Students lobby in Tallahassee for funding
In an orange floral shirt, a black blazer and black slacks, Heather Brown found herself surrounded by men and women dressed in orange and blue on the steps of the State Capitol.
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In an orange floral shirt, a black blazer and black slacks, Heather Brown found herself surrounded by men and women dressed in orange and blue on the steps of the State Capitol.
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.
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.
On Tuesday, Molly Minta will go to Marston Science Library to vote in the UF Student Government elections.
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.
Hello, students!
"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
In the last UF Senate meeting before elections, Anthony Black (Access, District D) resigned from his seat in the chambers.
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.
About 200 students watch and applaud as the executive ticket candidates are introduced for the Student Government debate in the University Auditorium on Monday. The debate, which lasted just more than an hour, is the only one that will occur prior to SG elections, which will take place Feb. 16 and 17.
Kishan Patel is a 20-year-old UF industrial and systems engineering sophomore running for Student Body treasurer with Impact Party.
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.