Nov 12, 2009

By Travis Pillow

That’s right. The Pres left the scene of an accident while dining downtown Friday night. The police report apparently says a parking attendant told him he might have hit a Camry on the lot, but Machen went on to the restaurant.
Officer Jeff Kerkau verified there was an accident and, with another officer, went to the [...]

Nov 2, 2009

By Travis Pillow

The UF Student Senate will vote on a bellicose, ill-informed resolution tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. They seem to think the UF student body opposes a UN report accusing both sides of human rights violations during Israel’s attack on Gaza this past winter.
Read the whole resolution. I’ll take apart some of the most egregious portions:
Whereas, [...]

Nov 2, 2009

By Travis Pillow

Police broke up a street party of The Fest-goers, neighborhood folks, students and others on NW 8th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues Saturday night. Revelers obstructed the cops and began chanting anti-police slogans. A riot broke out and at least one man was tazed as some revelers tried to intervene, others tried to hold [...]