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Book Review: Fighting Monsters brings a reality to war

Book Review: Fighting Monsters brings a reality to war

Bill Ectric King Mar 23, 2019

Jim Matthews, author of Fighting Monsters, says most people first heard about the Kurdish YPG fighters when “Images of photogenic, enigmatic young women in combat gear reverberated around the world.”...

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The Atlantic Beach Primary Election is on Aug. 29. Photo by Hannah Lee

OPINION: First Coast Frenzy

Austin Belet, Opinions Writer Mar 22, 2019

Election day has come and gone here on the First Coast, though the sun has hardly set on the Mayor or the direction he has been moving in. Democrats have seen a ridiculously low turnout even when comparing...

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Panda Bear opts for stripped-down artistry on "Buoys"

Panda Bear opts for stripped-down artistry on “Buoys”

Nicole Moore Mar 22, 2019

Panda Bear for the last two decades has been nothing short of a pillar in the indie music scene, with fingerprints all over the industry both as a solo act and with Animal Collective. “Buoys,” in accordance,...

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Michael Jackson’s hologram performed at the 2014 Billboard awards. 
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OPINION: Being honest with myself and you

Devan Shepard Mar 21, 2019

HBO aired the controversial documentary film Leaving Neverland last week. This film details alleged abuse by two of the young boys that Michael hung out with and who danced alongside him. One of them Wade...

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OPINION: Planet Fitness has Silly and Ironic Rules

Mellisa Soehono Mar 21, 2019
For $10 a month, it’s a steal. Tons of cardio and basically bare minimum equipment. For starters, that’s all you may need.
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In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, students walk on the University of California, Los Angeles campus. Federal authorities have charged college coaches and others in a sweeping admissions bribery case in federal court. The racketeering conspiracy charges were unsealed Tuesday, March 12, 2019, against coaches at schools including UCLA, Wake Forest, Stanford, Georgetown, and the University of Southern California.
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OPINION: College Breakdown

Devan Shepard Mar 20, 2019

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman have been in the news recently as they have been connected with the largest college cheating scandal of all time. They along with fifty other prominent parents...

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OPINION: Youth Matters

Austin Belet, Opinions Writer Mar 19, 2019

Out of 64 candidates for our municipal election cycle, only 9 are running that are under the age of forty. We live in a generation of people who have grown up with more information and more access...

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Five Feet Apart: Approach with caution

Five Feet Apart: Approach with caution

Morgan Holbrook Mar 18, 2019

Justin Baldoni’s directorial debut is the fictional story of two teens with a nonfictional illness, cystic fibrosis, who struggle with putting each other’s health at risk by wanting to be together. Even...

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Column: A weekend in Scotland

Tyler Wailes Mar 13, 2019

This column is part of a series written by Tyler Wailes. Wailes is on a study abroad trip and each week she shares her experience with Spinnaker readers. At 6:34 a.m. on the morning of March 1, myself...

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Courtesy of Atlantic Records

“The Black Album” continues Weezer’s trend of mediocrity

Nicole Moore Mar 12, 2019

“Begrudgingly catchy” is a phrase I thought I would never use in my lifetime, but it’s a phrase that describes Weezer’s “Black Album” to a tee. Rivers Cuomo and crew are back for their thirteenth...

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Opinion: Banking on Syllabi

Austin Belet, Opinons Writer Mar 12, 2019

Though we are midway through the semester, I want you to reminisce with me about the anxiety that creeps in your soul as we approach a new semester. Recall, for a moment, the hesitation in purchasing textbooks...

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Courtesy of Marvel Studios

Captain Marvel: Further, faster, and full circle with our latest heroine

Paolo Cesar Mar 11, 2019

An opening statement for those who somehow hate Marvel with all of their beings: Kindly leave your complaints at the window. That aside, Marvel’s done wonders with "Captain Marvel," which could be...

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