Group discusses SG tell-all video at town hall meeting
In a lecture room Monday, Alfonso Mejia stood up and told students how he dropped out of rushing for his fraternity because he knew he would never be UF Student Body president.
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In a lecture room Monday, Alfonso Mejia stood up and told students how he dropped out of rushing for his fraternity because he knew he would never be UF Student Body president.
Two UF alumni are competing on this season of “The Amazing Race.”
Last year was different.
It is no secret that, historically, we at the Alligator typically endorse the minority party in Student Government elections. However, given the past year of what we feel has been inconsistency, a distinct lack of transparency and flagrant immaturity from both parties, we have decided to forego firmly endorsing either Impact Party or Access Party as a whole. Instead, we aim to promote a culture of unification and accessibility, which we believe begins with the installment of online voting.
A video about oppression within UF’s Student Government reached more than 29,000 views as of press time on Facebook after being posted at 9:08 p.m. Sunday.
"I never encountered, in state and federal politics, activities as aggressive as at the University of Florida.” —Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and former governor of Florida
Editor's Note: This was transcribed from a recording of the debate.
At the only Student Government debate before elections, both Impact Party and Access Party spent the majority of the time hurling insults at each other.
The first time Lillian Rozsa didn’t exercise her right to vote was when she came to UF. As a freshman, she didn’t want to vote for the single-party system in Senate, which was run by Swamp Party.
Kishan Patel put his passion for dancing on pause to help student organizations get funding from Student Government.
Brendon “BJ” Jonassaint was born in UF Health Shands Hospital. He said he’s had UF spirit running through his blood since he was born.
Ever since high school, Hammaad Saber has been set on becoming an engineer.
For Susan Webster, going to UF is a family tradition.
Kalyani Hawaldar hopes to continue Access Party’s effort to make UF’s Student Government transparent.
In a surprising swap, Florida lost out on one of its prized four-star recruits on National Signing Day only to gain a different one.
A UF club is running stadiums to support those with autism.
A steady stream of students showed up to interview with Student Government parties Monday morning.
One-year-old Tianli Cheng watches Briana Henry, a 17-year-old UF math freshman, perform tap dance as part of a Stomp the Swamp tabling event at Turlington Plaza on Thursday afternoon.
UF students will use colorful condoms to create accessories as part of an event to educate students about sexual health.
ATLANTA — On Dec. 5, 2014, Jim McElwain stepped off of a UAA private plane at the Gainesville Regional Airport.