Gainsville, FLORIDA — With so many stories of war, famine and who it was last night that Paris Hilton sucked face with at club LAX in L.A. grabbing the morning headlines, the world has something to feel good about again thanks to one Florida university student and one itchy taser-trigger finger.

During an on-campus discussion, Andrew Meyer, pictured here about to meet 50,000 volts of a shut-up and sit down from campus police for repeatedly asking Senator John Kerry a question, brought credibility back to that which is the American collegiate by taking a stand. Some 40 millionths of a second later he took a flop.

Meyer’s fellow students were so outraged that they staged a formal sit-in; that long-forgotten form of protest used to promote change where one or more persons occupy an area until forcefully evicted; but after everyone’s laptop batteries began running out of power, the group became really bored and reconvened at Gator’s Grog for a happy-hour vigil.

To the 1.6 million students currently enjoying two-for-one drink specials on campuses across the country, Meyer has become a hero of sorts. Though university officials are quick to point out that Meyer does have a history of staging practical jokes, being known as the ‘Taser Shot Seen Around The World’ could stand to be his biggest to date.

Here is the short vid of him being tasered:

Here is the longer vid of him being arrested: