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By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Sep. 18, 2007Despite Monday's Tasering incident, Student Government's speakers bureau will continue to operate normally, a top official with the organization said Tuesday.
Despite Monday's Tasering incident, Student Government's speakers bureau will continue to operate normally, a top official with the organization said Tuesday.
Though 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.
At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, UF President Bernie Machen said he was "embarrassed" by the events at Sen. John Kerry's speech Monday.
Monday's Tasering did not mark the first time Andrew Meyer has been surrounded by controversy.
Opinions bombarded the UF Office of University Relations after University Police Department officers Tasered telecommunication senior Andrew Meyer on Monday.
Standing outside the University Police Department on Tuesday, about 300 sweat-drenched UF students demanded explanations for the Tasering of a student by UPD officers Monday.
A 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.
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.
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.
Two Student Government officials attempted to speak at a City Commission meeting about possible problems in a recently passed ordinance on towing regulations.
Sharpen up those kissing skills, boys and girls, because that is all a new study says is needed to assess a mate.
Tasers may only be used in "specific circumstances," UF President Bernie Machen said Tuesday at a press conference.
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.
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.
(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.