The University of North Florida men’s basketball team lost its fourth game of the season to a ranked opponent Tuesday night, dropping a 70-48 decision to the No. 25 University of Texas Longhorns, inside the Erwin Center.

February is black history month. You probably already knew that. But what you might not know about is Jacksonville’s sordid and shameful history of segregation and racial discrimination. This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday, a somber day of racial unrest that swept our River City into the ferocious maelstrom of the Civil Rights struggle.

The expansion of the Jacksonville Port authority was the focus of the first International Business Week at UNF, which concluded Feb 12. While presentation topics were selected so they would represent...