Election
A voter’s guide to Fall Student Government elections
By Alissa Gary | Sep. 20, 2022Fall elections will take place Sept. 27 and 28. Students vote for their senators based on living areas.
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Former UF quarterback Danny Wuerffel to host Gator Growl 2022
By Alissa Gary | Sep. 8, 2022He will take the Stephen C. O’Connell Center stage alongside headliner Flo Rida and opener Olivia O’Brien.
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Senate passes Senate reapportionment bill, recognizes 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at first Fall meeting
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 31, 2022The most contested bill of the night was the Senate Reapportionment Act of 2023, which defines the number of seats each sector of campus will be allotted within the Senate.
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Flo Rida, Olivia O’Brien to perform at UF’s Gator Growl 2022
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 26, 2022UF Homecoming and Gator Growl announced Friday headlining artist, Flo Rida, and opener, Olivia O’Brien, will perform at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Oct. 7.
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‘What’s poppin’?’: Rain, technical issues didn’t stop Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux’s first day of school performance
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 25, 2022Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux took to the stage to play a UF student-only concert at the O’Connell Center Wednesday night.
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Joey Bada$$, Jean Deaux to perform at UF first day of school concert
By Alissa Gary | Aug. 18, 2022In the first SGP sponsored concert of the year, Joey Bada$$ and Jean Deaux will perform Aug. 24 at the O’Connell Center. Tickets are free for UF students and will be available at Gate 1 of the O’Connell Center starting Aug. 19.
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Thespians bear brunt of thinning SG funds
By Sandra McDonald | Aug. 1, 2022The Florida Players did everything right, she said, but they still lost funding.
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Stephen A. Smith encourages UF students to be authentic, competitive
By Kyle Bumpers and Sandra McDonald | July 29, 2022On Wednesday night, sports analyst Stephen A. Smith spoke to over 300 UF students for an ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau event.
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Judiciary chairman exonerated from abuse of power charges, senator will face poor conduct censure
By Sandra McDonald | July 25, 2022The Student Government Senate Rules & Ethics Committee voted unanimously to exonerate one senator and recommend censure for a second.
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Student Senate passes resolution for 24-hour morning-after pill vending machines, blocks 24-hour Marston funding
By Sandra McDonald | July 22, 2022The UF Student Government Senate passed a resolution approving 24-hour access to morning-after pills via vending machines around campus and failed an amendment that would restore 24-hour access to Marston Science Library.
Sports
Stephen A. Smith to speak at UF
By Sandra McDonald | July 18, 2022Stephen A. Smith, a prominent sports journalist and TV personality, will speak at UF July 27 at 7 p.m.
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SG Senate Judiciary committee blocks transparency bills, censure hearings rescheduled
By Sandra McDonald | July 18, 2022The committee blocked half of the 35 proposed bills brought before them this Summer from reaching the Senate floor.
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Student Government considers third censure of the Summer
By Sandra McDonald | July 11, 2022The UF Student Government Senate Rules and Ethics Committee will complete two censure hearings into legislative body members Friday.
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UF student under investigation for death threat against guest speaker
By Faith Buckley | July 9, 2022University police lodged a felony complaint against a UF student Friday afternoon after a death threat forced a guest speaker to cancel his appearance on campus, police say.
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SG senator proposes bill to fund abortions, student contraceptives
By Sandra McDonald | July 2, 2022A proposed UF Student Government Senate bill would reimburse students for 50% of contraceptives costs, emergency contraceptives, abortions, travel costs for abortion care in- and out-of-state and post-abortion counseling.
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Josh Richards Accent event postponed indefinitely
By Sandra McDonald | June 27, 2022Josh Richards’ Wednesday speaking event has been postponed indefinitely due to an unforeseen family obligation, according to an Accent Speakers Bureau Instagram post. No alternate time was mentioned.
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TikTok star Josh Richards to speak at UF
By Sandra McDonald | June 26, 2022Student Government’s Accent Speakers Bureau will welcome TikTok star Josh Richards to the University Auditorium Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Amended Student Senate budget maintains fees, caucus addresses Senate President exoneration
By Sandra McDonald | June 8, 2022The 2022-2023 budget will provide wages for more than 1,000 student workers on campus and fund campus resources such as the Hitchcock Field and Fork Pantry and Southwest Recreation Center.
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Senate President exonerated of all abuse of power charges
By Sandra McDonald | June 6, 2022Senate President Elizabeth Hartzog was unanimously exonerated from abuse of power charges Thursday.
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Student Government Senate incorrectly identifies Texas school shooting victims
By Sandra McDonald | June 3, 2022UF Student Government Senate proposed a resolution honoring the 21 lives lost at the Texas elementary school shooting that incorrectly identified the date of the tragedy and the victims’ names.
