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By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Mary Elizabeth Fair
PHOTO CAPTION: College security responds after Christopher Tackett, a man from Georgetown, Ky., punches a security guard after stealing a loaf of bread.
Assistant Director of Security at Flagler College Allan Howard had not experienced criminal violence since his retirement from an almost 30-year career from the Newark, NJ Police Department until Friday, Feb. 13.
“I’ve been here for 14 years and never had anything happen like that before,” Howard said.
The cost for the fall 2009 semester will be raised $390, to a total of $6,650
By Erica Eding | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Tuition increases as Flagler rides out the economic storm
Flagler College’s tuition will rise by about 6 percent for the fall semester, which is not a dramatic increase by most standards.
However, the tuition hike comes at a time when many students are struggling financially. The cost for the fall ‘09 semester will be $6650, compared to $6260 this semester. It’s a $390 increase.
By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu
Joyce Campbell said she cannot give much more.
Campbell is the owner of the Native Traditions Gallery on Cordova Street in downtown St. Augustine. For the first time in 10 years, the business is running on 25 percent of its normal sales. The economic decline has forced Campbell to make changes to keep her doors open.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the college during the week of March 23 through 27. The title of the celebration is “Founded on history, focused on the future.”
On Monday, there will be a birthday party for Flagler with cake in the Ringhaver Student Center at 3 p.m. Tuesday’s events will include the horror film, “Night of the Living Dead” at 8 p.m. on the West Lawn.
By Maria Scheufler | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Mary Elizabeth Fair
PHOTO CAPTION: Bike racks stay packed throughout the day as more students ride their bikes to school, and the college begins to fine students for parking their bikes in unauthorized areas.
Flagler College administration is attempting to prevent bicycle blockades around campus.
Tickets and fines are now being instituted to bicycles parked in specific, restricted areas. Students are not permitted to chain their bicycles to trees, sign poles or any handicap ramps throughout the campus.
“The problem is that students who use wheelchairs cannot get into the class if a student carelessly throws their bike onto a ramp and locks it in place,” Director of Special Programs Deborah Kamm-Larew said. “They are prevented from accessing the classes they need, the library, their dorm rooms, etc.”
By Gian Louis Thompson | gthompson@flagler.edu
Photo courtesy Gary Corbitt
Gary Corbitt has led a long and illustrious career in the field of Communications. However, prior to his journey with communications, Corbitt was unsure of where his life would take him.
Corbitt called New York City his home for many of his early years. He lived in the Bronx as an only child. His mother worked as a nurse and his father, a physical therapist. During his high school years, Corbitt competed in track and field. Like many high school students, Corbitt knew not what he wanted to pursue for higher learning.
By Andrew Sherwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Bonjour, hallo, ciao, konnichiwa, hola! Diversity week on campus brought in the international and domestic students together at Flagler College.
Flagler College diversity week program was designed to create international awareness ranging from community outreach program to film screening at Gamache-Koger theatre.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
For college students in a struggling economy, it is important to find what is needed for cheap. Who has the money to go to the Avenues Mall in Jacksonville every weekend, anyway?
On Saturday, Feb. 28, to combat monetary ills, the community of Water Street, in downtown St. Augustine, will come together to hold multiple garage sales from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Students worry about future finances as loans become harder to find
By Erica Eding | eeding@flagler.edu
Hahau Yisraeli
The economic stimulus bill contains about $15 billion in aid for college students.
This comes at a time when more Flagler students are seeking loans than ever before.
“We’ve had a boom here because of the economy,” said Christopher Haffner, director of Financial Aid at Flagler College.
By Maria Scheufler | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Traffic fines have increased in the state of Florida due to concerns about the state’s budget.
According to the St. Petersburg Times, Florida legislators don’t want to force more taxes on the working people, so their attention is on traffic fines, as well as taxes on cigarettes and education.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Motivational speaker Chuck Tompkins will present a speech based on his book, “Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships.” The event will be held Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Flagler Auditorium at 6 p.m.
Tompkins will speak about how his 25 years of experience training Orca whales relates to techniques used to help motivate people. Specifically, he will discuss elements such as “how to build trust” and “how to build positive relationships at home and in the workplace.” Tompkins is currently Vice President of animal training at SeaWorld in Orlando.
By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu
Every week, Melissa Kafel pushes a wheelbarrow through the Flagler College campus.
In the rain, Kafel can be found wearing the hood of her windbreaker, rolling the unwieldy cart full of scraps of cardboard boxes and paper down the sidewalks, stopping at each building.
Kafel is the president and founder of the Flagler Outdoors Club, an organization that seeks to bring environmental awareness and outdoor activities to the student body. One of its largest and most recent projects is a campus wide recycling program.
Initiative seeks to provide affordable cab transportation for Flagler community
By Lauren Belcher | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Sophomore accounting major, Emma Loss said if she were ever in an unsafe situation or environment, she hopes she could call someone to get her out of it.
Loss explained that she, like most students, does not carry enough money to pay the fare for a taxicab if the situation presented itself.
By Rachel Kuhl| gargoyle@flagler.edu
On Jan. 18, Anne Shreve, Ph.D., former chair of the Education Department, died at the age of 81 in her home on St. Augustine Beach.
Shreve was the mother of three boys, a grandmother of two girls and a great-grandmother of three boys. She had recently turned 81 in December and had spent many years working for the college. She was head of Flagler’s education department for 18 years and stepped down from the position in 1993. She later retired in 1996.
By Andrew Sherwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Mark Murray, deputy political director at NBC news was under the spotlight at Flagler College auditorium forum series on Jan. 27. Murray spoke about the future of the Republican Party after their defeat in the Nov. 2008 presidential election.
Murray graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and has since embarked on a successful career as reporter for political magazines and newspapers in Washington, D.C. Murray also wrote for MSNBC.com’s political blog and appears frequently on national television channels as an on-air political analyst.
By Gargoyle Staff| gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Omicron Delta Kappa honor society will collect and distribute pajamas and books for the children at the St. Augustine Homeless Coalition from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6 on campus.
Through the national organization, Pajama Program, Omicron Delta Kappa will sponsor the collection drive, “Ring Out for the Children.”
