We Inform. You Decide.VOLUME 105 ISSUE 80 THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida

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n Florida left field-er Kelsey Bruder,

one of five depart-ing seniors, said

she remains proud of her team despite

UF’s loss to ASU in the Women’s Col-lege World Series

on Tuesday. See Story, Page 18.

n State funding for restoration and protection of local

natural attractions, like Ginnie Springs and the Ichetuck-

nee River, has been cut. See story, page

4.

Wash. troopers escort geese family off freewaySEATTLE (AP) — Seattle-bound commuters got some

unexpected company when a Canada goose and her gos-lings decided to walk across a section of highway that links the city to its suburbs.

State troopers in three cruisers escorted the flock to an off-ramp after motorists became concerned about the geese’s safety during the Wednesday morning rush hour.

Washington State Patrol spokeswoman trooper Julie Startup says it took troopers about 20 minutes “to get the little guys cleared.”

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RobomowerAndres Vargas, a mechanical engineer, left, and Camilo Buscaron, a electri-cal engineer and programmer for the project, right, stand behind a robotic lawn mower named InstiGator. The InstiGator won $2,500 and the first place award at the Institute of Navigation Robotic Lawn Mower Competi-tion. See page 5 for story.

n DATA AFFECTED RANKING.

By JOEY FLECHASAlligator Staff Writer

The UF business college reported inac-curate data about 2009 graduates of its mas-ters of business administration program to U.S. News and World Report, according to a university internal investigation.

Last August, an anonymous caller to the university’s ethics hotline alleged that officials from the Warrington College of Business Administration manipulated data

on job placement of program graduates in order to boost the program’s ranking. The call was followed by the submission of doc-uments supporting the allegations.

An investigation headed by Associ-ate Provost for Academic Affairs Angel

Kwolek-Folland fol-lowed.

According to the in-vestigation report, com-

pleted in September, college officials “ap-pear to have used a looser interpretation of the data than would a reasonable person”

UF officials: MBA grad data wrong

UF STUDENT GOVERNMENT

By ALEXANDER KLAUSNERAlligator Staff Writer

Election reform has turned a Student Government platform point into a reality.

The Senate unanimously voted Tuesday night to approve a bill that will do away with paper ballots and move to a computer-based voting system.

Students would still have to go to an on-campus polling location, but instead of receiving a paper ballot, they would swipe their Gator 1 cards and be ushered to a se-cure booth with a computer to cast votes.

The system is expected to be ready by the fall SG election.

The legislation, written by Senate Presi-dent Micah Lewis, was widely supported and endorsed. Minority leader Gillian Leytham was the one to motion for unani-mous approval.

The system has been tried once before in 2005, Lewis said. However, poorly trained poll workers caused problems with the election, prompting a return to paper and pens.

This time, he said, SG intends to ensure the poll workers know the system, and the technology has improved drastically since.

Treasurer T.J. Villamil said SG expects to save $25,000 by implementing the new sys-tem. He will propose today to decrease the election budget from $50,000 to $25,000,

Unite Party Senator Severin Walstad,

who worked closely with Lewis on the fi-nancial aspects of the bill, said he estimates the savings to be $32,000 as opposed to $25,000.

However, Walstad said, first-year soft-ware upgrades would cost between $16,000 and $22,000.

The bill comes after a Spring 2011 elec-tion that was marred by controversy. Three students, including two ex-senators, came forward claiming to have voted twice. In-stead of voting for a candidate, they wrote

in the name of a historical figure.

Lewis said he wouldn’t condone the action, but he said it did alert him to weaknesses in the system.

Students will now be able to cast votes at any polling location on cam-

pus.Under previous rules, any kind of elec-

tronic voting was illegal. The new rules will still disallow online voting, a system used for SG elections at Santa Fe College.

Lewis said an interview last week he didn’t push for online voting because he was aiming to ensure the integrity of the voting process. He said he didn’t want a system candidates could exploit by reward-ing favorable votes or through pressuring peers into voting their way.

SG voting moving to electronic stations

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