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.
Tasers may only be used in "specific circumstances," UF President Bernie Machen said Tuesday at a press conference.
Whether you like your grouper blackened or baked, a UF associate professor has been working on saving the fish favorite for the past 17 years, according to a UF press release.
Sharpen up those kissing skills, boys and girls, because that is all a new study says is needed to assess a mate.
Despite 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.
Two Student Government officials attempted to speak at a City Commission meeting about possible problems in a recently passed ordinance on towing regulations.
Andrew Meyer, the UF student who was Tasered and arrested by University Police Department officers Monday, was released from jail at 9 a.m. today.
Recycling on campus has become a little easier for UF students with the installation of 12 new recycling bins.
The way to successfully end the war in Iraq is with intelligence gathering and law enforcement, said Sen. John Kerry on Monday.
A UF student was shot with a Taser gun today at a campus forum with U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
At Saturday's UF football game against University of Tennessee, there was an increase in ejections from the game and arrests.
(Scott Robertson / Alligator Staff) Fred Thompson (third from left), who is running on the Republican ticket for the 2008 presidential election, talks to a fan before the University of Tennessee game outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday. Fred Thompson, who formally announced his bid for the Republican ticket on Sept. 5, stopped in Gainesville during his campaign to accept an invitation to sit with UF President Bernie Machen in the president's box during the game.
(Charles Roop / Alligator Staff) Pastor Marty Hogan, dressed as the Apostle John, preaches to people at Turlington Plaza on Friday morning. Hogan, who was scheduled to appear at Calvary Chapel Gainesville on Sunday morning and evening, uses musical and dramatic presentations to spread his message, according to the chapel's Web site.
September is a busy month for Gainesville Pet Rescue as students are returning to school, settling into their lives and looking to adopt a pet, said Cheryl Gibson, executive director of GPR.
UF administrators are planning extra budget cuts to fund UF programs, UF President Bernie Machen said.
With the release of its platform on Sunday, the Progress Party became the first party competing in the fall election to officially state its goals.
Those who attend the opening weekend of the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium will find out what happened to the ex-planet Pluto.
Frances 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.
Gators are getting out of Gainesville and going places.
Among hurried Friday afternoon foot traffic on the Reitz Union Colonnade, a buzz of culture, community and celebration filled the air.
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson is scheduled to stop in Gainesville on Saturday.