms of their compatibility and processing speed, said Michael Cusack, director of Library Systems and Technology.
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College presidents got it right

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
The Amethyst Initiative, a group formed in July comprised of former and current university and college presidents, has called for a national discussion about the legal U.S. drinking age. Nearly 130 presidents and chancellors have signed the Amethyst pledge advocating a factual and dispassionate debate about the effectiveness of the 1984 National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which imposes a 10 percent reduction in federal transportation assistance to states with drinking ages lower than 21.
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Americans must take Sept. 11 lessons to heart

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Sept. 11 is a day etched in everyone’s minds. Ask anyone where they were when the first plane crashed in 2001, and you are sure to hear many stories and memories. The day will not be forgotten by those who lived through it, but the lessons learned can often be tossed among the pile of all the others. Grief, loss, pain and suffering are emotions that usually override anything else people might be experiencing, and there is a time for these emotions.
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Gassing mentally ill inmates must stop

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Guards at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution in Northwest Florida shut off the water to inmate Danny Brown’s cell at 3 p.m. June 11, 2002. At the same time, guards outside taped the window so nothing could escape – including Brown. Then the guards released chemical gasses into the cell. Brown, a bi-polar inmate, suffered an asthma attack, breathing difficulties and mental and emotional pain from the gassing, according to the lawsuit he filed the following year with 21 other prisoners at the correctional institution.
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Celebrities deserve basic human rights

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Among the principles laid by the founding fathers of our country is the right to remain innocent until proven guilty when under accusation. And while athletes and other celebrities in the public eye are often kept to higher standards than the average citizen, it does not mean they lose their basic rights.
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