Skip to Main Content
UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source

UNF Spinnaker

UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source

UNF Spinnaker

UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source

UNF Spinnaker

Columns

Graphic by Sam Chaney

Opinion: The U.S. is heading deeper into isolationism

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 24, 2018

The United States of America has decided to withdraw from the United Nations’ Human Rights Council (UNHCR) as of Tuesday, June 19. It is the only country to have voluntarily withdrawn itself and...

Read More
Graphic by Sam Chaney

Opinion: Modern politics lacks empathy

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 21, 2018

On Wednesday, June 20, President Donald Trump signed the executive order titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation.” This order supposedly solves the controversial...

Read More
Graphic by Sam Chaney

Opinion: Juneteenth Should be Valued

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 19, 2018

Every American citizen- and even foreigners - know about the Fourth of July, also commonly known as Independence Day. However, many have perhaps never heard of Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom...

Read More
Graphic by Sam Chaney

OPINION: The World Cup may not be worth the cost

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 18, 2018

The United States has its big sports: basketball, American football and so on. For the rest of the world, soccer (or commonly known as football) is an unstoppable and uncomparable force no other sport...

Read More
Graphic by Sam Chaney

OPINION: Net neutrality matters

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 15, 2018

As of Monday, June 11, net neutrality has officially been repealed. There have been many mixed reactions to this news, notably negative ones, due to concerns of fairness of an open internet and freedom...

Read More
Graphic by Sam Chaney

OPINION: We need to talk about it – suicide

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 11, 2018

The past week has been very turbulent one: like many other societies, the U.S. values life over death, which explains why it’s always shocking to hear that someone committed suicide. As much as life...

Read More
Graphic by Sam Chaney

OPINION: Freedom of speech does not equate to freedom of discrimination

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 4, 2018

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Masterpiece Cakeshop, the Colorado bakery that refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding. The case was decided by a 7-2 majority vote,...

Read More
Photo by Alexandra Torres-Perez.

OPINION: #NeverAgain and #BLM should team up

Charlie Needles Apr 6, 2018

The Black Lives Matter and The March for Our Lives movements could gain a lot of social growth puns by teaming up. The two different movements both protest the disregard for the safety of human...

Read More

OPINION: The White House has failed transgender citizens

Charlie Needles Apr 2, 2018

I stand with trans people of America in anger and refusal to accept the injustice of the new ban on transgender military personnel. The White House announced new orders to formally ban transgender...

Read More
OPINION: Facebook messed up

OPINION: Facebook messed up

Charlie Needles Mar 30, 2018

When Facebook fails to keep their collected data private social media users worldwide are rightfully aggravated. Data being leaked to anyone without their permission is not dangerous. But what’s...

Read More
OPINION: Leave Daylight Savings Alone

OPINION: Leave Daylight Savings Alone

Charlie Needles Mar 14, 2018

Every year, we lose an hour to daylight savings just to add an hour of light to the end of our day. The Sunshine Protection Act sitting on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk would relieve the burden of changing...

Read More
OPINION: Is ridesharing really that risky?

OPINION: Is ridesharing really that risky?

Charlie Needles Mar 12, 2018

The risk of being abused or hurt by your rideshare are very slim. Over-coverage and fear of the possibility escalate the presumed threat in ridesharing, which are for the most part quite safe. In...

Read More
Activate Search
UNF's #1 Student-Run News Source