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Lauren Fox

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor

Lauren Fox is a communication major at the University of North Florida, focusing on journalism. Lauren has years of international work experience, working jobs in countries such as Australia, New Caledonia, Vietnam and Morocco. She aspires to use her writing skills to raise awareness about global issues. Lauren also works as a freelance surf photographer and enjoys contending with the sea in her quest for the perfect photo.

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Singing for his church initially inspired Karim to learn English and continue performing (Photo courtesy of Karim Zabaneh)

“Keep on pushing:” A UNF student and his voice

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
December 15, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Email phishing scams

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
October 7, 2022
UNF IT email alert

UNF disables access to university accounts without Duo app

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
October 4, 2022
Coastal Watches/Warnings and Forecast Cone for Storm Center as of 1 p.m. Thursday

Free Wi-Fi hotspots available amidst power outages, some UNF services to resume after Ian

Lauren Fox, Carter Mudgett, and Nathan Turoff
September 29, 2022
The library viewed from the outside

Banned Books Week is about fighting censorship, UNF librarian says

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
September 19, 2022
The first page of the judicial decision explaining who the case is about

SG president, vice-president reprimanded in July for limiting access to Lend-A-Wing pantry, records reveal

Carter Mudgett, Lauren Fox, and Mallory Pace
September 16, 2022
An iPhone with headphones with podcasts open on Spotify

The power of podcasts

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
September 15, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Suspicious driver arrested with loaded weapon on Alumni Drive

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
September 6, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Alleged Instagram extortion

Elizabeth Tarter and Lauren Fox
August 30, 2022
Students, faculty and staff stand between the Student Union East and West buildings after they were evacuated because of a small microwave fire.

UNF Student Union evacuated after microwave fire

Lauren Fox and Carter Mudgett
August 24, 2022
Lynne Arriale leaning over a table with her arms crossed

UNF music professor on the “language of jazz”

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
August 23, 2022
Jacksonville, Florida

UNF poll shows strong opposition for funding of new Jags stadium, voters split on property tax increase

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
August 17, 2022
UNF Student Union

COVID-19 is still here; UNF plan will rely on “honor system,” SHS Director explains

Lauren Fox and Carter Mudgett
August 9, 2022
A laptop with a Zoom class on a desk with a coffee mug

Online programs offer education, regardless of location

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
August 4, 2022
UNF Interim President Pamella "Pam" Chally poses for a photograph

UNF’s Interim President ends her role, Dr. Limayem’s term begins

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 27, 2022
Staff photos of Carter Mudgett and Riley Platt side by side

Two Spinnaker writers become award-winning journalists

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 26, 2022
Logo of the Jacksonville Jaguars

Discounted Jaguars season tickets coming to Student Union

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 25, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Update: License plate of stolen vehicle swapped for faculty member’s tag

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 21, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Stolen vehicle, loaded weapon leads to arrest at UNF

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 18, 2022
FILE - A woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. For myriad reasons, both political and philosophical, data privacy laws in the U.S. have lagged far behind those adopted in Europe in 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Digital security of period-tracking apps in question, UNF professor explains

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 15, 2022
a man signs a document

A breakdown of UNF’s seventh president’s contract

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 11, 2022
Protesters hold up signs during a rally for abortion rights

Roe v. Wade was overturned, now what?

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 8, 2022
Wearing a black swim cap and goggles, Morgan Ray stands on a diving block

‘Just swim’: UNF swimmer brings home silver

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
July 1, 2022
demonstrators outside the Supreme Court protest about abortion

Abortion no longer a constitutional right, Jacksonville protests planned

Lauren Fox, Carter Mudgett, and Phoebe Mullis
June 24, 2022
The UNF Surf Team stands on the beach waving the Florida flag

UNF Surf Team returns from California as 4th in nation with a national champion

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
June 22, 2022
(Lauren Fox/Spinnaker)

Pride and pandering: Are companies supporting equality or good PR?

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
June 20, 2022
black and white tiles spell out "AMAZING DAD" on a table

Creative Father’s Day gifts you can actually afford

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
June 13, 2022
A protestor holds a sign during “The People’s Abortion Rally” for abortion rights in front of the Duval County Courthouse

Abortion in America through the ages, explained by UNF professors

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
May 31, 2022
Deshmukh and Von Winning stand side by side on a tennis court

Teammates to business partners: former UNF tennis players found MyPro app

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
May 24, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Former UNF student sentenced in case of girlfriend’s 2017 death

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
May 20, 2022
A hand drops a dime into a piggy bank with bills and other coins littering the table

Ways to save for next semester and beyond

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
May 19, 2022
Recapping the meet-and-greets: What you need to know

Recapping the meet-and-greets: What you need to know

Lauren Fox and Carter Mudgett
May 7, 2022
VJ Ibones (center) with members of his team

Osprey and entrepreneur: a UNF alum’s journey through the crypto world

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
May 3, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: The hunt for missing AirPods

Lauren Fox, Managing Editor
May 2, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Bicycle trespasser

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
April 19, 2022
Four police cars sit parked in the parking lot outside the UNF Thomas G. Carpenter Library.

Trio of sexual battery cases added to UNF student’s social media threat charge

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
April 18, 2022
UNF Dining logo.

Balancing dietary and religious restrictions in college

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
April 18, 2022
The University of North Florida Surf Team holds their trophies at the East Coast Championship in New Smyrna Beach.

UNF Surf Team places among best collegiate surfers in America

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
April 8, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Man arrested after bike chase

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 29, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Suspicious people in scrubs

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 28, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Serial bike thefts and extortion

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 23, 2022
An outstretched hand painted with Ukraine’s national colors blue and yellow.

How students can help Ukraine

Lauren Fox and Indie Jones
March 23, 2022
Miles Dittmar smiles with some of his products outside UNF’s Library.

Introducing Miles Dittmar, student entrepreneur and CEO of the Beaten Path Co.

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 21, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Fraud and a stop sign thief

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 8, 2022
The Florida Statehouse. Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

New Bill could change Florida university presidential searches

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 4, 2022
Someone uses a laptop

Understanding online privacy

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
March 3, 2022
The words "Police Beat" are written in red and white, surrounded by a white square outline. In the background, a University of North Florida Police Department cruiser is tinted blue.

Police Beat: Peep vandalization, chalk messages and the scent of marijuana

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
February 28, 2022
Audience members and performers gather on stage.

Wrapping up Black History Month with the Black Excellence Expo

Lauren Fox, General Assignment Reporter
February 28, 2022
Mr. D (Joshua Benet) screams at the gods in anguish during the UNF Swoop Troupe’s performance of The Lightning Thief in Jacksonville, Florida, Friday, Feb. 11.

Gallery: The Lightning Thief

Justin Nedrow and Lauren Fox
February 15, 2022
Percy has a weird dream during the UNF Swoop Troupe's rehearsal for The Lightning Thief show in Jacksonville, Florida.

The campers bond over a campfire during the UNF Swoop Troupe's rehearsal for The Lightning Thief show in Jacksonville, Florida.

Percy and his friends talk to Charon (Jade Marino), the Ferryperson to the Underworld Grover explores Auntie Em’s Garden Emporium during the UNF Swoop Troupe's rehearsal for The Lightning Thief show in Jacksonville, Florida,

Grover explores Auntie Em’s Garden Emporium during the UNF Swoop Troupe's rehearsal for The Lightning Thief show in Jacksonville, Florida,

Cast members for the Swoop Troupe production of the Lightning Thief after a run of the show.

Lightning in the theater: A first look at The Lightning Thief

Lauren Fox, Reporter
February 10, 2022
The words "smile" spray painted onto a driftwood next to a smiley face emoji.

New year, New you: How to succeed in Spring 2022

Mallory Pace and Lauren Fox
January 31, 2022