Dinuzzo: Counseling center has always been understaffed

Students seeking nonemergency help at the UNF Counseling Center will most likely be placed on a waiting list because of an increase in enrollment and an understaffed office, Director Terry Dinuzzo said.
To solve this, the center seeks a 61 cent student fee increase for the 2010-2011 school year in order to hire three staff counselor positions.
The birth of the waiting list
During the first three weeks of this semester, the center saw 80 more clients and 99 more sessions compared to last year, …

GINA Robot fails to fetch all of ‘Mars Rocks’
A team of UNF students was one out of 17 finalists that competed their robots at the international 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers student design competition in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Nov. 15.

The Ospreys lost to Mercer 0-3 in-front of an electric crowd of nearly 300 students, fellow athletes and spectators, Nov. 7.
The game was the team’s first appearance in an Atlantic Sun conference playoff game.
The match started off balanced with both teams creating attacks and gaining opportunities at both ends of the pitch. The difference between the two teams lay in their ability to put the ball on frame and finish those attacks.
Overall, the Ospreys out-shot Mercer 11 to nine but the Bears were able to put six of their shots on …

Atlanta hip-hop artists spits some beats at free-for-students, sold-out show at the UNF Amphitheater
Ludacris visited UNF Amphitheater for a show of his hip-hop antics Thursday, Oct. 28, drawing in the biggest crowd that has ever even close to packed the venue, said Randall Robinson, adviser of Osprey Productions.
Luda took to the stage, which a sea of ecstatic fans engulfed, and began with some of his most popular songs like “Act a Fool.”
His musical versatility can be seen in some of his most celebrated collaborations with artists ranging from Ciara to …

Oct. 9 – Lost Property (Building 41)

Sept. 24 – Criminal Mischief (Building 41) – A student parked her car in Lot 3 and went to class. She returned to find that her car had been “keyed.” The roof, trunk, left front and rear door, and left rear quarter panel had all been damaged. The subjects are still unknown.
Sept. 25 – Information (Building V) – UPD arrived at the Osprey Cove residence hall in response to a student being harassed on Facebook. Someone identified as “Kodak Phantom” began making threats on her Facebook page. After the initial …

The two separate departments are now better organized
As UNF grows, so must its departments, the UNF Physics Department Chair James Garner said.
Garner used to be the chemistry and physics department chair before it split into two separate departments July 1.
The old department outgrew itself, and the split was done primarily to obtain separate budgets and offices, Garner said.
The budgets are determined by each college separately and on a number of different factors, said Kenneth Laali, chair of the UNF Chemistry Department.
The chemistry department has a slightly larger budget due to …

Sixty percent of all marriages established between the age of 20 and 25 end in divorce, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
However, against the formidable odds, almost all women attending college expressed a desire for marriage and motherhood, Charles King said in a study from Allen University on the validity of “the maternal instinct.”
Ninety-eight percent of all collegiate women from both urban and rural areas expressed a strong desire to get married, citing that this urge stemmed from a “desire for companionship” or a “desire for security,” …

Katelin Swift, a physical education K-12 senior forward, currently leads the UNF women’s soccer team with 12 points, coming from 5 goals and 2 assists in seven games. Swift was born in Tampa Bay and has been playing soccer since age four. She has played for several clubs such as the Richmond Strikers, Richmond Capitals, JYS Fury and Clay County United. Daughter of Bette and Randy Swift, she has one sister, Brianna Swift, who verbally committed to be a member of the UNF women’s soccer team next season.

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Students can explore exotic destinations such as Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rico, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Thailand or Eastern Europe by partaking in a volunteer and adventure program with International Student Volunteers.
International Student Volunteers, a non-profit organization, is visiting UNF Sept. 10 to recruit 50 students for their summer overseas volunteer and adventure program.
For the first two weeks on an ISV volunteer and adventure trip, students will participate in volunteer activities such as building homes for orphans and struggling families, saving and caring for sea turtles and other marine …