By Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Most people’s eyes widen when I tell them I have never consumed a Twinkie or a corn dog in my lifetime. Although I have not eaten meat since I was 12 …

By The Flagler College Counseling Center | counseling@flagler.edu

This is a press release from the Flagler College Counseling Center.

The Counseling Center is pleased to offer you the following group opportunities:

Stress Buster Group: With half of the semester still left, this is the perfect opportunity for you to gain healthy skills to worry less, calm your mind, body, and emotions; and prevent unnecessary stress.

By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos by IMDB

For the first time since the Coen Brothers swept the competition for “No Country for Old Men” — my personal pick for the best film so far this century — I’m excited about the Oscars.

It’s almost like the World Series; equally obnoxious, yet far more decadent. As I’ve eaten my share of over-priced, buttery popcorn and quenched my thirst with unhealthy helpings of Cherry Coke, I’ve seen a great majority of the films nominated this season. I’m going to go ahead and submit to elitism and call myself an authority on the subject.

Here goes.

By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Environmental Protection Agency would suffer a $1.3 billion loss under President Barack Obama’s proposed 2012 budget, a modest reduction compared to the $3 billion Republicans hope to cut from the organization’s funding this year.

Released Feb. 14, the president’s plan came three days after House Republicans introduced revisions to the current budget, which would reduce EPA funding from $10.3 billion to about $7.5 billion. Obama’s budget would reduce funding to $9 billion next year, demonstrating the stark divide between the financial goals of both parties.

By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Kelly Gray says eating her cupcakes is a guilty pleasure for customers, and new federal dietary guidelines won’t change that fact.

“In this economy, people aren’t paying to go out,” Gray, the manager of Luli’s Cupcakes at 82 San Marco Ave., said. “But for $2.50 they’ll buy a little treat even if it isn’t healthy.”

By Nora Breedlove | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Freshman, Kalyn Loverich, continues to work hard for the Flagler College softball team.

Loverich, from Jacksonville, started playing softball at the age of 8. She attended Bartram Trail High School and fell in awe with Flagler College when she visited last year. Loverich is now a pitcher for the Saints.

By Brittany Swan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler baseball earned their seventh win on Tuesday, against No. 2 Florida Southern College.

The win put the Saint’s season at 7-7, while the loss brought the Florida Southern Moccasins’ down to 7-2; both losses coming from Flagler.

By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Growing up in Sweden, Elin Karlsson lived right next to a beautiful golf course.

“My dad used to bring me to that great golf course, and that is where I found out that I really enjoyed playing the game,” Karlsson said.

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu

St. Augustine Chik-fil-A manager Janette Manning has no idea about last week’s controversy when a gay rights group lashed out about the fast-food chain’s support of an anti-homosexual organization in Pennsylvania.

“I haven’t heard anything about it,” Manning said. “No guests or anybody have said anything about that.”

But Flagler College junior Adam Krell is aware of the controversy. Krell, who is gay, will not be changing his tri-weekly trips to the St. Augustine Chik-Fil-A.

By Lindy Almony | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Planned Parenthood may soon be denied all government funding and Staci Fox, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of North Florida, is distraught about the possibility. “At a time when more and more women and families are facing difficulties in accessing health care due to increasing costs and a struggling economy, it is disappointing that one of the first bills introduced in Congress would undermine women’s access to health care,” Fox said.

By Michael Potkay | gargoyle@flagler.edu

As a junior, Gino Ramirez of the men’s tennis team, feels at the top of his game

Born in Bogotá, Columbia, he began playing tennis at age 6. At the time, Ramirez was simply a recreational tennis player, as soccer was his bigger passion.

By Alex Carlo | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Alex Carlo

Steve Palazzo, a Flagler College alumnus and local disc jockey, joined forces with his “Common Enimies” at Two Hundred Lounge on Thursday, Feb. 17.

Two DJs, four turntables and 12,000 watts of sound pumped through the crowd as the neon lights scanned the dance floor. Along with Palazzo, the event also featured DeeJay Natural and DJ HU of Classic Blends, a local production company.

By Phillip C. Sunkel IV | gargoyle@flagler.edu

With Iron & Wines latest album, Sam Beam delivers folk packed with electronic feeling.

By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu

A proposed house bill that is meant to clear up language may indirectly affect tobacco smokers in Florida.

Walking down St. George Street you will see a sign that says it all: tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. One right turn, a walk down the hall and another left and you’ve arrived at the St. Augustine Tobacco Company. Inside, you’ll see another sign. This one is a flashing neon sign that reads: “Sign the petition to defeat new HB 211.”

By Gena Anderson | ganderson@flagler.edu

We both saw it at the same time. In that moment we froze trying to process this assault to our eyes.

The boy behind the counter looked unmistakably familiar.

By Emily Hoover

My roommate told me that he had friends over while I was gone. This much, I expected. I didn’t expect him to sweep or do dishes, which he didn’t. When I came back to Lincolnville, my world looked the same—swampy. My house looked the same—train wreck. I called my boyfriend to vent about my roommate’s lack of chivalry and hopped onto my bed. I felt tranquil for a moment, until I noticed a piece of chewing gum on my headboard. Shrieking, I rose, movements unearthing an open condom wrapper from unmade sheets. He would do those dishes, damn it!