LIVE BLOG: Student Government election results
Tonight is Student Government election night. Impact Party and Inspire Party are vying for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer, along with 40 contested Senate seats.
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Tonight is Student Government election night. Impact Party and Inspire Party are vying for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer, along with 40 contested Senate seats.
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Cartoon inflatables, free printing and a video from UF President Kent Fuchs. All that was necessary to get 239 more students to vote on the first day of elections than last year.
From the rumors of Impact Party corruption to allegations of Inspire Party ineptitude, students will hear it in the presidential debate, Senate livestreams and each time campaign season comes around. When there are two parties, scandal and controversy ensue.
We’ve given our opinion on who you should cast your vote for in the Student Government elections (hello, it was in the opinions section and is online), but now it’s your turn to decide. Consider this a friendly reminder that whether or not you vote, SG has control of nearly $21 million that’s taken from UF students from student fees. So, maybe take five minutes out of your day to vote, so you can have some control over where that money goes. And if you have voted, congratulations, we appreciate it.
Michael Murphy felt the bed shake below him at 2 a.m.
The clock strikes 11:11. Sarah Abraham makes a wish.
Mackintosh Joachim screamed when he was accepted into UF.
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Richard Murphy wanted to make students aware of the Impact Party executive candidates’ controversial Facebook posts.
Editor’s Note: The Alligator’s editorial board met with representatives from the Impact and Inspire parties on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. We discussed their party platforms and each candidate’s goals if they were to be elected. Our endorsement resulted from these meetings.
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Impact Party’s Student Body presidential candidate has issued an apology after racially insensitive and homophobic posts he and others made on his personal Facebook page surfaced.
It seems that our Student Body President Ian Green fundamentally misunderstands a lot of things about our Student Government and campaign climate. Ian’s most recent letter to the editor is filled with mistakes that effectively demonstrate this.
Last Tuesday night during our weekly Student Government Senate meeting, I abstained from voting on a resolution to recognize the installment of Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela. Not too long after, one of my friends called me out on Facebook. Then, Student Body Vice President David Enriquez did so similarly in a letter to the editor published in The Alligator titled “Stand Up for Students.”
Hey Gators! As election day at UF gets closer and closer, there is always a certain amount of negative campaigning that takes place before students vote. With that said, Zachariah Chou’s mischaracterization of his record and criticisms of Student Government go a step too far.
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UF Student Government elections are a little more than a week away, and Impact Party and Inspire Party released their campaign promises for the Spring.
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Andrew Goren remembers teaching Alyssa Alhadeff to roller skate during the summer of 2017 at camp.