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Obama: McCain responsible for economic woes

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change stopped in Jacksonville Sept. 20 meeting approximately 12,000 screaming First Coast residents at Metro Park. Another 8,000 stood outside, listening the rally from the speakers, since the fire marshals capped the event and didn’t allow them into the park. Obama’s campaign stop was less than a week after Sen. John McCain’s rally at the Veteran’s Memorial Arena, and a pair of banner-trailed airplanes circled the sky during most of the rally with slogans “Florida is McCain & Palin Country” and “Raising taxes is not patriotic.”
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Sep. 14 – Sep. 21

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
Sept. 14 – Criminal mischief (Lot 12) – UPD was dispatched to Lot 12 after profanity was written on the side of a student’s car door in permanent marker. UPD has no suspects. Sept. 14 – Burglary (Lot 10) – A parking decal was stolen by forced entry. UPD has no suspects. Prints came back negative that were taken from the vehicle. Sept. 15 – Burglary (Lot 10) – A parking decal was stolen by forced entry. The evidence was contaminated, so UPD has no suspects.
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Students rank health care as No.1 employee benefit

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
UNF seniors expect many things from their employers, but their top priority as far as employee benefits are concerned is a solid medical insurance policy, students said. Several seniors at UNF reflected the results of a 2008 survey by the National Association of College and Employers in which 19,000 students all over the United States rated medical insurance as a top priority in terms of employee benefits. The survey also asked about employer attributes and other employee benefits that students look for when seeking a job.
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Campus debate to clarify McCain, Obama opinions

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
The UNF Pre-Law Society organized a debate on the Green Sept. 17 to inform students of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama’s opinions on seven issues in the 2008 election. Two speakers debated: Robbie Foster, president of the UNF College Republicans, representing John McCain and Brian Mills, a Jacksonville attorney and co-chairman of Generation Obama Jacksonville, representing Barack Obama. Gathering the two representatives was a challenging process, said Brandon Eady, a member of the Pre-Law Society and mediator of the debate.
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Speaker to discuss Dead Zone

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
Dr. Nancy Rabalais, the executive director and professor of Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Her research interests include biological oceanography, the distribution and dynamics of hypoxia water groups and the relationship between animals and sediment.
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SOS protects students from campus violence

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
Loud popping sounds and screams shatter the silence of a warm fall day, confusion turns to panic and lives will forever be changed – there is an armed assailant loose on campus. This might sound like a bad dream or a snippet from a newscast, but is increasingly becoming reality, as mass casualty shootings have recently become prevalent in the collegiate landscape. Since last year’s shootings on Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg, Va., university administrators across the country have scrambled to piece together preventative and proactive programs designed to circumvent such tragedies.
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Team wins in overtime

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
The UNF men’s soccer team won its second consecutive game Sept. 20 against Flagler College 2-1 at Hodges Stadium. This marks the Ospreys’ third win of the season. The game opened with play from both sides. In the 22nd minute, Flagler’s Conor Killeen dribbled past three players and kicked the ball into the goal. The Ospreys spent the next 50 minutes trying to even the score.
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Men finish second, women seventh

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
Both men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to the University of Florida for the UF Gator Invitational Sept. 20, taking second and seventh place, respectively. Freshman Jonathan Esteban placed first for the men’s team with an 8-K time of 26 minutes, 1 second. Sophomore Will Pearce finished second for the team and 31st overall with a time of 26:44.
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Tough times calls for tougher standards

Spinnaker • Sep 24, 2008
In response to the all-across-the-board budget cuts that seem indiscriminate to the aspects of our lives that it effects, UNF has been forced to make admission changes in the midst of an upcoming fee assessment.
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Limited admissions should encourage students to perform

Spinnaker • Sep 23, 2008
The results of a report released by Strong American School titled Diploma to Nowhere should be sobering. In brief, very brief, students are not being prepared for college by their high school curriculum and teaching. It has long been known that fundamental reading and writing skills are what prepare students for success in college and beyond. You've read the job ads. 'Excellent communication skills' is almost a standard for any pre-professional career path. And have we done anything to improve the college readiness in America?
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Celebrities must keep politics out of award shows

Spinnaker • Sep 23, 2008
From Vanessa Redgrave and Michael Moore to Sally Field and Russell Brand---all of these celebrities sparked controversy surrounding the politically-driven remarks each said at award shows. During the 1978 Oscars, Redgrave used the podium to show support for the Palestine Liberation Organization and referred to her critics as "Zionist hoodlums." Moore reprimanded the Iraq War and called Bush a "ficticious president" in his 2003 Oscars acceptance speech. At last year's Emmys, Field preached that "if mothers ruled the (world), there would be no (expletive) wars in the first place." Earlier this month, MTV Video Music Awards host Brand called Bush in his opening monologue a "retarded cowboy."
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Photo Gallery: Obama's Campaign for Change in the First Coast

Spinnaker • Sep 21, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change stopped in the First Coast Sept. 20 to more than 10,000 screaming supporters under a cool Floridian sun. Although, not all in attendance were allowed into Metro Park, the Fire Marshalls capped the event, which left thousands listening by speaker, and even a few trying to jump the police barricade.
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