Gainesville Police filed charges against a current Fall Student Government candidate in 2013 for possession of a fake ID, but the candidate, Octavious Buiey, denies the charges ever existed.
UF student senators are divided on whether students living in Infinity Hall should have their own senator or be part of District A.
Alex Marques took a red piece of chalk and bent down to write "tabling registration easier" on a chalkboard to help generate ideas for the upcoming UF Student Government Fall Elections.
The decision to either give students living in Infinity Hall a UF student senator or group them in District A was a heated topic at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting.
Brace yourselves: Fall 2015 UF Student Government elections are here.
The final day of qualifying and slating, where students chose to run with a Student Government political party, had the highest turnout.
A debate was sparked when senators suggested changing the name of the Reitz Union North Lawn to “Global Garden” at Tuesday night’s UF Student Senate meeting.
The shortest day for students to choose which political party to run with turned out to have the largest number of candidates Friday.
The second day of slating and qualifying saw a slight increase of students running, or slating, with either Access Party or Impact Party.
While some students who walked into the Reitz Union knew which Student Government Party they were going to run, or slate, with in the Fall 2015 elections, Anneke Wenzel remained uncertain.
The Senate chambers were relaxed Tuesday night until a heated public debate regarding the recent formation of a new party was addressed.
Students interested in running as a UF student senator can go to the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom in rooms A and E today for Fall 2015 elections.
When Nicholas Carrè took office as UF Student Body treasurer, he sought to make Student Government’s finances available to students.
A new party has emerged with promises to overcome gridlock in the Student Senate chambers.
A third political party will come into play in the Fall UF Student Government election cycle.
The Hispanic-Latinx Student Assembly was centered around empowerment, culture and inclusivity.
All was calm in the senate chambers until UF Student Body President Joselin Padron-Rasines decided to use her executive power to veto two sets of code revisions.
After more than three months between nomination hearings, UF Student Government now has its entire Executive Branch agency heads approved.
Upon first glance, Joselin Padron-Rasines seems quiet and reserved.
Starting with the Spring 2016 Student Government election cycle, qualifying candidates for executive positions from all political parties will be required to participate in a lone SG-sponsored debate.
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