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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...

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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...

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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As of Monday, June 11, net neutrality has officially been repealed.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...

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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...

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OPINION: Miss America and body image

Tamlynn Torchon Jun 6, 2018

If one searches through missamerica.org, their statement is that the organization is “one of the nation’s leading achievement programs for young women.” Miss America is a tradition of celebrating...

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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,...

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The eleventh season of "Roseanne" has been cancelled after Roseanne Barr's tweet.

OPINION: Roseanne and Free Speech

Tamlynn Torchon May 31, 2018

More than just her show, Roseanne Barr's career has been canceled. From ABC to her talent agency ICM Partners, to her co-workers such as Michael Fisherman and Wanda Sykes dropping her, it’s safe to say...

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Letter from the Editor: Memorial Day

Hannah Lee, Editor-in-Chief May 28, 2018

“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt When most think of Memorial Day, they think of the start of summer,...

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Letter to the Editor: Hispanic representation on campus

Letter to the Editor: Hispanic representation on campus

David Manjarres May 11, 2018

Dear Editor, I am writing today in hopes of reaching out not only to the Spinnaker staff but to the student body and administrators. In my short time in Jacksonville and around the UNF community, I've...

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Opinion: Don’t settle for the money, choose the career you’ve been waiting for

Opinion: Don’t settle for the money, choose the career you’ve been waiting for

Charlie Needles May 8, 2018

When the time comes for you to choose to leave your job and start your career, the money in your dead-end college job isn’t worth it. Right now, chances are you have a low-paying, steady part-time...

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UNF President John Delaney sits down with Spinnaker Radio to talk about his legacy as president.

Letter from a Former Editor: Why you should care about #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Connor Spielmaker, Former Spinnaker Editor Apr 25, 2018

Student journalism, or journalism as I like to call it, is the single most-important student-operated entity on a campus. Of course, this is easily true for a communications or journalism student, since...

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Letter from the Editor: Joining the call to #SaveStudentNewsrooms

Tiffany Salameh, Editor-in-Chief Apr 25, 2018

By the end of the Spring 2018 semester, The Louisville Cardinal will no longer receive funding from the University of Louisville. This means the Louisville student media center will have to operate...

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