the Independent Voice

Volume 1 Issue 2, November 1995 Masthead

Cover Articles

Students cast ballots for No One: More than 1,400 SG ballots cast against Focus, only party on the ballot

By J.D. Spaeth

If the results of the recent Student Government election are any indication, those individuals responsible for tallying the votes seem to have skipped their Gordon Rule computational requirements. Simply put, the numbers just don't add up.
Why should you care?: By Charles Grapski

With the American Revolution the founders of this nation set out on the path toward the ideal of democratic government. We have yet to achieve that ideal - and we may be denying ourselves the very ...
An Appeal to UF Alumni & Citizens: Welcome back to the UF campus. As always you will probably notice the many new things that have appeared since you last visited Gainesvile and how much the University has changed. You may also notice ...

S.O.S. An educational crisis in America: Why Student Government and the administration are inadequate to Save Our Schools

By Sean McLendon

On Friday October 13 1995 a hearing for Higher Education was held at the the P.K. Yonge School between 10am and 2pm. Shocked they were. Where were all the students supposedly concerned about the ...
History of the ISC: By Lauri Gelman

Just as the Florida Blue Key political machine has been corrupting Student Government for many years, the Independent Student Coalition has been a force for positive reform at the University of Florida for a ...

Task Force or Task Farce?: By Charles Grapski

Recently, a task force to review Student Government was proposed by the UF Administration. The ...
Priorities: By Lauri Gelman

Every year in November, thousands of people flock to Gainesville with one thing on their minds: Homecoming.
Revolt or Submit: only you can decide: A view from the front

By Steve Morgan, former Student Government Senate minority leader

You are planning an evening with someone with whom you are unfamiliar but in whom you may be interested. You do your best to look nice (but not too nice) and to feel comfortable ...
False Accusations: "I do not know what effect my accusers have had upon you, gentlemen, but for my own part I was almost carried away by them; their arguments were so convincing. On the other hand, scarcely a word of what ...

First Impressions: By Andrew F. Knight

EDITOR: I first discovered the Independent Student Coalition when three students eagerly approached me with their first issue of the Independent Voice. I found them ...
"BlueKeymia Baggage": By Ray Long

EDITOR: Engulfed in an abyss of naivete, I arrived on campus this semester full of ambition. After all, I had served in Student Government for four years in high school, and ...

Think before you vote in SG elections: Being Greek does not necessarily mean a candidate will fight for your rights

By Jenn Fincke

12:01 am. October 11, 1995. The phone rings. "Hi! I noticed your "I voted" sticker wasn't by your name on the posterboard and I just ...