By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photo by Cal Colgan
PHOTO CAPTION: A homeless camp on the outskirts of St. Augustine has living quarters, a food tent and an outhouse. While this is one of the more elaborate camps, members of People United to Stop Homelessness say most homeless people’s living conditions are minimal.
As I walked through the woods behind the grocery store towards the campfire light, I was met by a man who asked, “What’s with the camera?”
By Kaitlyn Edwards | gargoyle@flagler.edu
J.L. Smith may be exactly what the men’s and women’s golf teams needs for the spring season.
Smith looks to assist Head Coach Santiago Cavanagh this season helping out with both golf teams. He met Santiago seven years ago when they played in a mini tour event together.
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Men’s basketball loses seventh straight.
By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Junior guard and captain D.J. Ferguson could not hide his disappointment as he walked out of the locker room following Saturday’s game at Flagler Gym.
The Flagler College men’s basketball team lost its seventh-straight game against the University of North Carolina Pembroke Braves, a Peach Belt Conference battle they desperately needed for their fading playoff hopes.
By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu
Student Government Association will soon allow students to weigh in on how SGA should spend its money.
SGA President David Matulewicz announced this during his executive report at Tuesday night’s SGA meeting. He said a mass e-mail will be sent to students with the current balance of each committee’s budget. SGA is asking students to send in thoughts on how it should spend committee money.
By Kaitlyn Teabo | kteabo@flagler.edu
Photo by Kaitlyn Teabo
PHOTO CAPTION: Phi Alpha Omega members sign up bachelors for the the Bachelor Bid.
Phi Alpha Omega President Ashley Devany is doing everything she can to reach out to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
“I think it’s important to help Haiti now because in all honesty they need it most,” she said.
By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
This is a terrible movie. I have really no other way to start this off, other than that. Edge of Darkness is a very, very boring movie that only breaks up the boredom to either offend you or disgust you, or both. The basic premise is that Mel Gibson’s daughter comes home for a vague reunion and will not disclose much about her current life. Obviously hiding something, she is killed less than ten minutes into the film, and it is all downhill from there.
By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When I first saw the blue alien creatures interacting in this film, I thought it was pretty silly.
But I knew James Cameron (director of Terminator, Aliens, Terminator 2, True Lies and Titanic) wouldn’t just serve up any crap, so I kept my mind open and sure enough, the film had completely engrossed me in its fantastic landscapes and captivating characters.
By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air is not just a good film, not just one of the very best of the last few years, but another stake to Reitman’s claim to becoming one of the best directors in the film world. After enjoying his previous film Thank You for Smoking, which is one of my favorite movies, I was incredibly excited to see this one. It delivered with the force of an eighteen-wheel truck.
By Ben McLeod | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Alternative rock band Wilco has a great new album, and out of their seven studio albums, this one is the best for new listeners.
Flagler College attendance policy up for debate
By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu
Flagler College’s 871-word attendance policy basically boils down to: “Don’t miss class, ever. If you do, we will fail you.”
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
It’s 6:16 on a Monday night and Chuck Riffenburg is talking on his cell phone on the front steps of the Proctor Library again.
Unlike other students, though, Riffenburg is talking business. Even though he finally got the Flagler College administration to approve his Hunger Initiative project, he still has to do all the legwork.
By Kiegee Proctor
Photo by Kiegee Proctor
Murray Middle School student Nicole Newton said she uses her cell phone to text messages to her friends in school every day.
Newton said that if she did not have electronic devices such as her phone she would go crazy.
By Erica Greene
Photo by Erica Greene
A St. Augustine father, Paul Schroeder, may never send his children or grandchildren to see a movie at Epic Theatres of Saint Augustine.
On Friday nights after 6, one movie in one theater is available for viewing by people 16-years-old and under who are not accompanied by an adult. Poorly behaved teens are the cause of this decision.
By Amie Dames
Photos by Amie Dames
Crookshank Elementary fifth-grader Amie Dames, 10, loves spending every day after school at the Boys & Girls Club. She is excited about the grand opening of the new facility this summer.
“There’s going to be a lot more space to play and learn,” Dames said.
By Malik Hicks
Photos by Malik Hicks
Malik Hicks and his family moved into their Habitat for Humanity home on Dec. 18.
Hicks’s mother, Michelle McNamara, volunteered 800 “sweat equity” hours over the past three years in order to finalize their home ownership. Sweat equity is a form of payment that allows people to work to pay for their homes instead of a down payment.
“This can’t be real,” was the thought that kept running in my mind as I lay on golden sand the consistency of flour in the middle of January. The big, curving palm trees shading the sand from the warm sun were bright green and full of lime green coconuts the size of soccer balls. The water was various colors of blue ranging from aqua and turquoise to ultramarine and cobalt and as it tossed around the seashells on shore, all I could do was soak in the beauty of the closest thing to paradise I’ve ever been.
By Gian Louis Thompson | gthompson@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by John Jordan
The Flagler College women’s basketball team is struggling with success as it looks to make a name for itself in the competitive Peach Belt Conference.
There is no better song than Jackson Browne’s, “Running on empty”, to describe senior year at Flagler college.
By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The world is in ruins. Nothing is safe. Gary Oldman runs a city and limps around like he has a wooden leg, and who will save us now?
Denzel Washington, in the Hughes Brothers’ new post-apocalyptic thriller “The Book of Eli,” just might be the man for the job in his trek across the world to the mysterious West. Washington is in possession of the last Bible on Earth after nuclear disaster ruined the planet.
With cool temperatures lingering, tights are the perfect wardrobe piece to keep you and your legs warm!
The style dilemma that we all have during the winter months is showing our pasty legs, but tights are the perfect solution for looking cute and stylish while still being
practical.
In January 2010, the Flagler College Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) chapter launched Mission: Media, a program that lets St. Augustine’s Boys and Girls Club children control the news for a day.
In Mission: Media, the children generate and develop story ideas in a “news budget” meeting that SPJ members lead before heading out into the field. Each SPJ member guides a few children through the city and helps them find and interview sources. After the children finish reporting, they return to the Flagler College Gargoyle office to write and publish their work here.
By Alicia Nierenstein | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When Flagler College’s Students in Free Enterprise team returned from Germany back in October with a loss in the first round of the World Cup, the team members didn’t keep their heads down. In fact, their spirits were sustained throughout the remainder of their trip because the experience as a whole was too exciting to let pass them by.
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Once you make the decision to become vegetarian or vegan, you typically have to eliminate fast food from your diet. But, you don’t have to.
The fast-food chains are finally catching up to the times and providing more options. So whether you are a full-blown vegan, a softhearted vegetarian, a person who wants to reduce their meat intake or anything in between, you now have options. If the vegan or vegetarian lifestyle is not an option, you can at least reduce the amount of meat you consume.
Men’s basketball looks to Dixon, Ferguson, Pietkiewicz to lead
By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by John Jordan
The Flagler College men’s basketball team is learning by doing. In the first year of Peach Belt Conference play, the Saints are 7-6 overall and 2-2 in the conference.
The heart of the season is still to come.
