Student government candidates push platforms
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Sep. 23, 2010With Student Government elections looming, candidates are hitting the pavement and making their case to students about why their positions stand above the others.
With Student Government elections looming, candidates are hitting the pavement and making their case to students about why their positions stand above the others.
In keeping with the sweeping technological changes in the media industry, the UF College of Journalism and Communications will be opening the 21st Century News Laboratory today.
UF students can now plan their weekends on their iPhones, thanks to a new application from a local company.
When Buddy MacKay returned to Florida after serving in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s, he saw a state in desperate need of development and renovation. Yet more than a decade removed from his service in a state government that has overseen numerous changes, he still sees a state in need of improvement.
Widespread student participation in Student Government is the major theme for the Progress Party’s platform this fall.
Even though the 24 independent candidates in the upcoming Student Government election are running decentralized campaigns, they have still agreed to run on a common platform.
Providing grant funding for graduate students, placing more Redboxes across campus and adding a Regional Transit System Bus Tracking Center in the Reitz Union mark just some of the issues the Unite Party plans to tackle on their platform.
Four high schools in Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas have been asked to end their use of UF’s alligator-head logo on their uniforms and merchandise.
Semester after semester, UF students are giving back to the community and helping local businesses get on their feet.
Armed with a fistful of condoms and a slew of information, Condom Miranda will be making a visit to UF this Thursday to educate students one of society’s most taboo subjects.
Timothy Taylor, a UF professor of Food and Resource Economics, was fired Friday for making sexually inappropriate and derogatory comments while teaching.
As I scanned the pages of The Alligator on Monday, I was stunned by what I read in the article regarding the independent candidates running in this semester’s election. Does the Student Alliance truly believe the students are so incredibly dumb?
The actions of Mr. Sautin and Mr. Gundavda are truly comical. Monday’s Alligator chose to speak of the 24 “independent” candidates running in the upcoming SG elections.
National Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) Day is Thursday, and organizations at UF want to raise awareness about sexual assault on campus.
After premiering to standing ovations in Berlin, Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony will make its American debut Wednesday on WUFT, performed by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Florida Cabinet debates scheduled for Oct. 5 at UF were canceled Tuesday afternoon.
Students interested in playing an intramural sport at UF no longer have to sit through congested captain meetings.
Two bill presentations were cut short and a total of four bills were struck down during the Student Senate meeting Tuesday night.
The UF College Democrats partnered with Ben and Jerry’s on Tuesday to campaign for UF students to support the Youth Promise Act, which stands for Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education.
Gainesville is gearing up to illuminate the skies with balloons and big hearts.