OCEARCH Archives - UNF Spinnaker

Great White researcher talks ocean conservation

Jake Stofan • Nov 8, 2014

Chris Fischer, from National Geographic's "Shark Men," spoke to an audience at UNF on Nov.6 about the conservation of ocean life and the tracking of Great White sharks.

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Inhaling the unknown

Noor Ashouri • Sep 13, 2013

E-cigarettes may seem like a better alternative than traditional cigarettes due to the absence of tobacco, but we shouldn’t rush to them just yet.

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UNF students’ right to light up on campus may go up in smoke. Healthy Osprey and the Safety Council are proposing a tobacco ban on campus, which would take effect Aug. 2014. According to the policy...

Lydia, the 2000 lb shark

Sarah Ricevuto • Mar 5, 2013

Lydia has been tagged and her actions are now being monitored. Lydia is a great white shark -- she's 2,000 lbs, 14”6. Shark research group, OCEARCH, tagged the great white shark off the coast...

White sharks off Jacksonville’s coast

Kathleen Godfrey • Feb 4, 2013

Shark research group OCEARCH tracked a great white shark just outside the Jacksonville Beach surf zone on Jan. 8. Mary Lee, 16 ft long and 3456 lbs heavy, is one of many white sharks tagged off...

UNF Health Promotions proposes smoke-free campus

Ava Rivera • Apr 9, 2012

By: Ava Rivera, Contributing Writer The Health Promotions Department held a tobacco attitude survey during the Fall 2011 semester. According to Mike Kennedy, assistant director of the Health Promotions...

Letter to the Editor

Spinnaker • Aug 17, 2010

Do you feel like you have something to say to the editor of the Spinnaker? Well, speak your mind and send us a letter of your own!

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Great White researcher talks ocean conservation

Inhaling the unknown

Tobacco ban proposed for UNF

Lydia, the 2000 lb shark

White sharks off Jacksonville’s coast

UNF Health Promotions proposes smoke-free campus

Letter to the Editor

UNF Spinnaker