University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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PARTIES CANDIDATES M. Boyette M. Boyette M. Boyette Three parties presented candidates and platforms this spring for Student elections; each party promising to best represent university students. Students Unite Now retured for its fifth election, slating Brian Ballard for Two new parties also emerged this election, Change, which slated Jimmy Charles for their ticket and Better Educated Students Today, which slated former Vice President Charlotte Mather. Intial elections elminated Charles of the Change party from the election leaving B.E.S.T. and S.U.N. to fight it out in the run-offs. As campainging continued into its final days, the two parties exchanged fire. S.U.N. claimed B.E.S.T. was falsely claiming to be the independent party while B.E.S.T. accused S.U.N. of mud-slinging and dirty politics. B.E.S.T. received endorsements from Charles ' Change party and all the major student publications, while S.U.N. remained loyal to the finish. But the B.E.S.T. party won. Charlotte Mather and her running mate Scott Ryals the presidency and vice presidency with 61% of the vote. B.E.S.T. treasurer candidate Mark Fisher beat S.U.N. Tamara Freeman with 63% of the votes. The newly elected Mather is the first elected woman President of Student Government in the history of the University of Florida. SG Elections 35

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Campaigning How did you do on your Chemistry test? I did okay . . . I probably made . . . Hi! I ' m Joe Politico! Have you voted yet? Well, we were .. Are you familiar with our party ' s We ' re striving to make progressive changes that will benefit students and financially. So don ' t forget to vote today or tomorrow. So you think you did okay on the Chem test? Yes, but I wasn ' t sure about . . . Hi! I ' m Jane Campaign! Have you yet? Well, we just . . . Here, let me give you a copy of our party ' s platform. As you can see, we are enacting measures that will promote and help students finanancially. Hey, isn ' t your class in the other direction? Yes, but I ' m taking the back way to avoid any more political . . . Hi! I ' m Jake Candidate! Have you yet? Carrying signs and campaigning posed a busy week for all candidates. Hope Christian explained how she would change student government. Charlotte was congratulated by her BEST supporters after the announcement of her victory. Joe Iacono was exhausted after two weeks of S M. Boyette M. Boyette M. McNeill VICTORY FOR A FEW 34 SG Elections

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LIFE AT THE UNION Hey! What are you doing tonight? I don ' t have much money right now so I ' ll probably go down to the Union for a while. There ' s a free movie playing at the union theater tonight. Why don ' t we check it out? Sure thing, and afterwards we can shoot a few games of pool. Great! Let ' s meet at the Orange and Brew. I want to grab a bite to eat first. You studied all week for that economics test. Now that it ' s over you ' re ready for a well deserved break. But where on campus can you go? Well, if you ' ve got the time, we ' ve got the place. J. Wayne Reitz is more than just a building. It ' s a concept. A concept that promotes an atmosphere of recreation over education. A place where you can relax between classes or socialize with friends in the evenings. Reitz Union was the product of almost twenty years of planning and three years of construction before it was completed in 1967. It features everything from a to a barbershop, places to eat, from the Arredondo Room to the Orange and Brew, and every imaginable recreation from bowling and billiard to arts and crafts. It ' s eight floors devoted to the student and his leasure time, and its more that just a building. It ' s the heart of the University community. Sometimes it ' s nice just to relax and look out over the Union pond. The J. Wayne Reitz Union has something for Ducks and other birds arc always willing to take any crumbs that students leave behind. A. Moraitis 36 Union