On Sunday night, the Student Senate Replacement and Agenda Committee voted on its recommendations for committee appointments. It rejected all four members of the Orange and Blue Party who applied. As Orange and Blue swept the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences last month, this leaves the 12,000 students of CLAS without representation on any of the Senate's five committees.
Clearly, this is a problem. CLAS students make up about one-fourth of the student body at UF. This is like a state with five times the population of Florida receiving no representation on any committees in the U.S. Congress. Every democratic legislature in the world appoints committee seats proportionally, but the Gator Party has created a new method that better suits its tastes.
In the past, Gator Party leaders have stated their preference for single-party rule. Their committee assignments reflect those sentiments. In the process of maintaining their grip on power, the Gator Party spurned the largest college at UF and the 12,000 students of CLAS.
