Access Party will not be running for Fall Student Government elections.
The UF Supreme Court is holding a meeting Tuesday to set rules to hear petitions submitted by students.
Nine parties registered for UF Student Government’s Fall elections Thursday.
At the first Student Senate meeting of Fall, 23 students were approved as assistant supervisors of elections.
During Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting, the Student Senate unanimously approved nine bills that will put nine amendments to the constitution on the Spring 2017 ballot, including one for online voting.
Shortly after the UF executive branch announced a new Chick-fil-A expansion, a group of 11 UF graduate students sent an email to President Fuchs.
Sen. Macey Wilson (Fine Arts) and Sen. Max Stein (Graduate-01) objected to a bill about Student Government debates at Tuesday’s Senate meeting, causing the bill to come to a debate, then a vote.
During Tuesday’s Senate meeting, Budget and Appropriations Chairman Charlie Brown addressed the recent shootings of both black males and Dallas police officers.
At this past Tuesday’s UF Student Senate meeting, four out of five of the Student Senate allocations committee bills passed on the floor unanimously.
The UF Supreme Court released an opinion Thursday overturning four amendments to the UF Student Government Constitution that date back to 2008.
Tuesday night’s Student Senate meeting began with passionate speeches from Senators after the UF community woke up to a letter by Student Body President Susan Webster, published in the Alligator that morning.
UF Student Body officials have decided to overrule amendments made to the UF Constitution that would have allowed online voting, which were passed in Spring.
During Tuesday night’s Senate meeting, Senate President Jenny Clements started her report with a moment of silence for victims of the recent mass shooting in Orlando.
During Tuesday night’s meeting, the Senate voted on Student Body President Susan Webster’s Supreme Court nominees, which included Christopher Tribbey as Supreme Court chief justice and John Angstadt-Shearer, Ashlyn Robinson, Meagan McCarthy and Travis Allen for Supreme Court associate justices.
On June 7, UF’s Student Government will vote on changes to its constitution.
Student voices were silenced at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
Since November, UF’s first Latina Student Body President has donated over $5,000 of her salary to help first-generation students.
UF’s Student Government won’t revisit the Student Body President’s nominees for UF’s Supreme Court, a committee ruled Sunday evening.
A student news organization is battling a Florida university for the right to know the names of Student Government officials in meetings and documents.
Students won’t see an increase in fees for the next school year.
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