The Movement Lives On
Christian Duque is quite depressed that the Orange and Blue took some deal to save a Senate seat. He still hasn’t explained the terms of it, but if it’s anything like “you drop your...
Tagged: UF Elections
The Morning After The Revolution?
UF’s Orange and Blue Party must be feeling in fall 2008 what we in the Students Unite Now Party felt in fall 2000, or Acess Party felt in Spring 2004. Wait… those were all...
I Stand Corrected
SG can change! About 5,400 students voted to elect district seats for Student Senate on the first day of Student Government elections, a much higher turnout than in past years. Fliers with the word...
SG Never Changes
Two groups won’t debate each other. The Majority abuses its power to fork over the Minority unnecessarily. The campus newspaper is disgusted by the whole thing and refuses to endorse either side. Sound familiar?...
An Orange and Blue Revolution?
I tried to convince myself to not blog about UF or Student Government any longer. I’m six years plus in being removed from that campus, so my insights are losing their edge. Unless, of...
The Lesson of 2008 – Think Big!
This is a theme that’s been developing in various circles, and not just with the impressive display of political know-how that lead Obama to up-end the selfishly guarded Clinton dynasty-as-legacy. We’re also seeing it...
The Online Voting Debate is Over
I wrote the following as a letter to the editor for the Alligator; I’m not sure it’ll get printed, but I’ll post it here for posterity. Seven years of SG debate, committees, non-binding referenda,...
On undervoting
I have been meaning to mention this topic for a few weeks now, given that my sister is having a hard time deciding who and whether to vote for president in 2008 (she likes...