"Blowjob." That's the obscenity Andrew Meyer uttered that resulted in him getting Tasered at a free-speech event.
It is true I am a retired University Police Department officer. It is also true I am a Gator graduate (class of 1975), and I can see things from a student perspective as well as from a law enforcement perspective.
Four weeks into the season, the UF football team is still working out its starting free safety.
When we heard seven UF women are featured in this month's issue of Playboy, we immediately ran to the nearest gas station to buy a copy for our office.
Fall semester marks the final stretch of a four-and-a-half-year journey for Adrianna Rodriguez, a UF senior who will graduate in December. On graduation day, she will walk across the stage, shake the hands of beaming administrators and collect diplomas in history and journalism.
At this point, the UF soccer team's problems are becoming trends, and games that should be wins are turning into missed opportunities.
Tasers have been used 17 times in University Police Department incidents since summer 2001, according to the UPD spokesman.
At the Florida Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Saturday, Gov. Charlie Crist praised the organization as a leader in fairness and described several civil rights leaders who inspired him.
The UF women's tennis team won 23 of 27 matches in a three-day span and cruised through the season-opening Gator Fall Classic, which lasted Friday to Sunday.
Even without his teeth, Andrew Enriquez smiled.
OXFORD, Miss. - With the game on the line, Tim Tebow walked up to his coach and got in his face.
OXFORD, Miss. - In the first three weeks, Western Kentucky, Troy and Tennessee picked at the scab on UF's defense.
OXFORD, Miss. - Redshirt senior kicker Joey Ijjas is suffering from a strained quad, UF coach Urban Meyer said after the game.
OXFORD, Miss. - UF's inconsistency on defense was glaring Saturday against Mississippi, and Urban Meyer has become concerned.
OXFORD, Miss. - After leading the NCAA in penalties last season, UF had looked better through the first three weeks of the season. The Gators were only averaging a little two penalties per quarter through the first three games.
A national trend is hitting close to home as the number of students interested in learning Arabic has increased nationally, as well as at UF.
Chris Vernon is a simple man with a guitar.
It seems ridiculous that party lines have been drawn already. Those supporting Meyer are "Krishna-Lunch-eating, college-aged hippies," and those not supporting him are creating a police state. All this along the lines clearly marked on your voting ballots to be cast in a year.
First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press must not be tampered with, said the editor of USA Today on Thursday night.
Whether it's been Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen or Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, it's safe to say sports fans love their dynamic duos.
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