Elections for Student Government, including president, vice president and treasurer, begin today. Polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at specific locations on campus; all that’s needed is, uh, you.
At the risk of exaggeration, this Spring’s Student Government campaign has been one of the saltiest and most dramatic in the history of this campus. Now that it’s all going down, it’s high time we go public with our party endorsement.
Joseph Michaels dove into Student Government as a freshman looking to make an impact.
Joselin Padron-Rasines loves to dance, a passion that has followed her from her birthplace in Venezuela to UF.
Tia Smart’s first experience in Student Government was through the UF Freshman Leadership Council during her first year at UF.
When a new minority party emerged this election season, students were hyped.
UF Student Max Klein audio recorded the debate, posted it on YouTube and gave the Alligator permission to share it.
Before Hadar Arazi was even admitted to UF, she knew she wanted to get involved in Student Government.
Nicholas Carre, 20, stepped outside his pre-biomedical engineering bubble when he became involved in student organizations.
We’d like to thank all of the students who we’ve spoken with, heard from and made connections with thus far. An understanding of the students we serve year-round was crucial in the creation of our platform and when choosing which goals we’d set for our Student Body this past year.
UPDATE: In light of a controversy over the recording of last night's FLC debate, we've updated our story to include audio from the closing statements from both parties.
UF student senators spent this week’s meeting highlighting upcoming SG-funded events.
Members of the UF community raised concerns with Student Government’s Accent Speaker’s Bureau, finding it uncooperative with various diversity programs on campus.
Swamp Party and Access Party members handed out fliers to students Monday morning on Turlington Plaza listing their platforms.
For the second time during Spring elections, a debate hosted by a student organization was canceled due to only one party accepting the invitation.
On Tuesday, UF students can attend the only two-sided debate during Spring elections.
The first debate of this election season wasn’t a debate. It was a forum featuring Access Party’s executive candidates.
Student Government seems more prone to crises and spectacles than it’s ever been in recent memory. Goings-on in SG have always had a flair for the dramatic, but previous incidents have been the doing of apparently individual actors or have stemmed from power plays conceived out of sight.
A heavy silence fell over the Senate chambers at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting when Sen. Michael Christ announced the formation of an independent Senate coalition.
This election season, UF’s two political parties were invited to three debates, but only one will feature both parties.
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