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When Samira Yssa first heard that Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., was invited to speak at the University of North Florida, she began forming a group that planned to reserve tickets and protest inside the lecture. Tickets were free for students and Yssa, a junior at UNF majoring in biomedical sciences,...
It’s been four months since the Interfaith Space in the University of North Florida Student Union was officially closed. Since then, numerous religious students have expressed frustration and said they feel ignored by both Student Government and the university. Like the name suggests, the room was intended to be a place where religious and non-religious...
The prayer and meditation room in the University of North Florida’s Interfaith Center was originally built as a closet. The room is a box—approximately 10 feet by 10 feet—that can support about four people at once. Nine months ago, then-Student Body President Nathaniel Rodefer worked out an agreement between Student Government, the Student Union and...