Scandal Rocks Student Government at UF

If you thought IFC President and Homecoming King Kyle Schumacher’s decision to file an election violation and publish a letter on KnightNews.com calling for sweeping changes to UCF’s elections exposed a controversy — then you’ll probably think what is happening right now in heart...

March 4th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Politics, Student Government | Read More

UCF SGA Presidential Election in Doubt

TUESDAY UPDATE: The hearing on the election violation submitted by Kyle Schumacher is set to begin at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. KnightNews.com wants to point out, that if we hadn’t investigated and found out Schumacher filed this violation, and interviewed him about it, you likely would have no idea...

February 27th, 2010 | News, Student Government | Read More

BREAKING: Kilbride and Lochrane Win

Mike Kilbride and his running mate, Taylor Lochrane, have won the SGA presidency by a slim margin. 4,834 (51.32%) voted for Kilbride/Lochrane 4,584 (48.66%) voted for Seeff/Wolkenfeld Decided by 250 votes! Amendment 1: Do you support amending the UCF Student Body Constitution to allow the Vice President...

February 24th, 2010 | Politics, Student Government | Read More

We Will Fight for Free Speech, and For You

Dear KnightNews.com Readers: On Monday, UCF officials told our reporters UCF police would be called if we interviewed students over by the row of newspaper stands outside the UCF Student Union, instead of in a small area near the Breezeway, which we have now dubbed UCF’s “Free Press Zone.” Even...

February 24th, 2010 | Editorials, Student Government, UCF Administration | Read More

SGA Elections: Day One

Today, February 22nd, was the first day of voting for SGA’s next student body president. Campaign tents were set up all over campus encouraging students to vote. Most tents had everyone’s favorite incentive: free food! The Kilbride and Lochrane campaign offered voters pizza and Wackadoo’s. The...

February 22nd, 2010 | Student Government | Read More

First Amendment Breached by Student Union?

A note from KnightNews: Even though NikkiNicho is upset with some content of KnightNews.com, we appreciate her comments and dialogue, as she has pointed out to us Free Speech is becoming a problem again at UCF. As a result, KnightNews.com is starting a new segment: Our Fight for Free Speech. We will...

February 22nd, 2010 | News, Student Government, Student Organizations | Read More

SGA Leaders, President Peterson: ‘You Let Us Down’

It took one week of waiting, a flurry of e-mails to Tallahassee — and even the threat of legal action against SGA, but late Friday afternoon, KnightNews.com finally got a portion of budget records we requested on Feb. 12. And as KnightNews.com spent all week fighting to get this spreadsheet e-mailed...

February 20th, 2010 | Editorials, Student Government | Read More

New Last Minute SGA Presidential Ticket?

This past week I’ve heard a lot of blah, blah, blah from the two tickets running for SGA President and Vice President. Well I’m tired of hearing the same old crap. I’m tired of listening to trite SGA drama. And I’m tired of voting for whoever has the coolest t-shirt! Ladies and Gentlemen, that’s...

February 19th, 2010 | Columns, Student Government | Read More

REPLAY: SGA Presidential Debate Video

KnightNews.com made history Friday afternoon by streaming live video of a UCF SGA Presidential Debate for the first time. The debate was between Daniel Seeff/Kevin Wolkenfeld ticket and the Mike Kilbride/Taylor Lochrane ticket. We had a few technical glitches here and there, and sometimes had audio but...

February 19th, 2010 | News, Student Government | Read More

KnightNews.com Endorses Daniel and Kevin for SGA

Times are changing at the University of Central Florida. For the first time we can remember, the Central Florida Future has decided not to endorse a candidate for UCF’s Student Government Association presidential election. And for the first time, KnightNews.com will be the only media source for...

February 18th, 2010 | Editorials, Student Government | Read More

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