By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Last year, Zack Thomas Paull traded in his textbooks for camouflage and joined the United States Marine Corps.
After Paull’s unit, the Second Battalion, Ninth Marine Regiment [2/9], finished its training in Parris Island, S.C., the military brass shipped the unit off to Afghanistan. Paull has spent the past 6 months in Marjah, an agricultural district in the Helmand Province.
By Kelly Gibbs | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler students Patrick Ferguson and Natalia Andino, president and vice present of the Flagler Model UN, were all smiles when they sat down to discuss how excited they were about the club.
The Model UN Flagler team was given the okay to become an academic club on Monday, November 29 and is kicking it into high gear for next semester. Flagler Model UN, short for United Nations, is a team of students who go to conferences that are regional, national or international and debate how to solve theoretical global problems while acting as a specific country that they are assigned.
By Amber Jurgensen | gargoyle@flagler.edu
A new policy regarding nonprescription and illegal drugs at Flagler College bans the use or possession of synthetic marijuana, which could end in expulsion or suspension, according to an e-mail sent out to students in October.
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
St. John’s County superintendent Joseph Joyner said it is near impossible to compare the U.S.’s educational success with the rest of the world.
The Globe
“We have different tests and assessments than other countries,” he said.
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photos by Cal Colgan
Sitting in his bare living room without a couch, Jay Bergstrom said he can’t afford things like furniture until he pays off Flagler College.
Bergstrom withdrew from Flagler during last semester after emotional issues made him decide it would be best to take a break from school and go back home to Michigan.
“When I withdrew, I worked out the student loans and everything and I found out I owe Flagler $1100,” he said.
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photos by Philip C. Sunkel IV
Senior Maghan Katrick is reminded of her tumors every day by the scar on her chest. She had three of them removed two years after starting the birth control patch.
Dealing with Stress in the Middle of College Chaos
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photo by Ashley Muller
Sophomore PJ Mistry strives to relieve stress in the midst of her busy lifestyle.
She is a double major in business administration and accounting, as well as a project coordinator in Flagler College Students in Free Enterprise.
Mistry calls her priorities a “four tier balance” system, which includes her family, friends, school and herself.
From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
This weekend, Flagler welcomed the class of 2014 to the dorms. At 8 a.m. Saturday more than 800 freshmen and their parents began unloading boxes and moving into their new homes for the next nine months.
Check out photos of the day!
Photo Gallery: Move-in Day 2010
By Victoria Van Arnam | SIFEMedia@flagler.edu Shelia Acharya working with a Nepalese woman in a language lab. This month Flagler SIFE has been busy working on the Suruwat Refugee program and Containers for a Cause. Sheila and Barry finished the script for the second Suruwat…
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo Illustration by Gena Anderson
With the Health Care Reform circus going on in Washington, we decided to find what matters to Flagler College students and the greater St. Augustine community.
The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 was passed by Congress and signed by the President. Like it or not, the bill will effect you and you need to know about it’s components.
We delved into the rumors and determined what’s true and what’s false. This is Health Care 101: What you may not know about Health Care Reform.