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How to catch a liar (part 1)

Wow, someone did something horrible in Student Government; we all sure haven’t heard of that one before, have we?

SG Senate hears criticism on two dismissed senators, approves new committee members

Senators and students alike showed up to support former Inspire Senators Ashley Grabowski and Ben Lima at Tuesday night’s UF Student Government Senate meeting. 

Inspire Senators appeal seats after forced resignations

The last regular UF Student Government Senate meeting of Summer A semester took an unexpected turn when two senators, Ben Lima (Inspire, District D) and Senate Minority Leader Ashley Grabowski (Inspire, Graduate), lost their seats.

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Ashley Grabowski explains to the Senate that Inspire Party will be objecting to several of the Replacement and Agenda Committee’s nominations for Summer replacements seats because they were voted on without being properly discussed.

Two SG senators forced to resign their seats following Tuesday’s meeting

Tuesday’s UF Student Government Senate meeting began in debate and ended with two senators losing seats.

Something is rotten in the SG Senate

Once upon a time, I used to be able to show up to Student Government Senate on Tuesday nights and leave around 20 minutes later. It was a time in which we would all sit there, pass legislation by unanimous consent, listen to a couple short reports and then move on with our night.

Plagiarism in Student Government, part 4

It is no secret that our Student Government’s majority party likes to tout its close ties to Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

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Student Senate approves executive nominations and resolutions

UF’s Student Senate approved the final group of the executive nominations during Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.

Plagiarism in Student Government, part 3

There sure seems to be a lot of plagiarism in Student Government, eh? It’s almost as if there’s this whole entire environment filled with people who don’t care about the rules.

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Ashley Grabowski (left) at a May 25 Student Senate meeting. 

SG Committee approves new summer replacements for vacant Senate seats

Colin Solomon felt well prepared for his interview with the Student Government Senate summer replacement committee. He was being interviewed by the committee for the vacant seat of Mackintosh Joachim (Inspire, District D).

Plagiarism in Student Government, Part 2

Now I know I have mentioned Student Body President Michael Murphy’s borderline plagiarized inaugural speech in my last couple of columns, but I feel like I should probably do my due diligence and write about other instances of plagiarism that have happened in the past.

UF Student Senate president petitions senator-appointed summer replacements

Colin Solomon was set to fill the vacant seat of UF Student Government District D Senator Mackintosh Joachim for the summer up until last week when his position was petitioned.

SG failed students regarding commencement

It’s the first week of classes, but it seems like Student Body President Michael Murphy has already failed his first test.

SG must uphold online voting

The April 11th showdown at the UF Student Government Supreme Court was a milestone in the history of online voting regardless of whether or not it was successful. The argument itself was not about whether online voting should be legal, but rather if the Supreme Court had the power to recount votes in a way that would make it illegal (namely, counting abstentions as votes against). However, the case of whether online voting is still legal despite the 2016 decision has yet to be made.

The Alligator Summer 2019 Staff Applications

Interested in becoming a part of one of the largest independent student-run newsrooms? The Alligator is looking for its next team of reporters, editors, photographers, copy editors, audience engagement strategists and more to move the newspaper forward.

Limited number of ASL interepreters leads to UF PSU event cancellation

The lack of sign language interpreters in Gainesville meant a UF Pride Awareness Month event could not happen.

Letter to the Editor: What SG and others can learn from Public Policy Career Day

On March 21, Chomp the Vote hosted the Public Policy Career Day inside of the Reitz Grand Ballroom. To put on the event, Chomp the Vote partnered with the Bob Graham Center, the UF International Center, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Beyond 120, the political science department, the College of Journalism and Communications, the Career Resource Center and Civic Duty Florida. The event featured more than 20 universities with public policy and administration programs, such as Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University, as well as employers from the public and private sector. The event director and planning team within Chomp staff created this event with the intention of bringing an event on campus for students to be exposed to educational and professional opportunities within the public policy sector.