VOLUME 106 ISSUE 158 WWW.ALLIGATOR.ORG THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012

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We Inform. You Decide.Not officially associated with the University of Florida Published by Campus Communications, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida

Florida’s elimination from

the CWS likely marked the fi nal

game for 10 play-ers in a Gators

uniform. See story, Page 17.

Judge orders $1 million dinosaur fossil be returnedThe fossil is believed to have been illegally imported, pg 5. LifeSouth experiencing low blood supply, needs donationsThe center is at a two-year low, read the story at alligator.org.

Etsy:Gators are spreading their craft over the Web. Three ladies fi nd therapy in art, see the story on page 8.

MICHAEL SCOTT DAVIDSONAlligator Contributing Writer

A man who allegedly stole gold and cash and fl ed with a gun Wednesday is now in custody.

Kouvaris Lamar Roberts was ar-rested on felony charges of robbery with a weapon and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

Gainesville Police and the Uni-versity Police Department respond-ed to calls at 2:13 p.m. about a man carrying a handgun who was limp-ing westbound down an Archer Road sidewalk.

A UF Alert was sent out via text message and email at 2:29 p.m. A second message at 2:44 p.m. said police found the man and took him into custody.

Police believe the man robbed Gold Buyers of Gainesville at 2320

SW Archer Road, according to GPD offi cer Ben Tobias.

Police described the man as 5-foot-10, 160 pounds and in his 20s.

He fl ed the scene, struck by gun-fi re at least once.

An eyewitness employee at a neighboring Jiffy Lube said he only heard and saw one shot being fi red outside of the shop.

The employee, who asked to re-main anonymous, said he saw a man slip on a dark ski mask before he entered Gold Buyers of Gainesville around 2 p.m.

About fi ve minutes later, the al-leged robber and a man from the store came outside.

Then, the man fi red a round at the suspect.

“[The suspect] grabbed his ass,” said the Jiffy Lube employee. “Then he ran off.”

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David Carr / Alligator Staff

Gainesville Police and the University Police Department respond to a call about a man carrying a hand-gun while limping down Southwest Archer Road Wednesday. Police believed the man robbed Gold Buy-ers of Gainesville located at 2320 SW Archer Road.

Man allegedly robs gold store, limps from sceneHe was arrested on felony robbery and weapons charges

� BUS SERVICE WILL BE REDUCED FROM JUNE 23 TO JULY 1 AND LATER GATOR ROUTES WILL RESUME JULY 5.

CHRIS ALCANTARAAlligator Writer

Bus service will be reduced during the weeklong break between Summer A and Summer B.

The Gainesville Regional Transit System announced Monday its plan to reduce service from June 23 to July 1.

According to a press release from RTS, service on routes 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 23, 34, 35 and 43 will be re-duced.

RTS spokesman Chip Skinner said there will be fewer buses running on

those routes.“With students leaving town, we

noticed a reduced demand,” he said.The remaining city routes — 1, 2,

5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 24, 25, 36 and 75 — will follow the regular summer 2012 weekday schedule.

RTS will resume its normal sum-mer service on July 2.

Weekend routes will remain un-changed, with the exception of route 126, which will not be in service.

No buses will be running through the UF campus during the break.

The Later Gator nighttime routes will resume on July 5, according to the release.

Routes 22, 27, 28, 29, 46, 62 and 76 will not be in service until the begin-ning of the Fall semester on Aug. 19.

Contact Chris Alcantara at calcan-tara@alligator.org.

Bus routes to change for Summer B schedule

STUDENT LIFE

SAMANTHA SHAVELLAlligator Staff Writer

UF student Rob Wheeler Jr. starts a three-day, 150-mile trek from Gainesville to Talla-hassee Monday.

The 20-year-old political science and his-tory junior will walk from Gainesville to High Springs on Monday.

The next day, he will cycle from High Springs to Lamont, and Wednesday he will walk from Lamont to Tallahassee.

It adds up to about 150 miles.The trek is Wheeler’s way of giving back

to his church, St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, and raising money for the con-struction of its new building.

During high school, Wheeler was a devout Christian. But once he started college, things changed and he lost focus.

By spring 2012, Wheeler was regularly blacking out from drinking, yelling at his girl-friend and fi ghting with his family.

“I turned my back on everyone,” he said.His mom, Kim Wheeler, said she noticed

her son was not as kind and considerate as he had been.

He became a member of Theta Chi Fra-ternity, held leadership positions in Student Government and Gator Growl and joined Florida Blue Key. He is currently a District B senator.

“I was so caught up in myself,” he said.It was after a blacked-out night when he

argued with his girlfriend again that he real-ized he needed to change.

When he came home for Spring Break, he went back to church.

His mom said she saw him change back to the way had used to be.

“The biggest change in Rob is that he is much happier and seems to be less bur-dened,” she said.

But Rob Wheeler Jr. still felt like he owed

UF Senator to begin 150-mile trek to Tallahassee Monday

“The biggest change in Rob is that he is much happier and seems

to be less burdened.”

Kim WheelerMother

SEE TREK, PAGE 4