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UPD and First Coast Crime Stoppers offering rewards for information on campus crimes

Sydney Teitelbaum, Police Reporter | Feb 22, 2024

The University of North Florida Police Department has partnered with First Coast Crime Stoppers to offer rewards of up to $3,000 for information regarding crimes on UNF’s campus. UPD Chief Frank Macksey...

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First swastika drawing in the Building 51 women's bathroom (Photo courtesy of Hailey Jacobsen)

Swastika graffiti found in UNF Social Sciences Building women’s bathroom

Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 16, 2024

A University of North Florida student found two swastikas in the first floor women's bathroom of the Social Sciences Building this week. Hailey Jacobsen, president of the Jewish Ospreys, found two different...

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The University of North Florida entrance sign with a green palm tree behind and purple and white flowers in front.

UNF making changes to housing contract for 2024-25

Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 14, 2024

Rising freshmen and sophomores who want to live on-campus in the fall should fill out their housing contract as soon as possible. The contract only opened for rising freshmen and sophomores on Jan....

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UNF President Moez Limayem at the groundbreaking event along with members of the UNF Board of Trustees and other figures in the campus community (Photo courtesy of UNF)

UNF breaks ground on Honors Residence Hall

Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief | Feb 12, 2024

The University of North Florida broke ground on the new Honors Residence Hall on Friday, which is planned to open in fall 2025. The residence hall was designed as a living-learning community for honors...

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Blue and silver graffiti has been found in men's bathrooms 10 times this semester. (Photos courtesy of UPD Chief Frank Mackesy)

UPD reports several graffiti incidents in men’s bathrooms on campus

Sydney Teitelbaum, Police Reporter | Feb 9, 2024

Since the beginning of the semester, the University of North Florida Police Department has been notified of several graffiti incidents in men's bathrooms around campus. All the vandalism consists of similar...

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What to know before OzFest 2024

What to know before OzFest 2024

Rachel Bacchus and Jeanne Gilbert | Feb 2, 2024

This year, the University of North Florida will host OzFest, its annual homecoming concert, at UNF Arena on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. T-Pain and Flo Milli will be performing, with last semester’s Battle...

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In 2022, UNF was recognized as one of the best colleges for LGBTQ students in the southeast; two years later, the LGBTQ center is closed. (Jeanne Gilbert)

UNF closing Office of Diversity and Inclusion due to anti-DEI regulation

Jeanne Gilbert and Laura Filipov | Jan 29, 2024

Last Wednesday, the University of North Florida announced its plans to phase out the Office of Diversity and Inclusion after the Florida Board of Governors passed Regulation 9.016 earlier in the day. The...

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Osprey Cove (Jeanne Gilbert)

UNF issues all-clear after Tornado Warning expires

Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief | Jan 9, 2024

Updated 4:45 p.m. UNF issued an all-clear message in a Safe Ospreys alert at 4:37 p.m. after the Tornado Warning expired at 4:30 p.m. The message said students may now resume normal activities. The...

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The University of North Florida entrance sign with a green palm tree behind and purple and white flowers in front.

UNF cancels Tuesday classes due to severe weather

Jeanne Gilbert, Editor-in-Chief | Jan 8, 2024

Due to severe weather, the University of North Florida has canceled all classes and campus events for Tuesday, with heavy winds expected throughout the day. According to a UNF alert, offices will be...

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Their assaulter isn’t on the graduation program, but UNF never told them

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief | Dec 14, 2023
A University of North Florida student who was sexually assaulted in their dorm room by another student in 2021 was facing the possibility of walking on Friday in the same graduation ceremony as their assaulter, despite months of asking the university to make a change.
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A University of North Florida graduation cap.

They were sexually assaulted in the dorms and told they would graduate alongside the man UNF deemed responsible

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief | Dec 14, 2023
Beneath the crisp silver and gray University of North Florida seal, hundreds of graduates will receive their diplomas on Friday. They’ll look out at cheering family and friends, capping off years of accomplishments. But for one student, the day will be different.
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Rabbi Shmuli Novack lights the Menorah. (Photo courtesy of the Chabad at UNF)

Chabad at UNF celebrates Jewish unity at Menorah lighting

Carter Mudgett, Editor in Chief | Dec 11, 2023

University of North Florida and Jacksonville community members gathered in the Student Union Plaza on Thursday evening to light the Menorah and celebrate the first night of Chanukah. The night came...

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