After the creation of the Ponce de Leon Hotel 125 years ago, Henry Flagler asked his cousin Thomas Horace Hastings to start a farm a few miles west of St Augustine to grow food for his guest.
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By Taylor Toothman | ttoothman@flagler.edu
Who is Landon Pigg? Ashton Kutcher’s body double? Maybe. My favorite artist of November? You betcha. If you’re looking for some quiet music to close your eyes and be introspective to in this chilly Fall season, you’ve found it. Enjoy.
Within thirty seconds of “Falling in Love in a Coffee Shop,” I guarantee you will be asking, “Where are you Landon Pigg? What coffee shop are you talking about? I’ll be right there!” His voice is so soothing and warm, I just want to snuggle up in it.
By Courtney Gaver | gargoyle@flagler.edu
You feel the board under your feet as you ride the wave in under the warm Florida sun, and then you wake up.
Okay, so you dream of becoming a surfer, but you don’t know where to begin. Well, you’re in the right place. St. Augustine is a great place for beginner surfers with its soft sand and calm waves.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle
PHOTO CAPTION: The Saints are winning again, and as the season ends, they’re aiming for a a playoff spot.
The Flagler College men’s soccer team is fighting for a playoff spot at the end of this season, but no spot is guaranteed regardless of their positive results this season.
Flagler College Athletics have no conference affiliation as of now, which makes reaching the playoffs difficult even with a winning season. Teams that are affiliated with a conference have a much more probable chance of reaching the playoffs as each conference guarantees one spot in the playoffs to a member.
PHOTO CAPTION: Four seniors will leave the Flagler volleyball team this year after another successful season.
By Kathy Novak | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As the volleyball season comes to a close, it is the last for some of our fellow Saints. With only five more contests left prior to the Div. II post-season contests, four seniors — Jessica Wedemyer, Sarah Spraggins, Kelly Boese and Leah Melton, with a combination of 36 years of experience — are pushing to finish out their last season as their best.
Although they have been pushed through a tough season, the ladies still have full confidence in themselves, and their fellow teammates to pull through.
By Chelsi DeCuba | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler College Women’s Golf team is working hard to accomplish their goal of making it to Nationals this year.
The golf team is currently in pre-season play and they are taking advantage of the time they have to prepare.
They recently competed in The Saint Leo Invitational where they finished in sixth place.
Junior Laura Martellino tied for 35th place in the tournament after carding a 25 over 169.
By Patrick Varney | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Men’s CC
The Flagler men’s cross country team also competed Oct. 17 at the at the Hatter Invitational in Deland. The men placed placing 7th out of 13 teams, and Flagler standout Ryan MacManus also placed 7th in the 102-man field. He finished the 8K race with a time of 27:23.
With this run MacManus made the course’s top 10 best times. Alex Bonus finished 36th, Ben Joslin finished 45th, and Evan Roszkowski finished 60th.
By Kate Shoaf | gargoyle@flagler.edu
By Lindsey Williams | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Like most college athletes, determination and winning are the name of any game. But unlike most athletes, the balance between fighting a disease and fighting to win have become part of the game for one Flagler cross country runner.
Ryan MacManus has found himself competing on two fronts ever since being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease.
Crohn’s Disease is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Parts of the digestive tract get swollen and have deep sores called ulcers. Painful abdominal cramps, fatigue and fever are common symptoms.
By Kellye Wantz | gargoyle@flagler.edu
For those fans of “Fight Club,” author Chuck Palahniuk wrote another book that will keep anyone on the edge of their seat.
“Invisible Monster” features Palahniuk’s use of self-destructive characters like many of his other novels, but this novel has a slightly different twist.
With the same vivid imagination, Palahniuk takes readers on a ride with more twists, turns and mutilation than Fight Club or his other stories.
The story begins with a beautiful fashion model that has everything a girl could ever want. Shortly thereafter, however, she gets in an accident on the highway that blows off half of her jaw.
The young beauty’s bad luck doesn’t end there. Her fiancé leaves her for her best friend.
I’ve been feeling a little Flagler nostalgia lately.
Maybe it was the fact that basketball season is around the corner and I’m not getting ready to be on the radio for the first time in a long time.
By Gian Louis Thompson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler College Art and Design Department is holding its first faculty art show at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum through Oct. 24.
The show is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. while classes are in session.
“Part of the role of the museum is to serve as a teaching tool to expose the students to what the teachers are working on,” Sarah J. Kelly, the show’s director, said.
“It would be a great idea to continue the show yearly,” she said.
The works of 14 art and design faculty members give the museum’s white walls a voice and a face of expression.
Ninth year painting, drawing, senior portfolio and Art 101 professor Patrick Moser submitted oil on canvas piece, “American Unicorn.”
“I was largely influenced by a fairly famous Western painter named Frederick Remington,” Moser said.
“His work explored the notions of American mythology in the west,” he said.
Consider the panic button pushed.
After watching my Cowboys be taken to the woodshed by the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday, I was discouraged, to say the least. This Cowboys team was supposed to make teams like the Cardinals and Bengals look like they belonged somewhere between the Arena League and the XFL. What had happened?
By Julie Hirshan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
David Matulewicz, sophomore and a vice president of the Political Guild, doesn’t believe the popular myth about apathy in the college-age voting demographic.
With many students attending recent political events like Rock the Vote on the West Lawn and the vice presidential debate in the Ringhaver Student Center, students at Flagler College show that they care about the political issues and plan to use their voices in the upcoming election.
According to Matulewicz, many students from Flagler are active in political campaigns around town.
The Democratic headquarters in St. Johns County has more for students to help with, but the Republication group enlists the help of Flagler students as well.
By Clay Coffman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Becoming president of the United States is easy.
For example, all it takes are two requirements: Be a community organizer and serve in the Senate for four years. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? But ask Barack Obama, because that’s what he’s done.
By Erica Eding | gargoyle@flagler.edu
One of Governor Sarah Palin’s main points during the vice-presidential debate was that she’s just an average American. I strongly disagree. I believe the average American is more qualified than Palin to be vice-president.
I’ll begin with Palin’s interview with Katie Couric, a journalist who’s known for her soft-news, morning-show style. Palin’s awkward silences and blank stares made Couric seem like an FBI interrogator.
Palin’s response to the bailout plan was so irrational and rambling that Saturday Night Live’s Tina Fey used Palin’s own words to mock her.
An interview with William (Mayhem) Macrae, St. Augustine’s pirate magician.
Flagler College communication major and graduating senior Alex Bonus was named the Grand Award winner of the second edition of Anthology, a new print publication produced by the the Gargoyle.
The 2012 Anthology, a full-color print publication released earlier this month, showcases students’ work in news, features, opinion, public relations and photography.
By Sarah Williamson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Frankie Lawton barely remembers finishing his public relations speech his sophomore year at Flagler as he fell to the ground, shaking uncontrollably. Classmates froze and a friend rushed to break his fall. Minutes later he was rushed away in an ambulance.
By Katherine Brock | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College junior, Nick Carey may look like the average college student, but there is more to him than just studies and college life.
Carey is a volunteer firefighter for the Flagler Beach Fire Department. He has been in training since the beginning of this summer. When the semester started, Carey continued his volunteering at the fire department, while maintaining his class load.
By Sarah Williamson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
A black president is in his second term and suddenly the most important piece of civil rights legislation is in question.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to end discrimination at the polls by banning literacy tests of blacks and limiting states’ power to make special provisions to voting requirements.
By Latesha Johnson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As they approach the mid-point of their season, the Flagler College softball team is looking to continue their success on the field.
An interview with William (Mayhem) Macrae, St. Augustine’s pirate magician.
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