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The Access Party could change UF's Student Government, or not
Jan. 28, 2015So, uh, the Access Party.
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Nov. 4, 2014 election information
By Chabeli Herrera | Oct. 29, 2014Early voting ends Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Do yourself a favor, vote on Election Day
Oct. 27, 2014Young people will largely avoid voting in next week’s midterm elections, and this should come as no surprise to anyone who follows elections closely. While young people did turn out in relatively large numbers in 2008 and 2012, the youth vote largely goes silent during midterm elections.
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Final Florida gubernatorial debate heated and personal
By The Associated Press | Oct. 21, 2014JACKSONVILLE — Florida’s leading candidates for governor clashed fiercely during their final debate on Tuesday night, sniping at each other over everything, from the economy and the minimum wage to the death penalty.
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Student Government election slating continues
By Colleen Wright | Sep. 8, 2014After a record low turnout Sunday for students interested in running for a UF Student Senate seat, Monday drew enough applicants to fill the Fall 2014 Student Government elections ballot.
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Modest turnout for county’s mid-year elections
By Melissa Mihm | Aug. 26, 2014Tuesday’s mid-year elections saw a modest turnout in Alachua County, said supervisor of elections Pam Carpenter.
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Student Senate updates statutes, removes positions
By Alex Harris | July 30, 2014This Summer’s student senators took on the task of revising the Student Body statutes.
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Darts & Laurels 5/22/2014
May 21, 2014We know Spring Fever — a general increase in energy and sexual appetite — is definitely a thing, but it seemed this week that sudden-loud-and-horrible-opinions-from-old-white-guys fever is a thing, too. From “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak coming out over Twitter as a global-warming truther (and inexplicably calling global warming “alarmists” unpatriotic and racist?) to a Florida representative claiming that the Common Core is part of the “gay agenda,” we’re left scratching our heads. So this one goes out to all irrelevant game show hosts and bigots with microphones: our keep-calm-but-maybe-don’t-carry-on? edition of Darts & Laurels
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Rep. Ted Yoho meets with McNair Scholar students at UF
By Lynna Lawrence | Apr. 16, 2014Rep. Ted Yoho sat down with UF students Wednesday to discuss a program that offers college opportunities to low-income and first-generation students.
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Congressional hopeful Rush denies wrongdoing, Yoho responds
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 3, 2014Despite news reports about his attempts to scrub his online record, Jake Rush’s campaign maintains he did nothing wrong.
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Rush’s campaign attributes comments to another gamer
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 2, 2014Jake Rush said he did not write violent, sexual comments as Chazz Darling.
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Yoho challenger Rush called out for LARPing
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 1, 2014Jake Rush is running for U.S. Congress. He’s a lawyer. And, sometimes, when he’s not working, he’s also Lord Staas van der Winst.
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Darts & Laurels 1/10/14
Jan. 9, 2014Predictably, this first week of classes was a blur of syllabi, underheated RTS buses and overpriced textbooks. But you made it!
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For too many, 2016 presidential election is already here
Dec. 1, 2013Despite the three years that remain in his term, for all intents and purposes, it appears that Barack Obama’s time as president is over. Some may feel sadness and disappointment, others pure jubilation. Regardless of how you feel about the president and his policies, the notion that someone’s presidency could effectively end three years before it should is damaging to the American government and our country.
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Gators can eat fresh in Spring: Subway to be included in meal plan
By Colleen Wright | Nov. 18, 2013Vegetarians like 18-year-old Annika Goldman can rejoice: Subway will be included in the Spring 2014 meal plan.
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We have work to do before 2016
Nov. 11, 2013Last week, Virginia, New Jersey and New York City had high-profile elections that garnered national attention. For the first time in more than 20 years, New York City has a Democratic mayor. Virginia — one of the most purple of states in the country — ended its bitter gubernatorial election when Democrat Terry McAuliffe won the governorship. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie retained his office and swiftly defeated his opponent.
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‘Ender’s Game’ author’s bigoted views are among the minority
Oct. 27, 2013The highly anticipated film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game” hits movie screens across the country Friday. I haven’t read the much-heralded novel — or its subsequent sequels — but by all accounts, it’s a great novel. If the film is successful, it will likely launch yet another franchise based on a wildly popular series of young adult novels, following in the footsteps of “Harry Potter,” “Twilight” and the “Hunger Games,” to name a few.
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Governor hopeful Adrian Wyllie visits North Florida cafe
By Thomas Lynn | Oct. 20, 2013MELROSE, Fla. — Watching the Gators struggle against Missouri in the Blue Water Bay restaurant, a Florida Libertarian governor candidate ate fried fish and waited.
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Rick Scott’s ‘Project Integrity’ is a sham
Oct. 16, 2013Integrity is an important ideal in a democracy. Politicians should have integrity, and laws should be upheld and applied by the same standard. It’s no wonder, then, that Gov. Rick Scott is rolling out Project Integrity.
