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Fix-It bike repair stations remain in disrepair

Noah Adelson uses a hand-me-down bike on campus. It’s a Giant Rincon Mountain Bike from the 1990s. It’s not an extravagant bike, but it’s a safe one.

UF SG started a Gender and Sexuality Protection agency. What’s next?

UF Student Government’s new Gender and Sexuality Protection agency announced its foundational goal of making “our campus a more inclusive environment for all of our students” in its first Instagram post July 31.

Summer conflicts in UF’s Student Senate loom as elections approach

While campus remained largely quiet over the summer, UF's Student Government was active with budget bills, Senate vacancy rules and procedural changes. 

Student Senate passes 2024-2025 budget, ‘Stop the Stall’ legislation

The UF Student Senate passed its 2024-2025 budget bill Tuesday night with bipartisan support, ensuring another year of funding for Student Government, Student Engagement, the Reitz Union and RecSports. The Senate also passed the second and third volumes of the “Stop the Stall” bill, which places time limits on committee reports and minority reports.

What to expect from UF Student Government this summer

During the Spring semester, the Student Senate passed laws and resolutions covering issues ranging from rebuking ACCENT and Student Government Productions Agency for inviting Nelly to calling upon UF to address climate change and move away from fossil fuels. 

UF Student Government is corrupt, opaque and ineffective. What do we do?

The current problem

Justice denied: Anti-democratic practices of the SG Supreme Court

The UF Supreme Court is a little-known part of Student Government. The adage goes: justice delayed is justice denied. The Supreme Court is insistent on delaying justice.

Vision Party wins two member-at-large seats

The UF Student Government Senate elected two members-at-large during its Tuesday night meeting, Sen. Roman Quattrocchi (Vision-Off Campus) and Sen. Catherine Isakson (Vision-Off Campus).

UF SG Senate begins elections for new leadership

After over eight hours in the Senate Chambers, the UF SG Senate elected its new president and president pro-tempore Wednesday morning just before 4 a.m. following the Tuesday night meeting.

Vision Party wins Spring 2024 executive ticket, majority Senate seats

As Supervisor of Elections Ethan Halle stood on the stairs above the Reitz atrium, the ground floor came to a hush as students set down their Sprite cups and lowered their cardboard cutouts of candidates’ heads. The results were in. Vision Party swept the executive ticket of the Spring 2024 SG election, electing John Brinkman as student body president. Laura Thomas and Saketh Damera, both from Vision, will serve as vice president and treasurer. Filmed by Gabriella Aulisio, Kyle King and Ben Nielsen

Vision Party wins Spring 2024 executive ticket, majority Senate seats

UF students from both Student Government parties filled the Reitz Union with chants such as “Forward together, change forever” and “I said it’s great, to be, a Visionary,” while anxiously waiting for election results.

Spring Student Government elections: A voter’s guide

On Feb. 27 and 28, UF students will vote for 50 Student Senate seats and the positions of student body president, vice president and treasurer in the Spring 2024 Student Government elections.

UF Supreme Court appoints its first Black woman as chief justice

Britney Deas couldn’t keep her smile hidden as she opened her email. An unassuming email, something she thought was about administration, was actually announcing one of the biggest achievements in her career: becoming the first Black woman to be chief justice of the UF Supreme Court.

Student Government spends unseen thousands. We need transparency now

Are UF students really getting the bang for their buck?

A crisis of confidence: UF and the future of democracy

In April 2022, I moderated a meeting of student leaders from across campus to discuss civic education and barriers to student engagement going into the midterm election. Nearly every participant spoke to the same obstacle preventing peer engagement: polarization. 

UF Student Senate elects new leadership

Four Vision Party candidates were elected to UF Student Senate leadership during a Tuesday night meeting.

An ‘upmound’ battle: Land acknowledgements at UF

I grew up in the Dunedin-Clearwater area, and one of the parks in Safety Harbor I frequented had an “Indian mound.” I didn’t know the weight of its meaning until I was much older, and Tocobaga was a name that had hardly ever crossed my mind at all. 

Florida men’s basketball report, potential starters from preseason practices

Florida sophomore guard Riley Kugel’s performance on the court in the latter half of last season elevated him into the national spotlight. With multiple 20-point games, the 19-year-old proved he can be a threat both in college and in the NBA.

Looking back at UF’s Hispanic, Latino history

In 1951, a total of 101 Hispanic and Latino students attended UF.

Fall 2023 Student Government elections