By Lauren Ely | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler College women’s soccer team concluded its regular season with a win on senior night against conference opponent Georgia College last Saturday.

“The win Saturday was the best feeling all season,” Rebekah Stockowski, senior captain, said. “I have been the only person who has been on the team for four years, and we have never won a senior night since I have been here. Winning on mine was an awesome feeling.”

By Angela Biggs | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Shannon and the Clams is not a ‘run-of-the-mill’ band. They are out of this world, distinctive and gifted characters. Shannon Shaw works her magic on bass and vocals, Cody Blanchard gives us his all on guitar and vocals and Ian Amberson keeps the beat going on drums and back-up vocals.

This band from Oakland, Calif. wants their fans to be inspired to let go of trying to be cool and, as Blanchard said, “have as much stupid, wild and embarrassing fun as we do.”

Blanchard considers their genre to be mutant mummy oldies, while Shannon sees it as weird oldies and mischief music. Either way, this band rocks the house all over the country.

By Jeffrey Howard | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse

The Flagler College women’s volleyball team immediately fell behind in its match against Florida Southern College on Sunday losing its first two sets. The Saints then rallied to win the next three sets, winning the match 3-2. (17-25, 22-25, 25-20, 28-26, 15-10)

“We did not play our best game in those first two sets,” Olivia Snipes, senior setter, said. “In the first set, I don’t know if it was nerves or excitement but we were making careless errors that ultimately caused us the first loss. In the second set, we let Florida Southern go on too many big point runs. We actually started the second game ahead by 5 or 6 points and allowed them to slowly crawl back into the game.”

By Jeremy Petty | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler College men’s soccer team will look to continue their excellent season on Tuesday, Nov. 1^st as they begin the Peachbelt Conference Tournament. As of last week, Flagler only knew that the challenger would be the team in the eighth playoff position. But after Saturday’s matches, the regular season concluded and USC Aiken emerged as Flagler’s opponent.

By Victoria Hardina | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Ladies, it’s time to take your tops off! Yes, you read right. Let’s protect your ta-ta’s and do a self check for breast cancer.

Submitted by Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu

The following is a poem submitted to the Creative Section by Emily Hoover. The Gargoyle is currently accepting submissions of creative works including creative writing, fine art, graphic illustrations, multimedia and photography.

Submitted by Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu

The following is a poem submitted to the Creative Section by Emily Hoover. The Gargoyle is currently accepting submissions of creative works including creative writing, fine art, graphic illustrations, multimedia and photography.

By Kara Duffy | gargoyle@flagler.edu

After the release of Google Plus, the newest social media competitor, Facebook has made several changes, including renovations to the news feed and layout, to make its site more convenient and simple.

But the upgrades aren’t over.

By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Senior Kia Miller suffered the basic college nightmare last year — a boring professor, a semester-long class and a daily reason to refuse rolling out of bed.

When it came time to fill out IDEA surveys, the forms students complete at the end of every semester to rate their classes and teachers, Miller hoped some bad reviews would make it so future students wouldn’t endure her same experience.

By Kara Duffy | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Traumatic brain injury, also know as the silent epidemic, is on the rise for children and student athletes, according to a study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The number of student athletes diagnosed and treated for concussions have risen 60 percent between 2001 and 2009, the study said. The study was based off data from 66 hospitals that documented the amount of emergency room visits. It found that the rise in visits for a traumatic brain injury rose from 153,375 in 2001 to 248,418 in 2009.

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

With his hands around my neck, I looked up at the man standing in front of me, and for a split second I didn’t know what to do. Running through the list of moves I just learned, I sandwiched my hands against his palm and shoved his arms off of me to the applause of the other women in my group. “Good job,” he said, before walking over to the woman standing next to me and testing her with another move.

Outside of the Virginia Room, it was a scenario that I always carried in the back of my mind but assumed would never happen. I would like to think I could defend myself, but barely reaching five feet I knew it was unlikely.

By Kellie Westfield | gargoyle@flagler.edu

A successful ninth season of Music by the Sea concluded this month after family and friends gathered each week to enjoy local musicians, cuisine, volleyball, fun and friends.

Secretary of the Civic Association, Andrea Samuels, is the coordinator and co-founder of Music by the Sea. She said she is happy with the 2011 turnout.

By Amber James | gargoyle@flagler.edu

They lounge in your favorite chair. They track muddy footprints on the freshly cleaned floor. They even steal your food right off the table if you don’t watch them. And all they leave behind as payment for your love and hospitality is fur on your black clothes.

They’re pets. And Americans love them.

By Lauren Ely | gargoyle@flagler.edu

With a casual attitude and a smile on her face, Lindsay Zullo doesn’t look like the competitive, stand out athlete she has been for the Flagler College women’s soccer team.

Zullo, a junior from Hudson, Fla., began playing soccer at the age of four.

“It [soccer] was my favorite when I was a kid,” Zullo said. “I played basketball for a while, but I was kind of too short. I didn’t really make it.”

By Jeffrey Howard | gargoyle@flagler.edu

In a Peach Belt Conference match Saturday afternoon the Flagler College Women’s volleyball team came away with a close 3-2 win against University of North Carolina Pembroke.

The Flagler College Saints won the 1^st and 3^rd sets and finished off the match with a 5^th set victory.

By Kylynn Pelkey | gargoyle@flagler.edu
“True fantasy football.” I discovered this little pay-per-view prize while watching TV with my boyfriend several nights ago. A half-hearted grunt of excitement from his side of the couch encouraged me to glance toward the television when I saw a sight that not only surprised me, but shocked me. Lingerie football. How had I never heard of this before? My appalled expression matched my boyfriend’s appreciative one.