SG Senate Committee seats are disproportionately Gator Party
Gator Party has kept a grip on senate committees for the past three semesters. This semester is no different, with 100% of nominated committee members belonging to the majority party.
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Gator Party has kept a grip on senate committees for the past three semesters. This semester is no different, with 100% of nominated committee members belonging to the majority party.
Although open to the public, standing Student Government committee meetings are often only announced on a clipboard on the ground floor of the Reitz Union. Students who do not pass the area and are not members of the committees themselves have no other means to find out SG meeting dates and times.
As UF’s libraries tend to be at the highest capacity during midterms and finals, students are asking for a 24-hour library on campus. But no one wants to provide the necessary funding.
More than 7,000 people packed into the O’Connell Center as Gator chomps rippled through the crowd followed by the classic “It’s great to be a Florida Gator” chant. These were both demonstrations of what homecoming week is all about: tradition.
For a year, Gator Party has held control over SG Senate with a supermajority of more than 60 senators out of 100 total seats.
Members of Change and Gator Party huddled on the third floor of the Reitz Wednesday night, waiting for election results to begin rolling out. At the end of the night, Gator Party solidified its majority in Senate for the third semester in a row.
UF students have seven options of polling locations to cast their votes to decide who will fill the 50 available Student Government Senate seats. Voting will take place Sept. 28 and 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Three parties are set to face off in the Fall 2021 election: Change Party, Gator Party and Communist Party, with 36, 50 and 11 candidates on the ballot respectively.
With the Fall election less than a week away, three independent candidates are set to appear on the ballot. Independents run unaffiliated from any parties. Without a party to back them up, independents are responsible for building their own platforms and campaigns. Senate currently has only one independent, Zachery Utt, who is not rerunning for election.
Fall Student Government elections are less than two weeks away, but several registered parties have declined to take part.
The Student Government Supreme Court ruled to require the supervisor of elections to clarify the consequences of a non-vote on a ballot in future elections.
A los 5 años, Daniel Badell y su familia salieron de Cuba y cruzaron Centroamérica para llegar a la frontera de los Estados Unidos en el 2006.
At 5 years old, Daniel Badell and his family left Cuba and crossed Central America to reach the US border in 2006.
Following the Aug. 23 sold out BROCKHAMPTON concert, Student Government Productions announced two more events to elevate the student experience, which will be paid for by a $1.55 million reserve funds transfer to SG agencies.
When the hip-hop boy band BROCKHAMPTON took the stage at the O’Connell Center at 8:15 p.m. and started their concert with “BUZZCUT,” students with floor seats ditched their chairs and formed a large crowd in front of the stage.
Student Government will welcome students on the first day of Fall classes with a BROCKHAMPTON concert — allowing for a break from syllabi reading and future assignment stress.
After over a year of virtual programming and social distancing, UF Student Government is taking $1.55 million from its reserve account to enhance the student experience as in-person activities return.
Funded by student’s activities and services fees, Student Government is a campus organization that allows students to actively participate in the decision-making process within UF. Like the national government, SG is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.
Across the country, people come together to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community through Pride Month.
Senate completed its first meeting on the fourth week of Summer and passed code revisions to ensure weekly meetings are possible.