Partisanship plagues US political system, personal lives
(03/02/10 1:01am)
It’s more widespread than Olympic fever. It’s more of a heath risk than H1N1.
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Reitz renovation, expansion still possible
(03/02/10 12:10am)
Although students voted against the renovation and expansion of the Reitz Union, a new union may still be on the horizon.
SG dictatorship no longer possible
(03/01/10 12:15am)
Student Body President Jordan Johnson shows contempt for democracy. On Thursday morning, the lame-duck president asked the UF Board of Trustees to move forward with creating a new tuition fee to fund an unnecessary expansion of the Reitz Union, ignoring the will of the majority of students who voted against such a fee in last week’s election.
Both SG parties found guilty of campaign violations
(03/01/10 12:15am)
Whether it was leaving campaign fliers unattended or leaving them on cars in non-solicitation zones, both the Unite Party and the Student Alliance party were found guilty of illegal campaign practices.
Darts and Laurels
(02/26/10 12:15am)
Forgive us if we slur a little. We’re still nursing our Student Government hangovers and are a little disoriented. But we don’t have that much to complain about — unlike our SG reporter, who is still in her exhaustion-induced coma.
Panelists say bipartisanship lacking in politics
(02/25/10 1:49am)
Compromise and civility are nonexistent in Florida, according to a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former mayor of Jacksonville and a former state senator.
Not-so-clean sweep for Unite Party
(02/25/10 1:44am)
Screams from the Unite Party were followed by chants of "No fee!" from the Student Alliance party at the Orange & Brew Thursday morning.
Recent Holocaust references inappropriate
(02/25/10 12:01am)
In response to David Hanan’s letter likening UF’s tolerance of the Dove World Outreach Center on campus to tolerance of genocide, I’d like to make a few points.
Votes are representative of agreement
(02/24/10 1:13am)
The topic for today is voting. Or, more precisely, not voting.
Renew Your Reitz campaign ads appear on library computers
(02/24/10 1:13am)
Student Government candidates are still campaigning and so is the Reitz Union.
Complaint filed against candidate
(02/24/10 1:13am)
The Student Government Election Commission issued an order Tuesday that urged members of the Student Alliance party to stop handing out fliers and knocking on doors in apartment complexes.
Ballot question deals with labor
(02/24/10 12:26am)
This election season, students have been sweating about executives, Senate seats and the Reitz Union fee, but there’s another important question on the ballot: Should UF support sweatshop labor?
First day of Student Government election draws 5,289 voters
(02/24/10 12:23am)
As the Unite Party and the Student Alliance party continued to campaign, 5,289 students cast their votes Tuesday on the first day of Student Government elections.
Student Government endorsements were fair, bipartisan
(02/23/10 9:27pm)
I, like many students, am shocked at the Alligator’s choice of endorsements. I’ve been here for a few years now and I’ve seen the Alligator side with the “indie” party far more times than not. Therefore, when I see that the Editorial Board has chosen to make no endorsement between the presidential candidates, I consider that a major victory for the Unite Party.
Campaign should focus on real issues
(02/23/10 9:25pm)
Why I am running for Student Senate:
Reitz proposed fee faces opposition from UF students, graduate assitants
(02/23/10 12:00am)
For 33-year-old Regina Martin, leisure time is a luxury that's never spent bowling or playing pool at the Reitz Union.
Asian-American Student Union holds final Student Government debate
(02/22/10 10:35pm)
In the last debate before the Student Government election, both parties agreed that UF’s Asian-American students deserve more attention.
Student Alliance to improve Senate if elected for some seats
(02/22/10 10:14pm)
Recently, the Alligator published an endorsement of various executive candidates and certain referenda. However, the newspaper failed to mention the other group of students running for election. Forty-seven Senate seats are being contested during the spring election, and the Student Alliance party has a slate worth an endorsement from the Alligator. Amalgamating a diverse group of students, the Student Alliance Senate slate can be credited with many of the “70 Platform Points” of the Student Alliance. The Student Alliance slate, if given a chance at a Senate majority, will quickly act to annul more than $1 million in waste in Student Government. We will swiftly post our voting records online, mitigate the lack of transparency at the legislative level, pass legislation to encourage ethics at all levels of SG, expand free printing, promote sustainable practices and enact many other of the Student Alliance party’s published initiatives. The current Senate, thoroughly dominated by a Unite Party majority, has been relegated to a lackluster rubber stamp. Never contradicting the executive, the Senate has continually refused to invoke its powers of investiture and its right to check the other branches of SG. If elected to Senate, we will reinvigorate the legislative prerogatives lost to autocratic history. Fight for your rights as students and vote for the Student Alliance Tuesday and Wednesday.
Frank Walch’s comparison of Unite Party to Nazi leaders is offensive, shameful
(02/22/10 10:13pm)
As a Jew and as a decent human being, I was thoroughly offended by Frank Walch’s letter to the editor Monday that compared certain leaders of the Unite Party to Nazi leaders. Though Walch specified that he did not feel as though a Student Government politician could be described as being as evil as a Nazi figure (thankfully he was willing to grant that at the least), his letter is a blatant character-assassination attempt. Tell me, Mr. Walch, how on Earth one could possibly equate a few thousand dollars spent on alleged perks with a “fascist agenda”? How could you possibly insinuate that the hundreds of volunteers for Unite have been “coerced” into giving their time? How could you ignore the accomplishments made in the past year and instead credit the administration?
Unite’s Senate candidates chosen based on obedience, not merit
(02/22/10 10:12pm)
The Alligator forgot the most important choice voters face in its editorial: the Senate slate.
