Students vie for 'Swamp' party name for SG elections
By LAUREN BAKER | Sep. 2, 2008Frank Bracco sat for about four hours in a cushy blue chair Tuesday in the Reitz Union's Center for Student Activities and Involvement in quiet protest.
Frank Bracco sat for about four hours in a cushy blue chair Tuesday in the Reitz Union's Center for Student Activities and Involvement in quiet protest.
Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, addressed members of the Student Senate on Tuesday concerning revisions to the Student Conduct Code.
The Orange and Blue Party and the Gator Party are back for this fall's Student Government election.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving isn't an official UF holiday, but some members of UF's Student Senate think it should be.
Members of UF's Student Senate promoted an effort Tuesday to help students at the nation's No.1 party school get home safe.
The Princeton Review may rank UF as the nation's No. 1 party school, but at least one UF administrator has doubts.
Student Government kicked off a clothing drive to deliver clothes to young people in Alachua County before the school year begins on Aug. 18.
Paul Drayton will still have an office to return to when his internship in New York City ends this summer.
If some members of UF's Student Senate get their way, Paul Drayton's decision to take a business internship in the Big Apple this summer could spell the end of his career as Student Body treasurer.
It's not often students can power a room just by working up a sweat, but that's one of the goals David Bowles, director of Recreational Sports, has in mind for renovations to Southwest Recreation Center.
The trend in UF's Student Government seems to be that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
UF student senators traded ties for tennis shoes and bills for basketballs at a Saturday basketball tournament at the Southwest Recreation Center.
Can long-distance relationships work? Student senators proved they are once again willing to find out.
After heated debate about some Cabinet and senator appointments, both parties of UF's Student Senate agreed on measures that will cut off the cash flow for four of the 11 positions paid with Student Government funds Tuesday night.
Members of Student Senate passed resolutions at their Tuesday meeting honoring 28 UF students who died last year .
While Student Body Treasurer Paul Drayton may be out of state, he is certainly not out of mind.
The UF Student Senate unanimously passed a bill at Tuesday's meeting extending the full support of the student body to the victims of the earthquake that occurred one month ago today in Sichuan, China.
Student Body Treasurer Paul Drayton will accept an internship with a New York City business firm this June and share his summer duties with a newly appointed student body chief financial officer.
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the UF Student Senate unanimously voted to spend $80,000 to fund construction of a veterans memorial on campus.
A dispute at a UF Student Senate committee meeting Sunday left the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party pointing fingers over job responsibility.