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Get to know your Boathouse bartenders

Jason Howard Nov 27, 2012

UNF’s Boathouse has been serving fries, shakes and beer since 2009 in the Student Union. Recently, the Boathouse acquired a liquor license which, according to their bartenders, has seen both shaken and...

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Electropop duo 3OH!3 to headline Osprey Productions concert

Dargan Thompson Oct 25, 2012
If you’ve been to a club, dance party or just turned on the radio within the past few years, you’ve probably heard a song by 3OH!3. The duo of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte exploded into the pop music scene in 2008 with their second album, ***Want, which reached no. 44 on the Billboard top 200. The song “Don’t Trust Me” reached no. 7 on the Billboard Top 100.
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Students soar over Lake Oneida in first zip night

Jason Howard Oct 23, 2012
For years, UNF students have only been able to imitate the Osprey by Swooping, but now, once a month, Eco-Adventures gives students the opportunity to fly. UNF Eco-Adventures’ Osprey Challenge Course is a team-building ropes course funded by Student Government that features both high elements up in the trees and low elements down on the forest floor. The featured attraction, the gravity zip, spans nearly 400 feet and is one of the only zips in Florida to go over water.
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Get to know your assistant director of physical facilities, landscaping and grounds

Jason Howard Oct 11, 2012

If “all the world’s a stage,” then that theater needs a backdrop--a setting for the events. At UNF, our ceaseless symphony of academic life and growth has a backdrop of lush and diverse landscaping. The...

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Photo Gallery: Chuck Hubbuch helps design the natural backdrop at UNF

Keri Weiland Oct 11, 2012
Ever noticed the foliage and landscaping around UNF? Assistant director of physical facilities Chuck Hubbuch is the man who helps make our campus beautiful. He was invited to work on the landscaping and grounds for the Campus Beautification Program set by John Delaney in 2005. Since then, Hubbuch has helped create the backdrop for our campus environment. Phots by Keri Weiland.
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Hear Hums and Personnes Q&A

Mason McGough Oct 11, 2012

  Hear Hums  Hear Hums are a Gainesville group that charge their way through watery psychedelic folk with energetic drumming. Their adventurous sound, not unlike that of Prince Rama or Animal...

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Club Fest to the rescue!

Kasandra Ortiz Sep 25, 2012
Check out Club Fest this Thursday for a chance to join some new clubs and dress like your favorite superhero. More than 100 UNF clubs will be blasting off at this year’s Club Fest for a chance to win club of the year and possibly accrue some new members.
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UNF shuttle system contractor purchased, shuttles undergo renovations

Jason Howard Sep 14, 2012
Students can expect to see some unbranded shuttles around campus, while they undergo a period of revamping until mid-October.
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Within and Without: Review

Spinnaker Jul 11, 2011
It’s an album that begs to be listened to. With a non-abrasive synths and laid-back feel.
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Sounds of the season

Spinnaker Jan 4, 2011

Aston Marton, a UNF marketing senior, dropped a hip-hop album Dec. 21, named “The Winter Solstice” after the day of its release. The Spinnaker interviewed Marton to talk about the album, hip-hop and...

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Aston Marton – Winter Solstice (Album Review)

Spinnaker Dec 21, 2010

When it comes to hip-hop culture Jacksonville is one of the last places you would think of as a hot bed, let alone a counterculture of artists at UNF. More importantly, in a world where up-and-coming...

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Lockedown: Jacksonville hip-hop staple poised to set the place ablaze once airborne in his ‘Rocketship

Spinnaker Oct 13, 2009

Paten Locke drops his debut full-length bomb OK, “Gilligan’s Island.” If you’ve ever caught the 1960s show on TV Land or wherever, you’ve caught the gist: It started out as a three-hour tour,...

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