Search Results

How will SG operate in Fall?

In past semesters, students couldn't walk through Turlington Plaza during Student Government campaign season without being bombarded by SG candidates.

Have fun, wear masks and save the climate: Bill Nye’s message to UF students

UF students have some big expectations to live up to following Bill Nye’s event Monday night.

Students receive SG rent relief funds months late, and some are still waiting

More than two months after UF Student Government passed a bill to help students pay their rent, Reaghan Wooster finally received her rent relief.

Want to be part of The Alligator? Join our Fall 2020 team

Are you interested in joining one of the largest independent, student-run newspapers in the country? The Alligator is looking for its next team of reporters, editors, photographers and more to move the newspaper forward. 

Student Government Senate president or dictator?

I was removed from the most recent Senate meeting by Senate President Kyle Garner because I tried to have the Senate hear a bill condemning UF’s use of prison slavery.

Generic SG

SG Judiciary Committee postpones three resolutions related to civil rights

Over the course of three weeks, the UF Student Government committee postponed three bills that would support civil rights issues on UF’s campus and beyond.

SG money

A new funding model would help guarantee funding for student organizations

The UF Student Government funding model is undergoing revisions, and this could mean more money and guaranteed funding for some student organizations.

New SG Judiciary Committee Chair has written one piece of legislation

The new UF Student Government Judiciary Committee Chair has written one piece of legislation during his nearly two semesters in SG.

'A skeleton in Florida’s closet': The Johns Committee’s history at UF

The year was 1958, and while other students were worrying about class and their lives off campus, UF sophomore Art Copleston was in the University Police’s basement.

Students continue push for UF administration to rename campus buildings

Bree Turner gets a bitter taste in her mouth when she walks into the Reitz Union. Students walk in and visit with their friends at the food court, prepare for a club meeting or play a round of ping-pong⁠—oblivious to her discomfort.

Dear administrators: Here are steps to fix UF Student Government

Student Government has always been a dumpster fire, and UF’s administrators have always been afraid to get their hands dirty while putting it out.

“Gator Bait” removal, mandatory bias training: UF’s plan to address racism

The time for “Gator Bait” at UF has ended. The phrase is associated with “horrific historic racist imagery,” and UF Athletics and the Gator Band will discontinue their use of it, UF President Kent Fuchs wrote.

UF Accent Speakers Bureau, BSU and PSU host the founders of #BlackLivesMatter

Black Lives Matter founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi will speak June 25 at 6:30 p.m. as part of the UF Student Government Accent Speakers Bureau’s virtual summer series.

Senators condemn racism, support rescinding student’s admission after racist posts

Following a former prospective UF student’s racist comments online, UF Student Government passed a resolution June 9 applauding “the administration’s decision to rescind Liberty Woodley’s admission to the university.”

Abolish Student Government. Burn it all down.

Given that our Student Government treats minorities like chewing tobacco, I guess I am surprised that I have lasted four long years here.

UF SG Branden Pearson

Branden Pearson apologized Friday morning after messages containing racial slurs and other offensive language surfaced.

SG official to no longer serve after racial slurs, offensive language resurface

A UF student will no longer serve as a Student Government official after screenshots of racist messages he wrote in 2015 resurfaced overnight.

SG resolution generic