Inspire Party announces executive ticket
By Christina Morales | Jan. 25, 2018SG Senator Ben Lima announced Inspire Party’s executive ticket Thursday afternoon by sending an email to The Alligator and through Facebook.
SG Senator Ben Lima announced Inspire Party’s executive ticket Thursday afternoon by sending an email to The Alligator and through Facebook.
Impact Party announced their executive ticket Thursday morning through Facebook.
More than a dozen students showed up at Tuesday’s senate meeting to speak against Student Government’s initial decision to deny funding for free menstrual products on campus.
Student Government senators announced Tuesday they will take action to provide free menstrual products on campus after a Senate committee unanimously voted down a code revision for the initiative over a week ago.
After a Student Government committee rejected a proposal to provide free menstrual products to students, some took to Facebook to organize protests and temporary alternatives to the proposal.
After the Senate Pro-Tempore resigned, citing a lack of respect for minorities, UF’s Senate elected a new officer Tuesday night.
In a letter to the Alligator on Tuesday, UF Student Body Treasurer Revel Lubin announced his intention to switch from Impact Party to Inspire Party.
A proposal that would provide free tampons and pads on campus was not approved by the Student Government Budget and Appropriations Committee on Monday evening.
At a Student Government Supreme Court hearing Wednesday night, the court reaffirmed their ability to oversee unconstitutional Student Senate rules.
In the first Senate meeting of Spring, SG Senate President Pro-Tempore Janae Moodie resigned and told the chamber her party — Impact — and SG tokenize minorities.
Finding scooter parking on UF’s campus for Daniel Chalco proved to be a challenge. Scooters bumped together, parked over the lines and in the middle of the road were a common sight every morning before class.
Beginning in January, students will be able to utilize Library West and Newell Hall 24/7 for the Spring 2018 semester.
After Inspire Party senators tried to pass a bill to expand the absentee ballot process for Student Government Spring elections without consulting the UF supervisor of elections, the initiative failed.
Soon after the Student Senate minority party announced it wanted to amend Student Government codes, the Senate president, part of the majority party, created a committee to oversee all code revisions.
Student Government senators unanimously passed a bill mandating SG to promote elections through social media.
A bill mandating Student Government social media accounts to make a social media post announcing elections passed through the SG Judiciary Committee on Sunday.
An Inspire Party senator called for a bipartisan effort to reform the Student Government elections codes during a Student Senate meeting Tuesday night.
Despite not mentioning it while campaigning in Spring, Student Body President Smith Meyers told the audience at the State of the Campus Address that mental health has always been his first priority.
After graduating from Stanford University with a degree in medieval history studies and a short stint in law school, Carly Fiorina was unsure of what she wanted to do with her life.
After student outcry, Provost Joseph Glover secured permanent funding for eight new mental health counselors.