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Letter to the Editor: Hispanic representation on campus

Letter to the Editor: Hispanic representation on campus

David Manjarres May 11, 2018

Dear Editor, I am writing today in hopes of reaching out not only to the Spinnaker staff but to the student body and administrators. In my short time in Jacksonville and around the UNF community, I've...

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Letter to the Editor: The True Meaning of Sex

Kenneth Laybourn Feb 27, 2018

Sex Week is just around the corner here at UNF. We, students and faculty, have the opportunity to reflect on our views of sex. Questions like, “What is sex to me? Or where do I stand within the different...

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Letter to the Editor: In response to hateful posters at UNF

Kenneth Laybourn Nov 18, 2017

Friday walking from my class to the vending machine, I saw many posters hastily made and crudely thought out. They read, “Boycott all stores and restaurants on campus until the Nazi is gone.” As...

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sculpture design by Diana Shepard

Poem to the Editor: In response to on campus threats

Michael Lane Nov 17, 2017

Whenever I write poetry it usually has some relevance to a memory or what I'm currently feeling. So in light of recent events on and off campus I'd been pondering how I could help amidst all the responsibilities...

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Letter to the Editor: "Our university has let down many of its black and brown alumni"

Letter to the Editor: “Our university has let down many of its black and brown alumni”

Brandon Jacobs Nov 7, 2017

My Fellow Ospreys, I come to you all today saddened and disappointed. As many of you may already know, our university has let down many of its black and brown alumni and undergraduate student body with...

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Starbucks. Photo by Ronnie Rodgers.

Letter to the Editor: Where the leftover $61,000 went after student lounge renovations

Jacob Riggs, Student Government Press Secretary Nov 1, 2017

Former Student Body President Samantha Mims and former Chief of Staff Zachary Levensohn worked together on reducing the cost of the Student Lounge renovations in Starbucks. The result of that effort was...

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Some students feel the university is overpopulated. Photo by Joslyn Simmons

Letter to the editor: UNF is overpopulated

Ken Laybourn Sep 29, 2017

Adults and freshly graduated high school students notice one thing when arriving for their first day of college classes. A VERY apparent, obvious news flash of DISASTER.  A situation that cannot...

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Letter to the Editor: On political correctness -- a response

Letter to the Editor: On political correctness — a response

Spinnaker Jan 15, 2017

The University's department of Philosophy and Religious Studies had this to say in response to Bart Greene's Jan. 9th letter to the editor regarding political correctness on university campuses: We,...

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Letter to the Editor: Against political correctness on university campuses

Letter to the Editor: Against political correctness on university campuses

Bart Greene Jan 9, 2017

The website home page of the Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies' displays a manifesto:  nine members of the Department wringing their hands about the recent political campaign and its aftermath....

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Letter to the Editor: Don’t ignore the threat of the national debt

Spinnaker Oct 11, 2013
Joseph Turner, UNF Student Body Treasurer, wants students to pay attention to the national debt.
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Showing our work: the determinants of your magazine (Part 2).

Jacob Harn Sep 5, 2013
Many people were either unsure of or against Spinnaker Print's transition to a magazine. The missives between current, and a past Spinnaker editor in chief, shed light on the transition and display a change of opinion from someone who cares dearly about the publication.
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Showing our work: the determinants of your magazine (Part 1).

Jacob Harn Sep 5, 2013
As the spring 2013 semester wound down, myself and Spinnaker Print Art Director Joey Taravella, made a decision: We would begin researching the possibility of transforming the print publication into a magazine. The pertinent survey questions and a smattering of responses are reproduced here.
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