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Meyer no stranger to controversy
By KORI FREDERICK | Sep. 18, 2007Monday's Tasering did not mark the first time Andrew Meyer has been surrounded by controversy.
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Moseley will appoint four students to a review panel
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 18, 2007Though the national spotlight is focused on the Tasering incident at Sen. John Kerry's appearance, discussion of the affair was limited at the Student Senate's meeting Tuesday night.
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UF student Tasered at Kerry forum
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 17, 2007A UF student was shot with a Taser gun, arrested and charged with a felony Monday because police said he started a riot during Sen. John Kerry's on-campus speech.
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Meyer released from jail
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 17, 2007Andrew Meyer, the UF student who was Tasered and arrested by University Police Department officers Monday, was released from jail at 9 a.m. today.
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SG officials complain about towing
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 17, 2007Two Student Government officials attempted to speak at a City Commission meeting about possible problems in a recently passed ordinance on towing regulations.
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UPD document states circumstances for Taser use
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Sep. 17, 2007Tasers may only be used in "specific circumstances," UF President Bernie Machen said Tuesday at a press conference.
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Sen. John Kerry speaks about Iraq at UF
By ILEANA MORALES | Sep. 17, 2007The way to successfully end the war in Iraq is with intelligence gathering and law enforcement, said Sen. John Kerry on Monday.
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Meyer incident won't affect Accent security policy, chairman says
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 17, 2007Despite a Monday incident where officers of the University Police Department Tasered and arrested a UF student during a speech by Sen. John Kerry, Student Government's speakers bureau will continue to operate normally, an SG official said Tuesday.
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SG, PepsiCo Inc., Alligator to split cost of campus recycling-bin project
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 17, 2007Recycling on campus has become a little easier for UF students with the installation of 12 new recycling bins.
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Groups welcome 300 LGBTQ students, allies at assembly
By HEATHER STRANGE | Sep. 16, 2007Frances Rivera was afraid to be her true self. Neither her friends nor her sorority sisters knew who she really was, she told a crowd gathered in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom on Friday night.
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Planetarium to open, introduce educational programs
By KATIE EMMETS | Sep. 16, 2007Those who attend the opening weekend of the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium will find out what happened to the ex-planet Pluto.
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UF plans to cut more from budget than state requires
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 16, 2007UF administrators are planning extra budget cuts to fund UF programs, UF President Bernie Machen said.
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Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off festivities on Reitz Union Colonnade
By RACHEL GREENFIELD | Sep. 16, 2007Among hurried Friday afternoon foot traffic on the Reitz Union Colonnade, a buzz of culture, community and celebration filled the air.
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Fall TriP schedule offers Mystery TriP for first time
By MEREDITH MULLER | Sep. 16, 2007Gators are getting out of Gainesville and going places.
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UPD ejects 89 at UT football game
By APRIL DUDASH | Sep. 16, 2007At Saturday's UF football game against University of Tennessee, there was an increase in ejections from the game and arrests.
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Progress Party platform focuses on RTS, WebMail
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 16, 2007With the release of its platform on Sunday, the Progress Party became the first party competing in the fall election to officially state its goals.
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UF student Tasered at Kerry forum
By ILEANA MORALES | Sep. 16, 2007A UF student was shot with a Taser gun today at a campus forum with U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
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Trustees look to begin budget cuts
By KIM WILMATH | Sep. 13, 2007UF has begun looking for ways to put a dent in the planned universitywide budget cut of ,34 million, UF trustees announced Thursday.
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Accent chairman resists Senate oversight
By ROBERT WILLIAMS | Sep. 13, 2007While the Accent Speaker's Bureau chairman said feedback is important, the organization is working fine without the Student Senate.
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GOP candidate Thompson visits Gainesville on gameday
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Sep. 13, 2007Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is scheduled to stop in Gainesville on Saturday.
