Campus groups celebrate Black History Month
By Laura Britton
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Rebecca Daly 
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Dr. Jarik Conrad, the executive director of the Jacksonville Blueprint for Prosperity, visited campus Jan. 30 to kick off the African American Student Union's Black History Month activities.
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In honor of Black History month, the African American Student Union and the Intercultural Center for Peace are working to bring UNF students and faculty together.
The first event of the week was the Black History Proclamation Jan. 30 featuring guest speaker Dr. Jarik Conrad, the executive director of the Jacksonville Blueprint for Prosperity. Conrad spoke about the gap between the black and white communities in terms of economics and job-employment opportunities. He also challenged the audience to improve Jacksonville by becoming more involved in the community.
"Our goal is to make Jacksonville into the most culturally inclusive city in
America," Conrad said. "That is our vision, but we can't do that without your help."
The AASU also set up a black history exhibit for students in the library. The theme of black history is "From Slavery to Freedom," so the AASU added its own touch by incorporating "Progression" into the new library exhibit, said Rachel Tutwiler, a senior political science major and director of the AASU at UNF.
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Fee increases approved for 2007-2008
By Laurel Wright
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Darlene Humphreys
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At its Jan. 26 meeting, the University of North Florida Board of Trustees approved the following for the 2007-2008 school year:
- The Athletic Fee will increase by 34 cents, bringing the total to $12.68 per credit hour.*
- The Activity and Service Fee will increase by 43 cents, bringing the total to $7.83 per credit hour.*
- A new Transportation Access Fee of up to $3.85 per credit hour will
be assessed.
- A new parking permit system, which calls for the elimination of the general and second/third floor garage categories and the introduction of a new premium category, will take effect. Most permit prices will increase slightly, with significant increases to housing, discount and motorcycle permits.
* The Athletic and Activity and Service fees will only change if tuition increases by an expected 3 percent in 2007-2008.
Registration draws 75 new voters
By Tami Livingston
NEWS EDITOR
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Media Relations
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Karla Diaz Ortiz (left), a freshman communications major, registered to vote during the countywide student voter registration drive Jan. 24 and 25. University of North Florida students Kara Tucker and Josh Pafford helped with the drive.
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The Duval County Supervisor of Elections co-sponsored a student voter registration drive on the University of North Florida campus
last week.
A total of 75 students registered over the two-day period according to Kara Tucker, an elections poll worker and UNF rehabilitation graduate student. That's a huge increase compared to last year when only 17 students registered, she said.
The UNF drive was part of a countywide drive by the SOE office to get more students to register to vote, said Duval County Supervisor of Elections, Jerry Holland. The goal was to register 5,000 students in total, he said.
In all, the drive registered 5,173 students from the Jacksonville area, beating last year's 3,406.
"It was our best countywide drive ever," Holland said.
This is the fifth year the SOE office has done the countywide student drive, Holland said. Every public and private college, university and high school in the area participated in the drive, he said.
The goal of the drive is to bring the registration process to the people and to motivate them to start voting, Holland said.
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