In a lecture room Monday, Alfonso Mejia stood up and told students how he dropped out of rushing for his fraternity because he knew he would never be UF Student Body president.
On Tuesday, Molly Minta will go to Marston Science Library to vote in the UF Student Government elections.
A video about oppression within UF’s Student Government reached more than 29,000 views as of press time on Facebook after being posted at 9:08 p.m. Sunday.
In the last UF Senate meeting before elections, Anthony Black (Access, District D) resigned from his seat in the chambers.
Editor's Note: This was transcribed from a recording of the debate.
At the only Student Government debate before elections, both Impact Party and Access Party spent the majority of the time hurling insults at each other.
Access Party
The first time Lillian Rozsa didn’t exercise her right to vote was when she came to UF. As a freshman, she didn’t want to vote for the single-party system in Senate, which was run by Swamp Party.
Kishan Patel put his passion for dancing on pause to help student organizations get funding from Student Government.
Brendon “BJ” Jonassaint was born in UF Health Shands Hospital. He said he’s had UF spirit running through his blood since he was born.
Ever since high school, Hammaad Saber has been set on becoming an engineer.
Kalyani Hawaldar hopes to continue Access Party’s effort to make UF’s Student Government transparent.
For Susan Webster, going to UF is a family tradition.
Cheers erupted in a crowded room of about 60 students after UF’s Supreme Court ruled to allow an amendment for online voting to appear on the Spring 2016 election ballot Thursday night.
Near Weimer Hall, Shanshan Cao, 22, took a moment to write down a change she hopes to see at UF.
A week ago, we were pleasantly surprised with our Student Government when a constitutional amendment to allow online voting was approved for the upcoming SG election ballot. Until this point, online voting has remained unconstitutional, and previous attempts to change this have all failed. A previous editorial voiced not only our surprise, but also our excitement at the chance to decide to make our right to vote so much more accessible with online voting.
On her way to the new entrance of the Reitz Union, Emily DiRoma stopped to scribble the word “Food” on a chalkboard.
UF’s Student Senate chambers were heated Tuesday night when senators debated replacement seats.
On Wednesday night, a group of UF students got one step closer to bringing online voting to UF.
To Karina Barbazuk, it’s important for students to ask Student Government candidates questions ahead of Spring elections.
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