After being with the Spinnaker for almost three years and taking a year break, Heydi has decided to return. Heydi is a former Editor in Chief of Spinnaker and enjoys writing investigative news stories.
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Bright energy filled the room as the first lady ecstatically answered questions about her life before and after marrying the president and...
Monday night chaos surrounded the Student Union as helicopters hovered over worried heads and police blocked entry to and began to search the Arena Garage in response to a possible armed individual.
In...
We’ve all been through those painful sex-ed classes in secondary school. We've all clicked through campus clarity as quickly as we could to fulfill our first year requirements. But how many of us actually...
On Feb. 4, UNFPD responded to a call at Osprey Cove about a suspicious male who attempted to make conversation with and follow two girls to their dorm. According to the report, shortly after the call police...
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Former UNF student, Jesse Martinez, who has been charged with allegedly threatening to share nude photos of another student in exchange for sexual favors and voyeurism, waived his right to a speedy trial...
Moving away from home for the first year of college forces many of us to become independent. After those short four years, moving away from college, job searching, dealing with bad credit while paying...
Car mischief
UNFPD responded to a call on Jan. 8 regarding alleged criminal mischief to a vehicle on the first floor of lot 38.
An unknown suspect reportedly used a sharp object to damage the car....
Flus and viruses are among the most known diseases on university campuses as students don’t always take preventative measures like flu shots.
But as flu season continues on, so does arising fear of...
Former UNF student, Wesley Zane Twiggs, was arrested on Saturday morning after writing 2 anonymous threats on a chat site, threatening to commit a mass shooting at Fernandina Beach High School, according...
Are you completely convinced Jacksonville has nothing more to offer in terms of excitement? Are you tired of dining at the same five places every night?
Well, turns out there are plenty of unique...
UNF's Board of Trustees responded to the complaint filed by Mark Tumeo, a former dean of the College of Computing, Engineering and Construction, who resigned on Oct. 3 and is currently suing the Board...
Former UNF student Jesse Martinez, charged with allegedly threatening to share nude photos of another student in exchange for sexual favors, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff Office, will no longer...
“People are viewing science through the lens of their own ideology and that’s where we run into dead ends,” said UNF Political Science Professor Josh Gellers.
UNF hosted a “Climate and...
Vegan diets are becoming increasingly popular among college campuses as students seek to not only change their diet for the sake of health, but also for the bettering of the environment by depending solely...
Local organization Friends of Hemming Park launched a partnership with UNF to give advanced sculpture students an opportunity to display their work while enriching the lives of Jacksonville residents and...
On Wednesday, Nov. 14, UNF’s Movies on the House collaborated with the Writing Center to present a panel discussion and screening of the coming-of-age film “Moonlight.” The film tells the story of...
On Nov. 8, 2016, millions of students nationwide tuned in to watch the fate of the country as one of the most controversial races for the presidency awaited results. The constant battle between Clinton...
From "Bride and Prejudice" in 2004 to films like "Black Panther" and "Crazy Rich Asians" in 2018, movies have come a long way in representing minorities and bringing diversity to the forefront of the American...
Grief, sadness and prayers were expressed Saturday evening as the Jewish Ospreys united to pay their respects to the eleven congregants who lost their lives in Pittsburgh to yet another mass shooting.
“Throughout...
It’s a rite of passage for 18-year-olds moving to declare freedom from authority, and a way to display creativity as they move away from home to dorm on college campuses. Dreaded by past generations,...
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, hidden from the storm’s downpour, a group of students gathered to talk about sexual assault and what to do now that Brett Kavanaugh is an associate justice on the Supreme...
The Student Powered Hunger Relief at UNF hosted their second annual Food Fighters Hunger Dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 2 to bring awareness to food insecurity at UNF and in the Jacksonville community. Food Fighters...
Cigarettes were all the rave for the generations before us. Now, vapes and Juuls have taken their place. UNF held a vapes and Juuls workshop on Thursday, Sept. 27 to talk about the dangers of vaping, which...
Students gathered on the Green on Wednesday, Sept. 26 for a Black Lives Matter rally hosted by the Students for a Democratic Society. The event was hosted as a means of standing against social and racial...
Why would anyone want to move to a city like Jacksonville when there are places like Los Angeles and San Francisco? Well, according to RENTCafe, Riverside in Jacksonville places sixth in the nation for...
