SG organizes clothing drive
By VICTORIA WINKLER | July 28, 2008Student Government kicked off a clothing drive to deliver clothes to young people in Alachua County before the school year begins on Aug. 18.
Student Government kicked off a clothing drive to deliver clothes to young people in Alachua County before the school year begins on Aug. 18.
Paul Drayton will still have an office to return to when his internship in New York City ends this summer.
If some members of UF's Student Senate get their way, Paul Drayton's decision to take a business internship in the Big Apple this summer could spell the end of his career as Student Body treasurer.
It's not often students can power a room just by working up a sweat, but that's one of the goals David Bowles, director of Recreational Sports, has in mind for renovations to Southwest Recreation Center.
The trend in UF's Student Government seems to be that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
UF student senators traded ties for tennis shoes and bills for basketballs at a Saturday basketball tournament at the Southwest Recreation Center.
Can long-distance relationships work? Student senators proved they are once again willing to find out.
After heated debate about some Cabinet and senator appointments, both parties of UF's Student Senate agreed on measures that will cut off the cash flow for four of the 11 positions paid with Student Government funds Tuesday night.
Members of Student Senate passed resolutions at their Tuesday meeting honoring 28 UF students who died last year .
While Student Body Treasurer Paul Drayton may be out of state, he is certainly not out of mind.
The UF Student Senate unanimously passed a bill at Tuesday's meeting extending the full support of the student body to the victims of the earthquake that occurred one month ago today in Sichuan, China.
Student Body Treasurer Paul Drayton will accept an internship with a New York City business firm this June and share his summer duties with a newly appointed student body chief financial officer.
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the UF Student Senate unanimously voted to spend $80,000 to fund construction of a veterans memorial on campus.
A dispute at a UF Student Senate committee meeting Sunday left the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party pointing fingers over job responsibility.
Student senators unanimously passed a resolution at Tuesday's meeting requesting that the UF administration consider more voices when making decisions about budget cuts.
UF student senators voted against a bill that would create a socially responsible investment advisory board at UF on Tuesday's Student Senate meeting.
Wearing a Gator Party T-shirt and khaki shorts, Ryan Moseley sat calmly on his couch with about a week left in his Reitz Union office.
UF student senators approved more than $1 million for academic councils and student organizations to use over the 2008-2009 school year during Tuesday's Senate meeting that lasted until midnight.
UF student senators voted against a bill Tuesday night that would have reduced the number of Student Body Cabinet positions by 30 members.
Library West's hours will be extended again during final exams this semester, and the Marston Science Library will stay open later, too.