Additional orientation fees and overnight orientation programs dominated discussion at the Auxiliary Oversight Committee on Sept. 10. Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services Albert Colom...

UPDATE -- 9/17/14 at 2:27 p.m.  Twenty students chowed down in a burrito eating contest sponsored by Moe’s Southwest Grill today at UNF’s Market Day. Vicki Asbury, general manager at the...

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker’s videography team, each new...

Auxiliary Oversight Committee officials walked into the President’s Conference Room on Aug. 13 with rain-soaked shirts to discuss and approve funding requests from the auxiliary budget. Out of...

UNF has a new head of enrollment services. His name is Albert N. Colom, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services, and his first goal is to increase the academic profiles of incoming freshman. “It’s...

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker’s videography team, it is published...

Student Government’s Free Printing Campaign special request was approved by the Budget and Allocations Committee on July 14, which included an amendment for transportation to Jaguars football games....

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker’s videography team, it is published...

Bills on changes to the club funding process and an additional shuttle stop by Osprey Crossings passed unanimously at the Senate meeting July 7. John Solar, political science senior, and True Rains,...

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker’s videography team, it is published...

  The Government Oversight Committee (GOC) unanimously approved the following changes to the Senate Appointment Application at the meeting Monday. Appointees must collect 30 student signatures,...

On June 25, the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) held its first meeting since its formation by new legislation earlier this month. GOC chairwoman Katherine Savage said this meeting was necessary...

  Grad student senate seats may be eliminated, Government Oversight Committee created at Senate meeting June 9 A bill passed in the Senate Chambers on Monday night that alter the current...

[nicevideo link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071JK7HkkbY"] There are predators in the Sawmill Slough Preserve whose desire for blood makes their eyes roll back and mouth drool. These predators,...

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker’s videography team, it is published...

[nicevideo link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=791qslw51IQ"] During the school year, I would wake up early just to make a cast into Candy Cane Lake. If I had time between classes, I would hike over...

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker’s videography team, it is published...

Man on the Street is a weekly segment where reporter Brandon Thigpen goes out to find out what students really think about a variety of issues. Produced by the Spinnaker's videography team, it is published...

Elle Baker, the only Osprey competing at the NCAA Division 1 Track & Field East Preliminary, finished her season at home Friday night at Hodges Stadium. “Everyone here has a good time,”...

The UNF Board of Trustees met in the Talon Room on May 22 to discuss the approved budget for UNF which has $157,175,018 in Educational and General (E&G) allocation for the 2014-2015 fiscal year....

1,900 athletes from across the eastern half of the U.S. will converge at Hodges Stadium to vie for a shot at the national championship. The NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championship East...

[nicevideo link= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5s8rNlR6KQ"] Spinnaker Radio requested $38,978.43 from Student Government to fund the construction of a low power FM (LPFM) radio station that could...

UNF’s Biological Sciences Building ranks no. 2 in the U.S. and no. 9 in the world for “The 50 Most Impressive Environmentally Friendly University Buildings” list according to www.bestmastersdegrees.com. Assistant...

“Abe fit the mold perfectly. He was a class act,” said Jeff Pigg, director of track and field.  “We [UNF Track and Field] try to build a culture of clean living, hardworking kids who strive to do...

He’s armed with a blue apron, an arsenal of frying pans, and an assortment of fresh meats, veggies, and cheese. Faced with a dozen hungry students in pajamas, he asks: “Would you like regular eggs...

It’s your first job interview as a college student. Your potential employer asks you to take a seat in the lobby and gestures to an arrangement of chairs with a coffee table. You’re shaking and...

Lt. Mike Gwynes, UNFPD, said he’s heard the possibility of marijuana at the Wiz Khalifa concert tonight at the UNF Arena. Gwynes, who is charge of setting up security for the concert, said there...

UNFPD evacuated students and employees from Osprey Cafe at about 10 p.m. the night of March 31. Sgt. Shawn Faulkner, UNFPD, said there was a gas leak. Employees were escorted to the parking lot...

  Pumping club music, dim lights, women in black dresses scurrying across the room to help guests find seats. Smiling and giggling students, faculty, and parents take their seats surrounding a...

A new student club funding committee and process was approved by Senate the same night it passed the Activity and Service fee budget for next year. The 2014-2015 Budget was presented and passed at the...

Budget and Allocations Committee - Jan. 3 The B&A Committee began the meeting with $10,000 in the Travel Request index after depleting it in January. Legislation passed in January to transfer $10,000...

Fassi announced his formal resignation of the Red Party Chair in the Student Government Senate meeting Jan. 27.* He said, “I won’t be running for re-election.  The party’s leadership is [Joseph]...

Jan. 27 -- Senate Vice-Presidential Appointment Chief of Staff Tony Stevens, Advertising and Marketing Senior, was appointed Student Government Vice-President in a 30-1 vote in the Senate. Stevens was...

Budget and Allocations Committee Meeting Travel Request Approved Group - Upsilon Phi Delta, the honor society for healthcare administration students. Requested amount - $1,170.70 Purpose - Send four...

Attorney General steps down Attorney General Paige Lehman formally announced that she would be stepping down from her position this semester to pursue a position with the United Nations in New York. ...

Travel Requests Approved Haileigh Baier requested $500 to travel to Kansas City, MO for Feb. 7-9 to attend the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference.  She said attending the...

The Student Advocacy Committee meeting approved a new Osprey Voice survey to be given to students from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 26-27. “The goal is to poll students on student government initiatives,”...

“This meeting is called to meet procedural requirements,” said Collin Waychoff, Budget and Allocations Chairman, despite no new travel requests to hear. Nov. 25 At 4:30 p.m., The Student Advocacy...

The Budget and Allocations meeting for Nov. 15 was cancelled because there were no new travel requests. There was no formal announcement of the cancellation.  The UNF Events Calendar still showed the...

Travel Request Approved Active Minds at UNF made a request of $969.77 to send two students to the Active Minds National Conference in Washington D.C. for Nov. 14-17.  The conference will connect the...

Recent voting on a referendum could change which students can vote for what. “This would be a direct change to the Constitution, and the Senate can’t pass it alone, so we need the student’s...

Two students running for senate submitted false attendance records for a Budget & Allocations meeting they were required to attend. Fransua Estrada, then Budget & Allocations Chairman, signed Aaron...

Travel Requests Passed The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers made a travel request of $2,465 to attend a conference in Indianapolis, IN. for Oct. 30-Nov. 2. The travel request was heard in Senate...

On Sept. 12, Forrest Gillette, who was playing ultimate frisbee on the green, lacerated his foot on an exposed metal grate and tracked blood around campus. Gillette, a resident of Osprey Hall, was...