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FDA bans flavored, candy cigarettes in an attempt to lower underage addiction

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of flavored and candy cigarettes Sept. 22 in an effort to reduce addiction to tobacco products in children and young adults, according to the FDA's...

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UNF security czars watch over campus, violate rights

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

Welcome to the “Police State.” The Spinnaker does not toss such words around lightly, but the growing concern of cameras on campus and the intrusion into student's private lives needs to be combated...

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CON: Save human life, educate the population

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

Decreasing the amount of people in the world will not solve the anything, and allowing the government to tell families how many children they have is ridiculous. When big brother decides he is going to...

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PRO: Suburban mothers birth ever-growing worldwide population control issues

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

The other week I was chatting with my 90-year-old grandmother about baby making. She explicated the joys of motherhood and talked about carrying on “the Nelson flame,” genes that need to be replicated...

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Public discourse taking violent turn, conservative talkers to blame

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

The coarse and trivial complexion of public discourse in this country is as destructive to domestic tranquility as it is distasteful to the better angels of our nature. The caustic ravings of cable news...

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Savage Love' creates open forum for sex advice

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

“You do know your governor's gay, don't you?” Dan Savage said. Two-hundred-and-something listening students reacted, some shifting in their seats, some nodding in agreement, most chuckling at the...

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YouTube steers away from cats, draws in large community

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

In order to fully grasp what the explosive video-uploading Web site YouTube's subculture is about, a quick run-down on basic YouTube law is a must. The community and Web site's next generation of filmmakers,...

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Beer of the Month: SweetWater 420 Extra Pale Ale

Spinnaker Sep 30, 2009

As I sat in a 100-year-old log and red brick pub deep in the Appalachian Mountains thousands of feet above sea level staring at a diverse selection of microbrews, domestics and imports, it quickly became...

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Students around nation fall victim to identity theft on campus

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

A University of North Texas senior received a shock when he discovered $1,919 missing from his bank account. Apparently the funds had been used in Baltimore — a city Phil Banker had never been to. The...

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Study abroad fair offers different kinds of opportunities for students

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

College is touted as a time to expand oneself and learn to empathize with other cultures; there was information and opportunity abound looking to fill these desires at the Sept. 22 Study Abroad Fair. There...

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Texting while driving can lead to deadly consequences

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

The introduction of text messaging has cultivated a whole lot of response from a whole lot of people. Some find it to be annoying and confusing, some use it as their main method of communication and...

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Unpaid, paid internships offer same experience

Spinnaker Sep 24, 2009

The roles and rules of internships in the lives of students have been changing as the economy changes, even though they’ve been a vital, even required, part of students’ majors for years. Though...

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