Archive for the ‘32-09’ Category

Soldiers returning home without job opportunities, a failing economic situation and people fatally sick without health care or hope – these were a few reasons Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker decided to travel across the country and campaign for the upcoming election. Whitaker, who won a 2007 Academy Award for best actor in “The Last King of Scotland,” spoke to a crowd of UNF students, ... Full story

The Board of Trustees submitted an action to the state in September unanimously passing an increase in all 2009-2010 housing rates by an average of 6.02 percent. The cost of living on campus has increased every year since 1990, but the last time it increased this drastically was in 1999 when it was raised 8.26 percent, according to the Board of Trustees agenda. The decision stemmed from ... Full story

Sept. 18 – Grand theft (Building 14) – A student had his book bag stolen from the cafeteria. It contained five textbooks. A possible suspect is in question. Sept. 18 – Grand theft (Building 15) – A computer hard drive was stolen out of a classroom after a club meeting took place there. Fingerprints from the room came back negative, and there are no suspects. Sept. 19 – ... Full story

A group of 10 college interns from around the nation founded a viral voter registration campaign, Stop and Vote, with the intention of getting their generation to the ballot boxes this November. The Concept Farm, a New York communications company, spearheaded this movement with hopes that its interns would become proactive and reach countless numbers of disaffected youth, according to a company statement. Full story

With the White House and congressional leaders struggling to resurrect a rescue of the nation’s struggling financial markets, they are searching for ways to sweeten the deal for reluctant lawmakers. The idea of boosting the cap on federal bank deposit insurance has gained some momentum, with both candidates for president – Democratic Barack Obama and Republican John McCain – propose lifting it to $250,000. The Federal ... Full story

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sept. 30 – the first polling data available based entirely on interviews following Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama’s first Presidential Debate – shows Obama getting 51 percent of the vote while McCain garnered 45 percent. Full story

Before another stressful day of teaching, music professor Charlotte Mabrey rested on a bench overlooking the Green, her lips encircling the filter of a cigarette as she pensively sucked out the tobacco smoke. Those walking by don’t notice she’s breaking UNF’s campus policy by smoking too close to covered walkways. “When I started, we smoked in the classroom,” Mabrey said, reminiscing about her 27 years teaching ... Full story

Senate President Brandon Eady called Sen. Robert Foster out of order during the Sept. 29 Student Government Senate meeting and had him removed from the chambers. The debate began during the first reading of Foster’s proposed bills, two amendments to Title VI concerning election penalties and campaign financing. Full story

Students should think twice before posting pictures from last night’s party or adding that crude bumper sticker because there’s a possibility more than just friends are looking at their Facebook or Myspace, according to a Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions survey. Kaplan surveyed 320 college admissions officers from the nation’s top colleges and universities and found one out of 10 officers visited an applicant’s social networking ... Full story

He has been active with student governments since he was in eighth grade, and his efforts to serve student bodies. in particular, has not ceased. John Barnes, UNF student body president, credits his father for getting him into politics. “He’s a political junkie,” said Barnes, senior political science major. “I remember watching ‘Meet the Press’ with him on the weekends.” Full story