Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to UF.
UF’s Student Senate christened the white walls of the new Senate chambers with the election of a new Senate president and pro tempore at Tuesday’s meeting.
UF’s Elections Commission heard nine out of 48 complaints from Impact Party, Access Party and UF’s Supervisor of Elections on Friday morning.
UF students approved an amendment to bring online voting to UF’s Student Body as Impact Party claimed the executive ticket Wednesday night.
Across campus Tuesday, the clamor of students exercising their rights to vote began.
In an orange floral shirt, a black blazer and black slacks, Heather Brown found herself surrounded by men and women dressed in orange and blue on the steps of the State Capitol.
In a lecture room Monday, Alfonso Mejia stood up and told students how he dropped out of rushing for his fraternity because he knew he would never be UF Student Body president.
On Tuesday, Molly Minta will go to Marston Science Library to vote in the UF Student Government elections.
A video about oppression within UF’s Student Government reached more than 29,000 views as of press time on Facebook after being posted at 9:08 p.m. Sunday.
In the last UF Senate meeting before elections, Anthony Black (Access, District D) resigned from his seat in the chambers.
Editor's Note: This was transcribed from a recording of the debate.
At the only Student Government debate before elections, both Impact Party and Access Party spent the majority of the time hurling insults at each other.
Access Party
The first time Lillian Rozsa didn’t exercise her right to vote was when she came to UF. As a freshman, she didn’t want to vote for the single-party system in Senate, which was run by Swamp Party.
Kishan Patel put his passion for dancing on pause to help student organizations get funding from Student Government.
Brendon “BJ” Jonassaint was born in UF Health Shands Hospital. He said he’s had UF spirit running through his blood since he was born.
Ever since high school, Hammaad Saber has been set on becoming an engineer.
Kalyani Hawaldar hopes to continue Access Party’s effort to make UF’s Student Government transparent.
For Susan Webster, going to UF is a family tradition.
Cheers erupted in a crowded room of about 60 students after UF’s Supreme Court ruled to allow an amendment for online voting to appear on the Spring 2016 election ballot Thursday night.
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