UF Student Government is giving local politicians a reason to put UF back on their radar.
For three credits and 150 hours a semester, students of POS4940 stroll the campaign trail, passing fliers, hanging fliers and holding signs on busy street corners.
What’s the matter with kids today?
Tired of the Unite Party and Progress Party handing you fliers, following you between classes and trying to get you to wear a sticker?
An air of the New York fashion scene swept through the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Friday night.
When Schneider faces the incumbent party in the polls he knows he can’t waiver in what he considers a good fight.
Many say when Meyers is president, he’ll be one of the best the university has seen.
Unite Party’s Ben Meyers and Progress Party’s Dave Schneider face off to be UF’s next Student Body president in the Student Government elections Tuesday and Wednesday.
UF administrators and Student Government leaders remain embroiled in a battle over the implementation of block tuition at UF.
Francis “Pat” Fitzpatrick has been kicked out of more than two dozen Gainesville City Commission meetings.
I am frustrated with the lack of options the Student Body has in our choices for Student Body President, namely with both candidates’ opposition against block tuition. I am tired of hearing about the “vast majority” of students who take less than 15 credit hours because that is incorrect.
Miss Florida 2006 Allison Kreiger Walsh’s suffering became apparent when she was a junior in high school.
One of the things UF looks for during the application process is a well-rounded person. What makes a well-rounded person? It is someone who excels academically and is involved in school activities. This is something I strive to live by, as do the majority of the students here. That is what makes this school so great.
A married UF student turned himself in to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Saturday on charges of downloading and keeping child pornography on his computer.
About 300 hundred people celebrated Chinese culture Saturday night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.
In the spring of 2009, the Progress Party was founded in an attempt to overthrow a political system composed of an entrenched group of overly entitled elites that rendered the UF Student Government completely inaccessible to the students it promised to represent. I had the honor to serve as the Progress Party’s presidential candidate with some of the most thoughtful and passionate students I met during my time at UF.
February 21, 1977: The Gainesville City Commission approves building plans for a new sports coliseum on UF’s campus, now known as the O’Connell Center, despite residents’ fears that the building will lead to serious parking problems.
Choosing to “Unite” the Student Body was an easy decision for me.
In a biannual tradition, the Editorial Board called in candidates from both Unite and Progress parties Sunday night to discuss the Student Government elections. With the heat on, both figuratively and literally, in our sauna-like conference room, we came to a realization: Everyone’s good.
Although he has released three albums and starred in his own “Comedy Central Presents” special, comedian Todd Barry admitted he was nervous about his performance in the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.
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