Opinion: Florida legislators are pushing a bill that would allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. These legislators believe that having more firearms on campus will prevent school shootings.
Florida became the 36th state to legalize same-sex marriage, however Duval county courthouses refuse to perform any courthouse marriages--homosexual or otherwise.
Housing and Residence Life is now offering gender-neutral housing at UNF. There will be a Living Learning Community in the Osprey Fountains that is gender-neutral and also for supporters of the LGBT community.
Opinion: you're given the opportunity to change 5 things about your university, so what do you choose? Here are the top 5 things UNF students chose to focus on as what they would change if given the chance.
Opinion: Clay Yarborough's attempt at censorship is out of line and ignorant. Strassheim’s photo is contemporary art, and she and MOCA should not be punished by one individual’s distaste for our society’s current culture.
Opinion: For the last few weeks your Student Government has looked like a boxing match. SG "officials" have become children in suits, ganging up on one official with a slew of legal hit after hit. The underdog is barely defended, and the adult supervisors watch on in silence. What will you do about this?
Opinion: Should poorly executed elections be celebrated or should we strive for better results while holding our student representatives accountable? Cassidy Alexander counts the strikes against Student Government in the recent election.
Opinion: SG government elections allow students to exercise democracy. This year will be the first SG senate election in three semesters. Spinnaker Opinions journalist Cassidy Alexander encourages students to go out and vote.
Opinion: Why do students choose UNF? UNF was Cassidy Alexander's first choice among four Florida schools, and she does not regret her decision. After interviewing other students, she discovered that ten of the fifteen students chose UNF to stay close to home.
Opinion: "Reporting a rape is an incredibly hard thing to do, so a lot of times people just do not do it. This does not make it their fault, but ours for perpetuating these ideas."
Opinion: According to The Delphi Project, part-time faculty members earn 60% less than full-time, tenure-track faculty members when their salaries are expressed on an hourly basis. While this is the case for most universities in the US, the numbers show that UNF doesn’t take advantage of part-time faculty who work just as hard to earn much less.
UNF student callers work diligently when they call alumni nightly in order to get donations for the university, which go toward more things than you might expect--financial aid, and other student resources. Compared to other universities of its size, UNF does well with its contributions from alumni.
Small aircrafts with no pilot, virtually endless possible uses, and little to no regulations? Sounds like a businessman’s dream. Although drones have a wealth of untapped potential, the US Federal Aviation Administration wants to proceed with caution until they know exactly what drones can do.
The UNF Traditions released by the Traditions Project last spring mask the true campus culture of the university in an attempt to shed its commuter reputation. Embracing UNF perks, flaws, and nuances, here's a list of real UNF traditions.
The geese welcome students and faculty on campus all year-round with their cuteness and waste tracks. Here are the Do's and Don'ts of living with the geese--our campus bird second to Ozzie.
In the past school year, Student Government has chosen to undertake a number of questionable initiatives aimed at improving student life on campus. They come at no small price to UNF, and with little...
Perhaps not all men follow the equation of 22-year-old UCSB shooter Elliot Rodger, but #YesAllWomen have suffered the injustice of an ongoing misogyny. Though the hashtag raises attention to women as victims, both sexes endure the consequences of misguided cultural norms concerning power and social success.
Depression is one of the leading contributors of suicide for college-aged students. Accepting misconceptions and negative stigmas about the mental illness will not heal the hurt--something that is very real and troubles our peers. Several UNF organizations provide counseling services and encourage students to stay educated about this widespread disorder.
In light of the chicken pox breakout at UNF, Spinnaker discusses the increasingly controversial topic of getting vaccinated. However, less vaccinations seems to be leading to more breakouts in the community.
Osprey Confessions and Osprey Crushes, two student-made Facebook pages established to build community at UNF, have exploded on Facebook. Together, the pages have 4,000 likes and counting.
"RED ALERT! RED ALERT! I HAVE A BOY OVER PLEASE DO NOT COME HOME UNTIL AFTER 10! I REPEAT RED ALERT!" I have received this text from one of my roommates in the dorms.
The idea of checking one’s phone while hooking up with another person is slightly horrifying, in theory. But in actuality, you are conditioned to notice your phone start ringing, and this may not be such a bad thing.
There has been an overwhelming amount of interest and opinions about the November/December Spinnaker issue. (There was a semi-nude model on the front cover, in case you haven't heard.) So it's probably...
