Dounia Bendris, a 21-year-old UF drawing senior, doesn’t like hard lines in her work, so she uses her fingers to smear her charcoal drawings. With black-stained hands, her fingerprints create a shadow and light effect. She dips her fingers into a water jug to seal the charcoal when she’s satisfied with an area.
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By Bayden Armstrong | Dec. 9Protestors of the death penalty sit outside Florida State Prison and pray in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.
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By Bayden Armstrong | Dec. 9Reverend Phillip Egitto speaks with Abraham Bonowitz outside Florida State Prison in opposition to the execution of Mark Allen Geralds. Geralds was executed in Raiford on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.





