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UNF study finds having indoor plants can decrease stress levels in women

Jessica Volz • Nov 6, 2019

If you're thinking about getting an indoor plant but don't know if the hassle is worth it then you may want to consider it more beneficial for your mental health. Especially, after hearing about a new study...

How to pass your exams without passing out

Drew McDonald, Sports Editor • Jul 24, 2018

Exam week is a grueling week where students frantically cram all of the information into their heads, hoping to squeak by and pass their classes. To reduce the stress of exam week,...

National Stress Awareness Month and Taming Finals Anxiety

Sam Chaney • Apr 21, 2018

With final exams being next week, most UNF students are reaching the point where their stress evolves beyond the usual background hum of discomfort. End of semester burnout will threaten to exacerbate...

Cute pups make finals week bearable

Alexandra Torres-Perez • Apr 27, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhbJi2OfC-k During this time of misery, despair and self-hatred for having to cram for finals, students’ faces lit up as they walked into the library and saw six beautiful...

Friendships have a life-span

Taylor Leckie • Apr 17, 2013

As you grow and your relationships don’t, you’ll need to cut some ties. treat this as a sort of friend test: Who makes the cut, and who needs to go?

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I Love the ‘90s

Katie Gile • Jan 17, 2012

If you’re reading this, you were alive during the ‘90s. Celebrate those youthful years with a flashback to the times of Tommy Pickles and Courtney Love.

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Take it to the next level: Training schedule to gait the River Run

Spinnaker • Nov 17, 2010

Lace up your sneakers and hit the pavement. Make running the 2011 Gate River Run your New years resolution. We’ve compiled all the how-to tips you’ll need to run like a pro, the rest is up to you.

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Know how to note

Spinnaker • Oct 28, 2010

Use these simple tips from ACE to streamline the note-taking system. The result: less stress, more free time and better grades.

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Top Five Duets

Spinnaker • Oct 12, 2010

Nab some new tunes from this week's Top Five Duets list for a beat dropping combination of the sexes.

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Staff Blog: The semester starts…

Spinnaker • Jan 13, 2009

I don't know about you, but the holidays came and went pretty quickly. The break may have included travel, gift-giving and for most people, hanging out with loved ones. By the time the New Year rolled around, I couldn't think of anything to change in 2009.

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Christmas cheer must extend into the new year

Spinnaker • Dec 3, 2008

The UNF student population has been tested really hard during the last few semesters. The way the economy developed left many students facing the dilemma of their future at school and how they will make it during the upcoming holiday. Christmas is now less than a month away and is filling many people with a bitter taste of worry and uncertainty. Those who lost their homes due to the economy will spend their first Christmas at someone else’s place.

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