Absentee ballot troubles Student Government
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | June 9, 2010After proposing four amendments to the same bill, senators agreed to disagree during Tuesday’s meeting.
After proposing four amendments to the same bill, senators agreed to disagree during Tuesday’s meeting.
The act requires the supervisor of elections to give all students a two-week notice before the submission deadline.
After a moment of silence, senators unanimously passed a resolution during Tuesday's Senate meeting to honor Lamar Abel, a former UF football player who died over the weekend.
Three senators representing the Student Alliance party announced their new affiliation with the Progress Party after voicing their dissatisfaction with the policies of their former party.
The first Senate meeting of the summer semester saw the approval of 53 new Cabinet members, ranging from agency chairs to presidential advisers.
Although Gainesville has no red carpet, Accent speakers still get star treatment.
The last Senate meeting of the spring semester was a little brighter than usual.
UF Student Body President Jordan Johnson was cited for disorderly conduct by the University Police Department after demanding a SNAP ride to his off-campus home at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Jordan Johnson was cited for disorderly conduct after demanding that a SNAP van take him to his off-campus home.
Among other things, the audio implicated Kappa Alpha Theta sorority for giving members alcohol for voting.
In the last debate before the Student Government election, both parties agreed that UF’s Asian-American students deserve more attention.
Fliers saying “Student Alliance party is the Nazi Party” were found on campus bulletin boards and apartment bus stops Wednesday morning.
During next week’s Student Government elections, students will have the opportunity to answer three referendum questions while they are at the polls.
Student Government senators are leaving nothing to the imagination.
Ask the Student Alliance party why to vote for them, and they’ll give 70 reasons.
The Unite Party went back to the drawing board this election season.
Student Body President Jordan Johnson recommended Tuesday that graduate assistants should not have to pay a potential fee to help fund the expansion of the Reitz Union.
Student Government senators allocated more than $5,000 to UF organizations at their meeting Tuesday night.
The two parties had been discussing the merge for about two months, but the decision was finalized during the winter break.
Student Senators created some New Year’s resolutions of their own during Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.