UNF Spinnaker

UF’s next president could be John Delaney

Andrea Aribe

June 15, 2012

By Andrea Aribe Before the University of Florida’s search for a new president begins, one possible candidate was considered: University of North Florida President John Delaney. Current UF President Bernie Machen’s contract...

Sports: one of the many boxes life comes in

Jordan Harirchi

May 8, 2012

By: Jordan Harirchi, Assistant Sports Editor I know I’m the assistant sports editor, but I want to get this one out of the way as quick as possible: my last sports column for the Spinnaker is about life, not sports. My head...

Editorial: Newspaper thieves’ booty stacks up in acts of unnecessary childish retaliation

Greg Parlier

April 24, 2012

“Censorship is the strongest drive in human nature; sex is a weak second”- Phil Kerby The Spinnaker has had its fair share of dealings with thieves, dumpers and agitators. See a Spinnaker editorial from October to see all our recent relationships with n...

Gavlik earns first A-Sun Player of the Week for strong, consistent play

Josh Brannock

April 18, 2012

By: Josh Brannnock, Sports Editor Going a combined 10-16, scoring five runs and driving in four runs over four games last week was good enough for T.J. Gavlik to be named the Atlantic Sun April 9 Player of the Week. The award is the fi...

Editorial: Florida Universities talk Ivy

Greg Parlier

April 9, 2012

It is safer to have the whole people respectably enlightened than a few in a high state of science and the many in ignorance. --Thomas Jefferson If you thought a 15 percent tuition differential increase was tough to stomach, just be ...

Baseball takes down top-ranked Gators, continues struggles in conference play

Josh Brannock

April 8, 2012

By: Josh Brannock, Sports Editor In front of 2,411 fans, the UNF Ospreys took on the No. 1 ranked University of Florida Gators at Harmon Stadium April 3. Even though the game was at UNF, the crowd was packed with blue-and-orange-c...

Sports in Brief, April 4

Josh Brannock

April 8, 2012

By: Josh Brannock, Sports Editor Baylor finishes season perfect 40-0, win national championship Under the massive wingspan and dominating power of Brittney Greiner, the Baylor Bears became the first team to finish 40-0 i...

UNF Board of Trustees approves 15% increase to tuition differential

Maggie Seppi

April 6, 2012

By: Maggie Seppi, Assistant News Editor As reported in the Spinnaker last week, a 15% tuition increase proposal approved by the UNF Board of Trustees March 20 entails a tuition differential increase from $21.42 to $40.13, bringing...

UNF Rugby just two wins away from a National Championship

Josh Brannock

April 5, 2012

By: Josh Brannock, Sports Editor With its back against the wall and its season on the line, the UNF rugby team was on the brink of leaving Norfolk, Va., empty-handed March 25 and ending an historic season painfully short, but the D...

The Red Party is running on school pride, SG experience for upcoming elections

March 1, 2012

Bill that silences universities’ voices reaches compromise

March 1, 2012

Deadbirds look to finish season unscathed

Spinnaker

February 22, 2012

By: Josh Brannock, Sports Editor The UNF rugby team is continuing its fight for a Division III championship as it travels to Eckerd College Feb. 25 to take on the Tritons in its final game of the regular season. The team has won its last four matches by ...