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Letter to the Editor: Leaders of UF hide behind a title
Oct. 8, 2019Editor’s Note: This letter was sent anonymously. It was fact checked by The Alligator’s copy desk.
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SG elections commission and Supreme Court affirm Inspire Party’s Senate seats
By Emma McAvoy | Oct. 3, 2019Inspire Party’s newly won Senate seats are safe.
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ACCENT Speakers Bureau’s Conservative Bias
By Zachariah Chou | Oct. 3, 2019Do you ever just want to waste $50,000, but don’t feel like dousing it in gasoline and setting it on fire? Don’t feel like funding emergency blue lights? Don’t feel like helping student organizations that are struggling with funding?
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Darts and laurels: Oct. 4
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 3, 2019It’s way too early for this much noise.
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Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle to speak at UF
By Tranelle Maner | Oct. 1, 2019They are being paid $50,000
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Four blue lights to be installed on Fraternity Drive
By Ana Escalante | Sep. 29, 2019After weeks of student activism, there will be blue lights on Fraternity Drive.
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SG campaign violations discussed
By Chasity Maynard | Sep. 26, 2019Facing violations, Inspire Party clung to its newly won seats in UF Student Government Senate at the Elections Commission meeting Thursday evening, its future positions challenged.
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'Nights like this are just reminders of the fact that it’s possible': Inspire Party wins first majority victory in SG Elections
By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 25, 2019Hidden in a swarm of orange and blue T-shirts, Colin Solomon gripped onto his friends, sobbing tears of joy.
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LIVE BLOG: UF Student Government elections Fall 2019
Sep. 25, 2019Tonight, UF's student government will be filling 50 Senate seats following two days of elections.
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UF SG sees an increase in voter turnout on first day of elections
By Emma McAvoy and Chasity Maynard | Sep. 24, 2019Mouses clicked. Stickers were given. Glazed eyes watched computer screens thanking them for voting in the UF Student Government elections.
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Gator Party sits out while Inspire and independent SG candidates debate
By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 24, 2019With a key party absent from the boxing ring, Inspire Party and independent UF Student Government candidates strapped on their gloves Monday night.
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For the love of democracy, just vote
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 22, 2019If a stranger told you what to do, you wouldn’t stand for it. Most people would never let a complete stranger control their future and their livelihood, but the unfortunate reality is that thousands of students let this happen when they don’t vote in UF Student Government elections.
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Letter To the Editor: Gator Party’s platform is unimpressive; their candidates are unambitious
By Zachariah Chou | Sep. 22, 2019As we head to the polls tomorrow and Wednesday, I have to make it known to you: all is not as it seems with Gator Party.
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On Blue Lights: Student Government should not prioritize money over lives
By Zachariah Chou | Sep. 19, 2019I heard on the grapevine that a certain someone said that installing additional blue lights on campus would be a tremendous waste of student fees, to the vast disapproval of the Student Body.
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Students blocked from Gator Party’s Facebook page
By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 19, 2019UF Student Government tensions transferred to social media when Gator Party blocked students from its Facebook page.
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Meet the man behind SG: New adviser begins his first semester on the job
By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 19, 2019Between party divides and agendas, UF Student Government has a new figurehead to manage party relations and act as a liaison.
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The blue light conversations we haven’t had yet
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 17, 2019Tuesday afternoon, approximately 200 protesters marched along UF’s Fraternity Row, the only place on campus without blue light emergency poles. These lights represent security and are designed to call law enforcement at the press of a button. The protest was organized by student leaders and the Gainesville chapter of the National Women’s Liberation Association. Since the protest was announced, the debate surrounding blue lights has been a point of controversy, finger pointing and a focal point of The Alligator’s news coverage for the past week.
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SG Parties release platforms for upcoming elections
By Emma McAvoy | Sep. 17, 2019It’s that time of year again.
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Letter to the Editor: Shedding some (blue) light on President Murphy’s confusion
By Anthony Rojas | Sep. 17, 2019Editor’s Note: The content of this letter discusses sexual assault.
