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Drinking AND driving privileges should be redefined.

Spinnaker • Sep 18, 2008
Sixteen, eighteen, twenty-one. All of us know exactly what those years meant in terms of exercising privileges. Drivers licenses, tobacco and adult entertainment, and finally alcohol. But does this progression of advancing freedom really serve as best practices?
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Rome is burning

Spinnaker • Sep 18, 2008
Wall Street’s investment bank giants are failing due to poor business practices; they became over-leveraged with Mortgage-Backed Securities and under-capitalized due to capricious lending practices. The Republicans’ blame the Wall Street criminals, Democrats blame the free-market and deregulation while the Federal Reserve is screaming that these banks are too large to fail. This is the current state of America’s largest financial institutions.
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Attack ads are out of line

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Former Bush adviser Karl Rove has accused Sen. John McCain of going "one step too far" in some of his recent ads attacking Sen. Barack Obama, according to CNN.com. In case you didn't grasp the gravity of it, that was Karl Rove, the man who masterminded two of the sleaziest, dirtiest Presidential campaigns ever, the 2000 and 2004 elections. Though it was never proven, many think Rove was behind the "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" ads that slung mud at and, in many ways, derailed Sen. John Kerry's bid for president.
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Campaigning close to home

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Sen. John McCain’s Straight Talk Express passed through the First Coast Sept. 15 for a campaign rally at the Veteran’s Memorial Arena. The event was originally scheduled to take place at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds but was rescheduled during the weekend to accommodate the overwhelming demand for tickets. The original venue could only support 2,000 people. Venue staffers estimated there were approximately 4,000 in attendance at the arena, only a quarter of its capacity.
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Chartwells: We absolutely wouldn’t bring them back

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
A new hot dog stand opened on campus eight months after the departure of Miracle Kate’s, which university officials said was due to a conflict of contract issues. Owned and operated by the Mayes family, the new stand also operates the concession stand at the UNF Arena. Miracle Kate’s stopped serving in January after Chartwells presented the mom and pop stand with a new contract, stating Miracle Kate’s had to serve one less day a week and could be asked to leave at any time, owner Mary Yeoman said.
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New advising program geared to keep students on track, graduate

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
A new advising program is in the works that will free UNF from its U Never Finish moniker, UNF officials said. The Roadmap Initiative will outline term-by-term the recommended courses students should take in the particular major they have chosen, said Dr. David Jaffee, Assistant Vice President of Undergraduate Studies at Academic Affairs. The program was modeled after the universal tracking system at the University of Florida as a way to provide students with guidance to move more expeditiously through their program, Jaffee said.
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Sep. 5 – Sep. 12

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Sept. 5 – Sick person (Building V) – UPD was dispatched to Osprey Cove in reference to a possible drug overdose. The complainant said he had taken 10 20 milligram Adderall in the last four days and felt like he was having a heart attack. He did not have a prescription for the medication, and none were found in his room after it was searched. He was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital.
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Officials debate two proposed amendments

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
They went back and forth, arguing their points of view and answering questions for the audience. The only thing the two could agree on was that UNF was the perfect setting for the debate, they said. Adam Guillette, state director of the Florida chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and Ken Hurley, Greater Jacksonville American Civil Liberties Union president, debated formally proposed Florida constitutional Seventh and Ninth Amendments Sept. 15 in the Fine Arts Center.
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Dr. triumphs over troubled past

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Dr. Jarik Conrad, president of Conrad Consulting Group, LLC. Conrad grew up in a housing project in East St. Louis, Ill., an area that has been described as the most distressed small city in America. Conrad recently led the Blueprint for Prosperity, an initiative to improve Jacksonville’s quality of life.
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SG honors TLS as club of the year for networking experiences

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
The Transportation and Logistics Society was recently awarded Club of the Year by the Student Government Club Alliance. This is its second recognition since the club was established in 2002. The Transportation and Logistics Flagship Program, ranked 13th in the nation by Supply Chain Management Review 2005, made great strides connecting the club with the local transportation and logistics network, an often overlooked industry with a viable job outlook, said Lynn Brown, Associate Director of TLS.
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Election 2008 Update – Sep 17

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
The Sept. 13-15 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows Sen. John McCain (47 percent) and Sen. Barack Obama (46 percent) locked in a close contest when registered voters are asked for whom they would vote if the election were this week.
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Facebook users to accept new digs

Spinnaker • Sep 17, 2008
Imagine coming home from work to find your house in a different color, the rooms switched around and the furniture rearranged. That’s the virtual equivalent Facebook users have faced, or will face, as the online hangout forces its 90 million members to adapt to a redesigned site, unveiled in late July. Beginning this week, users’ profiles will be irrevocably migrated to the new site. And the changes are being met with a mix of protest and resignation.
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