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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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New study finds kissing different for men, women
By OLEE FOWLER | Sep. 17, 2007Sharpen up those kissing skills, boys and girls, because that is all a new study says is needed to assess a mate.
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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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UF team builds concrete reefs to study overfished grouper
By STEVEN WEINER | Sep. 17, 2007Whether 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.
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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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The Whole Kitten Caboodle
By CASEY BROOKE LAWSON | Sep. 16, 2007September 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.
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The "Apostle" speaks to the masses.
Sep. 16, 2007(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.
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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.
