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We have received very impressive platforms from both Student Government parties during the past week, and there are a lot of things on each platform we believe would be a positive improvement for UF and its students.
Our Student Body President, Anthony Reynolds, recently wrote to the Alligator that he "cannot, in good conscience, spend student fee money on expenses that do not go to serving UF students."
UF Student Senate members cast votes Tuesday night for the upcoming Student Government elections, but they elected members of the Doctor's Party and the Hogwarts Party.
Alligator staff evaluated last semester's platforms from the Students Party and the Unite Party.
Alligator staff evaluated last semester's platforms from the Students Party and the Unite Party. Both participated in the Fall 2011 elections, which were held in September. Platforms are intended to be yearlong efforts, according to Students Party assistant leader and Sen. Carly Wilson and Unite Party spokeswoman and Sen. Christina Bonarrigo.
Alligator staff evaluated last semester's platforms from the Students Party and the Unite Party.
Student Government executive candidates from the Students Party and the Unite Party discussed safety, financial and sustainability issues at a Monday night debate.
This weekend, Republicans in Maine held their presidential caucus, and the winner was Mitt Romney, with an avalanche of 2,190 total votes.
[Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect a correction. It was incorrectly reported that to be qualified as a political party, a prospective party must have candidates for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer and have at least six candidates for the Student Senate. To be qualified as a party, a prospective party needs candidates for Student Body president, vice president and treasurer, or have at least six candidates for the Student Senate.]
In Tallahassee on Thursday night, UF Student Body President Anthony Reynolds, leader of the Unite Party, lobbied state leaders about pending legislation. No, he wasn't lobbying to stop the rise in tuition and fees, as the Unite Party's election platform promises. Nor was he there to advocate for Bright Futures. Instead, Reynolds was lobbying for a bill that would take power on the Florida Board of Governors away from students and give it to Gov. Rick Scott.
The likelihood of seeing a solar eclipse or Halley's Comet is greater than the chances of seeing politicians of opposite political parties agree on something — in public, at least.
In Tuesday's newspaper, the Alligator incorrectly named Carly Wilson as a Unite Party senator. Wilson is a Students Party senator.
When former Student Body President Jordan Johnson left UF in 2010, he was on a track to become the CEO of a General Electric Co. business.
UF political parties are taking the campaign for Student Government seats online this semester.
Second-year religion major Jessica Virgille, 19, writes her request for completely wireless dorms on the Unite Party slate platform on Turlington Plaza on Monday. "If we can have it [wireless] out here, we can have it everywhere," Virgille said.
Instead of going back home at the end of the spring semester, Jenni Wu could be taking classes in the United Kingdom, Italy or Australia this summer.
Tj Villamil, Sabine Justilien and Juan Rodriguez pose for another photographer at the Reitz Union Amphitheater on Wednesday afternoon. The three announced that they will be running together on the ballot for the Unite Party elections.
The Unite Party announced its first all-minority executive candidates between classes Wednesday afternoon.
Senior economics major Alex Cornillie will run as the Students Party candidate for Student Body president with political science and economics junior Jesse Schmitt as his vice president. Party president. Sen. Carly Wilson will run for treasurer.
About 100 fewer students qualified to run in this season's Student Government elections.
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