Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
We inform. You decide.
Friday, June 12, 2026
Danielle Veenstra ·

Santiago Benjumea (left), a 23-year-old IGNITE school of ministry sophomore, and Karen Paige, a 49-year-old administration assistant, stand among about 25 protestors picketing Planned Parenthood on Oct. 10, 2015. Paige said her son was conceived when she was raped at 15 and the world would have lost out on his contributions if she had killed her baby. “This is war,” Benjumea said. “We are out here in combat.”

More

IMG_5243.jpeg

Ricardo Cedillo (left), Agnes Leslie (center) and Salvador Cedillo (right) pose for a photo outside Las Carretas after the first World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.


IMG_5235.jpeg

Diners watch the second half of the first World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa at Tinker Restaurant, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.


IMG_1338.jpeg

Emily Westerholm, the founder and executive director of Released Reentry, recites a poem at an Open Mic Poetry Nights event at Released Reentry in Gainesville, Fla., on June 10, 2026.


Powered by SNworks Solutions by The State News
All Content © 2026 The Independent Florida Alligator and Campus Communications, Inc.