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Curry vs. Cancer: UNF students do career-making research

Pierce Turner, Features Editor • Nov 29, 2017

The Curry Cure Eating at your favorite Indian restaurant may leave your tongue on fire, but that fire is also trying to burn away cancer cells. With career-making research from UNF chemistry students,...

Former student hosts donation drive for St. Vincent’s

Jariss George • Sep 8, 2016

Partnered with the Jewish Ospreys, breast cancer survivor Jamie Allen is hosting a donation drive for cancer patients. These donations are to be distributed amongst the patients at Saint Vincent’s...

Blind mice: UNF professor uses mice to look for retinal cancer treatment

Taylor Nelson • Mar 27, 2013

Deep inside the Biology building, Dr. Judy Ochrietor is using mice to conduct research that could lead to major changes in science and medicine. An associate professor of biology and the biomedical...

Oral Sex now major concern in causes of throat cancer

Spinnaker • Mar 24, 2011

Members of the UNF Health Promotion staff believe the rise in throat cancer can be attributed to a change in our culture’s view of oral sex. Scientists across the country are finding oral sex causes...

Veteran’s Center pioneer lives on through scholarship

Spinnaker • Mar 23, 2011

Veteran’s Center director and creator loses fight with cancer. Scholarship endowment created in her name will help active military and veterans transition to campus life.

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Beeline: Storm warning in affect until the season is over

Spinnaker • Feb 16, 2011

Did anyone else think No. 14 Wisconsin storming the court Saturday-after they beat No. 1, and at the time undefeated Ohio State-was a little over the top? I sure did. Maybe I’m a little biased on the issue. I’m sure all of you who are avid Beeline readers have caught on to the fact that I am an Ohio State Buckeyes fan. But I’m pretty sure if I wasn’t I would still feel the Feb. 12 court storm was over the top.

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Beeline: Best all-time rivalries

Spinnaker • Jan 26, 2011

With 2011’s first installment of the “River City Rumble” set for tonight as the UNF men’s basketball team takes on the cross-town rival Jacksonville University Dolphins, it got me thinking about rivalries.

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Beeline: Student-athletes should play hard, but study harder

Spinnaker • Jan 19, 2011

Sean Dale, the Atlantic Sun men’s golf Player of the Year and leader of the UNF men’s golf team, decided to redshirt the 2011 season to focus on academics. It got me thinking about the emphasis we as fans put on the “student” part of the term “student-athlete.”

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Beeline: Football at its finest

Spinnaker • Jan 12, 2011

I am a kid in a candy store right now. I’m giddy. I’m star-eyed. It shouldn’t take long to guess why--right now we as sports fans are in the middle of some great football.

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Beeline: It’s getting harder and harder to play defense in the NFL

Spinnaker • Nov 17, 2010

The UNF Spinnaker Sports Editor is getting fed up with how difficult it has become to play defense in the NFL.

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Beeline: NBA Individual Predictions

Spinnaker • Sep 28, 2010

With the NBA preseason just days away, let's take a look at who is going to win some of the individual awards for the 2010 season.

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American Cancer Society hosts kick-off event for October benefit walk

Spinnaker • Jul 29, 2010

The American Cancer Society presents a special kick-off event to get people signed up for a benefit walk in October.

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