Student Government celebrates 100 years with plaza events
By JENNIFER BATE | Nov. 17, 2009This week, Student Government is turning 100.
This week, Student Government is turning 100.
About 75 graduate students packed the Senate and protested the fee before the resolution passed.
Student Government celebrated its 100th birthday at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom Tuesday night with cake, a live band and about 190 guests.
Renovations may cost $42.5 million.
Emily Hunt has killed two student senators and has her eyes set on another.
The Senate chambers were a bit more crowded than usual Tuesday night when about 30 students stuffed into rows and crowded the aisles to discuss an upcoming resolution regarding a report on last winter's Gaza conflict.
UF students walked away with more than just a win after Saturday's game. They also got a 10-foot oar carved from a 1,000-year-old cypress tree.
Student Body President Jordan Johnson said an anonymous donor presented him with a 10-foot-long oar to heat up the rivalry between UF and the University of Georgia.
A resolution supporting a one-cent pay increase for Immokalee workers passed 57-19 in the Student Senate on Wednesday. The workers pick tomatoes used by Aramark, UF's food provider.
A proposed Reitz Union renovation plan to remove asbestos and replace lighting and plumbing lines could be funded through a new student fee.
A Student Senate bill could double the amount Student Government pays UF for services.
Senators discussed a bill Tuesday night that would double the administrative fee Student Government pays to UF.
The Hub's extended hours may have gone into effect last week, but the study party continues tonight with giveaways from Starbucks and Gator Dining.
With new senators installed and the Unite Party maintaining the majority of the Student Senate, leaders of both minority parties have said their work for the semester is just beginning.
Senate rocked to a new beat Tuesday night when new senators were sworn in and old senators said goodbye.
Free food, Twitter and a poster with Biggie Smalls and Tupac made up the conversations at the Student Government Elections Commission meeting Monday night.
There are 14 million reasons why students should have voted in this fall's Student Government elections.
The sounds of U-U-Unite, U-U-Unite could be heard ringing throughout the area outside the Orange & Brew early this morning as election results were announced.
Armed with fliers, stickers and a Tupac poster, Student Government parties pushed their platforms on the first day of SG elections Tuesday in a last-minute attempt to garner extra votes.
Driving under the influence, battery, assault, public urination, marijuana possession and underage alcohol consumption.