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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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Tax Cuts: The Never-Ending Debate

Spinnaker Dec 3, 2010
Democrats and Republicans won't agree on Bush tax cuts.
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In defense of gridlocked government: no progress is progress

Spinnaker Mar 3, 2010
Who says "broken government" is such a bad idea?
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It’s official: The crazies have taken over the asylum

Spinnaker Sep 16, 2009

The bizarre, intellectually vapid and conspiracy thirsty right-wing extremists that collectively comprise the Tea Party movement, marched on Capitol Hill this weekend with great fanfare from Fox “News”...

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Commentary: Happy Tax Day; now time to pay

Spinnaker Apr 15, 2009

It’s the annual confiscatory tax season, which culminates April 15. According to the supreme law of the land, it’s illegal for the federal government to tax citizens and not directly appropriate the...

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Commentary: There is still hope for Wall Street

Spinnaker Mar 25, 2009

Everyday we hear it. Businesses across the nation are closing, taxpayers are foreclosing on their homes in record numbers, and banks are failing like never before as a result of a national credit crunch...

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Professors discuss factors of national economic crisis

Spinnaker Feb 25, 2009

UNF hosted an economic panel Feb. 19 concerning the state of the U.S. economy and how President Barack Obama’s policies will affect the markets. The panel, “Our Economic Challenges: What Can the New...

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The News Around – Feb. 25

Spinnaker Feb 25, 2009

AROUND THE STATE Jacksonville port hit by cuts, decreases cargo shipments Current national economic conditions are affecting Jacksonville’s port, decreasing the number of cargo shipments and causing...

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Commentary: States regain sovereignty with new legislation

Spinnaker Feb 18, 2009

The U.S. Senate and Congress recently passed some of the largest spending bills in history – the latest being the Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, which passed Feb. 13. Former President George...

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The News Around – Jan. 28

Spinnaker Jan 28, 2009

AROUND THE STATE Missing fund manager turns himself into Tampa FBI The missing Floridian investment fund manager – whose $300 million in investment funds are actually worth less than $1 million,...

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The News Around

Spinnaker Jan 7, 2009
Crist discusses plans for state budget deficit, Democrat politicians embroiled in scandal, Isreali troops push into Gaza, only one soldier dead
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Bailouts urge students to ‘End the Fed’

Spinnaker Dec 3, 2008
J acksonville citizens, including several UNF students, participated in the “End the Fed” rally Nov. 22 downtown at the Jacksonville Federal Reserve Building. Approximately 150 people gathered to protest the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department’s bailout of Wall Street and the planned bailout of the automakers. The rally was part of a 39-city protest. Some cities had thousands of supporters listening and chanting to Republican and emocrat elected officials who opposed thebailout. Police officers (right) were called in to videotape the protest.
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