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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Cuban embargo should remain in place

It seems that there are many people out there ill-informed about the Cuban embargo. The first false assumption people make is that the U.S. initiated the embargo because Cuba became a communist country. The truth is that the U.S. enacted the embargo because when the Castro regime took power in 1959, it expropriated all of the properties of the U.S., including that of American citizens and corporations. Castro enriched his regime with the millions of dollars he stole from the U.S. and has never paid the money back.


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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Undergrads shouldn’t complain about fee

Are undergrads seriously up in arms over a $20 flat fee plus $3 per credit hour for the new Reitz Union? I’m an out-of-state student receiving $0 in government aid. In case you’re unaware, out-of-state tuition is now approaching $800 per credit. My Reitz student fee of $65 would buy me a little more than one hour of class at UF.


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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

Last week was unusually slow for the Department of Darts and Laurels. In light of this, we made a (desperate?) plea for Gators to go out and make some real news. While we doubt that the overwhelming response was due entirely to the public pity party we held for ourselves last week, we think it helped. So now, inundated with news, we would like to present you with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for edition of:


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NEWS

Colbert mocks Miracle Whip campaign

It’s not too often that an ad campaign goes from startlingly stupid to strangely brilliant with a swapped-out voiceover, but Miracle Whip pulled off that trick with some of their most recent ads. And like a lot of things that are brilliant, Stephen Colbert is involved.


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THE AVENUE  |  ART AND THEATER

Art bash showcases student creations

Fingers stained with ink and rooms with the scent of freshly brushed paint adorned the UF campus Friday night. Art students scattered with their artwork throughout the Fine Arts complex to showcase their latest creations for UF’s School of Art and Art History’s annual Art Bash event.


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THE AVENUE  |  SEX

Men need matchmaking too

    After Bret found “love” and VH1 ended “Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels,” the trashy reality television gods have blessed me with another gem in the form of an hourlong block of the new season of “Tough Love.” I find Sundays lazing on the couch watching no-thought-involved TV medicinal, but for those of you who don’t, let me recap the show.



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