Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Independent Florida Alligator's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query.
1000 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
Given this is my final column for the summer, I wanted to go over everything that went wrong in the way Student Government handled juggling Newell Hall and Library West. Well, perhaps not just everything that went “wrong;” maybe also things that make you go “hmmmm.”
Students here at UF pay a fee of $19.06 per credit hour called the “Activity and Service Fee.” Multiply that by however many credit hours students are taking, and this is how Student Government gets its $21 million budget.
It started out innocently enough. “24/7 Study Space Survey” says the subject line for the email that flies into my inbox from former Monroe County Detention Center inmate/Student Body President Smith Meyers. “Your responses to the attached 5-minute survey will be invaluable as we prioritize support for the overnight study spaces needed for your academic success.”
UF’s Student Government has been seeking a bit of help from the butts of students.
It started out innocently enough. Overnight hours for libraries had been a hot topic for several years in Student Government-land before becoming a reality during the 2012-13 fiscal year. Keep this in mind: SG was the entity that started funding overnight library hours (this will become more important later on).
Hey Gator Nation,
It started out innocently enough. Built in 1910, Newell Hall is the third oldest building on campus and, by virtue of its age, was vacant for the better part of the current century due to not meeting modern building standards.
Hi there! Are you interested in Student Government? I saw you staring at our board and have mentally given you half a second to flee. Yes? Fantastic!
The Office of the Provost had been funding Library West’s extended hours for the past year, but the cash flow will be cut off this Fall.
I can’t say I knew a lot of things when I started my first term as senator for Infinity Hall. Not only does our Senate lack any sort of transitioning between past positions, but I also happened to be the first ever senator for Infinity Hall — so it’s not like anyone could tell me what my predecessors were up to.
Closed captioning may soon be required for Student Government’s videos after a bill was unanimously passed during first readings at Tuesday’s student government meeting.
Student Government may have more money available to use soon.
A couple of pretty important and interesting things happened this past Student Senate meeting, and I feel it’d be pretty helpful to mention them in tandem with whatever The Alligator reporter writes about the meeting as well.
Students at UF will now have the ability to virtually chat with the members of the Student Government executive branch.
One of the more interesting practices of our lovely Student Government here at UF is that we actually pay some of our students in certain positions. Usually people don’t really talk about it much, more than the yearly SG debate question of if one will take or donate their salary. That being said, I was happy to see The Alligator article by the SG reporter on current Student Body President Ian Green using a bit of his salary toward buying suits for recent high school graduates from his hometown since it both illustrates a heartwarming use of one’s salary and also touched upon the topic of how much SG officials are paid.
Students voiced their distaste for previous Student Body President Smith Meyers’ vetoes during Tuesday’s Student Government meeting.
Student Government announced the creation of a program to increase minority enrollment and diversity at UF on May 14.
UF Student Body President Ian Green can often be seen sporting a suit, but now graduates in his hometown get to do the same.
Smith Meyers no longer holds the title of Student Body President, but his vetoes live on.
Dear Gator Nation,
Solutions by The State News
