Career advancement still tough for many local African-Americans
Success has never come easy for Kai Walker.
As an African-American, the 47-year-old financial advisor is very much a minority in the banking industry.
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St. Augustine parents, teachers agree: poor students need encouragement
Now that The Webster School has cut its free tutoring service, Tanise Bunker isn’t sure how she can provide help for her daughter Julianna to pass the third grade.
Intelligent women more attractive say surveys, local men
By Alex Galbraith | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Ladies, if you’re looking to snag a mate forget about the cookbooks and pick up a textbook.
The idea that an educated woman has a hard time finding a potential life-partner, that men will find her intelligence threatening, is no more according to recent sociological surveys.
In fact, intelligence has risen to the 4th most-desirable trait that a man looks for while scoping out a spouse, according to a 2008 survey by sociologist Christine Whelan of the University of Pittsburgh.
And local men couldn’t agree more.
Population growth linked to potential for consumptive use of reclaimed water
By Zach Gray | gargoyle@flagler.edu
St. Augustine resident Michael Shirley is no stranger to stringent water conservation efforts.
Originally from an arid part of west Texas, Shirley understands that water is a finite resource. What he does not understand is what he considers to be wasteful habits by many in St. Augustine.
“Back home, people were so conscious about their usage,” he said. “Here in St. Augustine, people have their sprinklers on when it’s raining.”
Shirley is not alone.
Local students still hooked on college rankings
By Adam Hunt | gargoyle@flagler.edu
It was the first thing David Espinosa looked at when choosing a college.
The 19-year-old Flagler College student never doubted the validity of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings.
“The rankings were very important to me,” he said. “When I received my SAT results I used them to find schools that would accept me. I naturally trusted what I read.”