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Saturday, February 21, 2026

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The invisible lid freshmen forget exist

In my first weeks at UF, I've noticed an overwhelming sentiment among freshmen: people you don't know suddenly feel much more approachable. In some ways, I've felt this myself. I have almost surely spoken to more people in the last week than all of my years of high school combined. 


Dancers practice their skills at the Harn Museum during the first night of the Latina Women’s League’s 20th annual Latino Film Festival on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
THE AVENUE  |  ART AND THEATER

Harn Museum kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month

The event included the first night of the Latina Women’s League’s 20th annual Latino Film Festival, as well as museum-organized crafts and collaborative artworks. University organizations like the Center for Latin American Studies and the Hispanic Student Association tabled at the event, inviting guests to learn more about their programs. 


OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Just say no to 2

Amendment 2 is written with a hokeyness that smells of warm apple pie and waves Old Glory to make us cozy up to the idea that fishing and hunting must be constitutional, even though these rights as a statute have never been questioned.


Doug Emhoff, the husband to Kamala Harris, speaks to attendees at a campaign event in The Villages on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.
ENTERPRISE  |  POLITICS

Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris, makes campaign stop in The Villages

Before Emhoff spoke, leaders across the state spoke on behalf of the Harris campaign. Yvonne Hayes Hinson, D-Gainesville, expressed concerns to the crowd over Project 2025 and a potential second Trump term. Hayes Hinson emphasized that social security and Medicare, two issues important to the older residents of The Villages, would be threatened under Project 2025.


ENVIRONMENT  |  ENTERPRISE

A Florida composting company has a checkered past. Alachua County chose it anyway.

The county began negotiations with Jacksonville-based Sunshine Organics & Compost June 11 to lay the groundwork for a local compost program, a pointed effort toward the joint city and county Zero Waste Strategic Plan. While the project could solve the county’s organic waste problem, the company and its co-owner come attached to a checkered past of inspection violations, debt and theft. 



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