Though its numbers had dwindled, a group of about 70 UF students marched through the drizzling rain Wednesday to again protest the Monday arrest and Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer.
I know everyone just can't stop talking about their new favorite expression, "Don't Tase me, bro." As much fun as it would be to tackle this obviously worthy issue, or not, I'm sick of it.
"Mr. Woodcock" is a textbook example of the preview showing all the funny parts of a movie. After an hour and a half, I can safely say there was only one scene not revealed in the previews worthy of a laugh. That's it. Only one. The rest of the film plods along with all the enthusiasm of a mollusk.
Meyer is no victim. I first came in contact with Meyer in fall 2004. Disgruntled that he was passed over and I was chosen as the Alligator's humor columnist that semester, he set about ranting about me on his personal Web site. He spent that semester dissecting my weekly columns and writing about what a horrible writer I was. He was my "biggest fan."
An anonymous e-mail sent to the Alligator around 4 a.m. Wednesday contained two photographs of two people clad in Guy Fawkes masks - most of us would recognize them from the movie "V for Vendetta."
Considering all that's happened this week - Andrew Meyer, Tasers, UPD, worldwide news coverage and so on - everything else just seems boring in comparison. Take, for instance, the Gator Party platform.
When asked to describe what genre of music the band Binary Forest Faux Pas fits into, the members paused for a second before jokingly naming the genres "science rock" and "space rock."
Local bar and nightclub staff gathered at Rue Bar on Wednesday night for mandatory fire safety training with Gainesville Fire Rescue.
The L. Gale Lemerand Athletic Center practice gym featured some light-hearted pickup action before practice Tuesday.
Following months of headbutting over budget cuts with the Florida Board of Governors and the state Legislature, Gov. Charlie Crist has brought in a middleman.
UF free safety Kyle Jackson may have lost his starting spot.
Everyone seems pretty excited that UF is ranked No. 3 in the AP and USA Today polls, but you shouldn't be.
Such brutality as conducted by the campus police at the Kerry event shows that campus Police Chief Linda Stump is either culpable for their behavior because she ordered the excessive force or gave permission for it, or she is out of control of her officers.
While some students continue to protest the Tasering and arrest of UF student Andrew Meyer, other people are questioning Meyer himself.
The Gale Lemerand Athletic Center practice gym featured some light-hearted pickup action before practice Tuesday.
Tuesday's protest over University Police Department officers' Tasering and arrest of Andrew Meyer, a UF telecommunication senior, offered a chance for Chomp the Vote to increase its visibility, said a Student Government official.
On the glass window at the entrance, bold letters read, "Only University of Florida students, faculty, staff or their spouses may use the Broward Outdoor Recreation Complex. Guests are not allowed …"
(Jeremiah Stanley / Alligator) Hongqiang Zhai, an electrical engineering alumnus, plays table tennis at the Florida Gym on Wednesday evening. The games were part of a Table Tennis Club meeting.
Student Government's Gator Party has released its platform, which includes goals of creating a sustainability minor and reworking UF's E-Learning System.
Most nights I go out, I need a DCB.
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