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Religious group associated with claims of sex-trafficking found at UNF

Religious group associated with claims of sex-trafficking found at UNF

Sam Chaney Feb 20, 2018

Reports of a sex-trafficking religious group on college campuses have been popping up all over the country, and a member of the group has recently been spotted here at UNF. The University of North Florida...

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Police Beat: Stolen Beats and other valuables

Sam Chaney Feb 20, 2018

Don’t Drop the Beat A student met with UNFPD at the Student Union game room on Feb. 8 to report a stolen pair of Beats headphones. According to the police report, the student was sitting in the...

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UPD recruits new Safety Rangers

Sam Chaney Feb 8, 2018

In trying to survive the UNF Hunger Games known as parking, students have to search for a space, dodge citations and try to avoid colliding with each other both physically and emotionally. Now, however,...

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Funding for new body-cameras for UNF police

Sam Chaney Jan 16, 2018

The University of North Florida Police Department (UNFPD) recently announced that it was provided with a federal grant through the Department of Justice in order to supply them with new body-worn cameras. The...

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Safe Ospreys: the new app to keep students safe

Safe Ospreys: the new app to keep students safe

Hannah Lee Dec 14, 2017

The university wants us all to be safe, so they designed an app to ensure student security.  Safe Ospreys is the app created by campus police to promote and address student safety on campus. The app...

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Police Beat: Fake sugar daddy, gunshots and vandalism

Alexandra Torres-Perez Nov 24, 2017

Can I be your sugar daddy? On Nov. 13, UNFPD met with a student at the Crossings. The student told police he was on the web site Jack'd looking for a friend. Jack’d is a dating app similar to Tinder...

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Potential on campus support rally for Ken Parker

Potential on campus support rally for Ken Parker

Ronnie Rodgers Nov 16, 2017

The university is preparing for a potential white nationalist rally on campus next week. The rally, which is being held in support of suspended student Ken Parker, is reportedly planned to happen on...

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Ken Parker was suspended from UNF after posting this photo on social media.

VIDEO: Do students still feel safe at UNF?

Jas Chung Nov 15, 2017

https://youtu.be/mQqJ23Y0W_8 After a picture of a student holding a gun was uploaded to social media, we asked students do they feel safe on campus.

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Police Beat: 700 emails, the answer is no, and damage at the Lib

Alexandra Torres-Perez Nov 15, 2017

Along with a home invasion and a man indecently exposing his penis, here are some other crimes that happened on campus last week. "I wrote you 700 letters. I wrote you every day for a year." A female...

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UPDATE: Crimes on campus

Alexandra Torres-Perez Nov 15, 2017

There have been three gun incidents in dorms involving students this semester alone and a slew of other incidents on campus. Cameron James Daniel pleaded not guilty of all charges in writing. He is...

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Facebook comments lead to at least one class being cancelled

Pierce Turner, Alex Wilson, and Tiffany Salameh Nov 14, 2017

  Despite President Delaney’s request for students and faculty to remain calm, at least one professor cancelled class in response to a perceived threat from Ken Parker’s social media...

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President Delaney urges the campus to stay calm in wake of gun rumors

Ronnie Rodgers Nov 14, 2017

After “It’s okay to be white” signs were posted and a flurry of rumors about someone having a gun on campus , UNF President John Delaney released a statement via Osprey Update Tuesday afternoon....

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