After realizing he needed business casual attire to qualify as a Student Senate candidate, Trevison Clark ran home to grab his blue checkered shirt and suit.
Despite 11 parties registering for Student Government Fall elections, only two will move forward with candidate selection.
UF Student Government appointed a new judicial branch head Tuesday night.
Impact will not be the only political party with senator candidates running for Student Government this Fall.
Student Government will start accepting applications for new political parties Thursday.This is the first step toward its Fall semester election cycle. Registration opens at 9 a.m. Thursday and ends noon Aug. 30, said Erica Baker, the SG Supervisor of Elections.An informational meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Senate Chamber. Campaigning begins when the meeting begins.Baker said generally multiple political parties sign up, so she expects the trend to continue this semester.“I encourage students to be active on campus and be engaged in the elections process,” Baker wrote in an email.To qualify as a party and appear on the ballot for Fall elections, a party must have at least six potential senators, Baker said.In addition to new parties, parties that have existed in the past must also re-register.Dakota Stanford, spokesperson for the Impact Party, which was first created Fall 2015, confirmed his party will be registering again, but said he couldn’t comment further because he didn’t want to break campaigning rules.Anyone interested in additional details about party registration can visit the SG website and read the 700 codes under the “elections” tab.
Student Government senators began the Fall semester by supporting UF President Kent Fuch’s decision to prevent white nationalist Richard Spencer from renting space on campus.
This summer, UF’s student and faculty portal, One.UF, will undergo changes to become more user friendly.
Student Experience in the Research University, a survey site geared toward undergraduate students, has been experiencing a low response rate this year.
UF’s Student Senate held its first meeting of the Summer on Tuesday, where they elected a new member-at-large.
Correction: This article has been updated to fix a typo in the spelling of Alpha Epsilon Pi. It is not Alpha Epsilon Phi, as it was previously written.
In the year that Susan Webster served as UF’s Student Body president, she said she made it her goal to work on all 42 points of Impact Party’s platform.
Fewer than two months after Smith Meyers’ arrest for allegedly pushing down two motorcycles while drunk on Spring Break, he is set to take office as UF’s Student Body president on Wednesday.
UF Student Body President Susan Webster gave her last report to the Student Senate on Tuesday, where she announced the official start of UF’s Uber discounts.
About 300 UF students signed a pledge Monday to recognize that non-consensual sex is considered sexual assault.
Growing up in Tampa, Vincent Adejumo was used to seeing drugs.
UF Student Senate approved revisions of codes to include two new executive agencies.
Clarification: About 750 supporters and 25 protestors were at the University Auditorium
As students enter the University Auditorium on Monday to hear Ben Shapiro speak, Nate Quinn will stand outside and protest.
The UF Student Senate unanimously approved adding $10,000 to fund requests through the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 on Tuesday.
Student Government announced Thursday that UF students can buy cheaper tickets to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando indefinitely.
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