By Cal Colgan| jcolgan@flagler.edu
Davis Shores is a neighborhood in St. Augustine’s city limits littered with the towering-two story complexes and mowed lawns of middle class suburbia. But on Feb.17, police found that some residents of this community right across the Bridge of Lions had materials to make what some say is the worst drug in the world.
By Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler junior Allie Martin* starting starving herself a little over a year ago. Typically, half of an apple was her biggest meal of the day.
“I liked the feeling of being starving,” she said.
Martin said some days she would reach 150 calories, max.
“Some days I’d just have coffee,” Martin said. “After two days, I would break down and have a salad.”
Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, Communication major Kelly Gibbs brings in a St. Augustine local to discuss issues going on around the city. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.
This week, Kelly Gibbs interviewed Marci Larson from the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization about new bike trails and feedback from the public concerning a safer way to get around on a bike.
Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, Communication major Kelly Gibbs brings in a St. Augustine local to discuss issues going on around the city. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.
During this show, Kelly Gibbs interviewed Flagler Model UN (United Nations) President Pat Ferguson about upcoming events with the club this semester and current world events.
By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu A new deaf education lab, renovations to the Chisp-Ellert House and a teaching center are some of the changes students may see on campus in the future. The Academic Strategic Plan, passed by the Faculty Senate in late January, gives…
Students looking to voice their opinions on Flagler College should keep an eye out for an e-mail from Flagler President William T. Abare Jr. asking them to take part in a survey about the college.
By Rebecca Rosenberg | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When Flagler College junior Jillian Flowers first applied to college, her father told her that men were getting a leg-up from some admissions departments.
“[Some schools] are trying to do affirmative action for men,” Flowers said.
By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Environmental Protection Agency would suffer a $1.3 billion loss under President Barack Obama’s proposed 2012 budget, a modest reduction compared to the $3 billion Republicans hope to cut from the organization’s funding this year.
Released Feb. 14, the president’s plan came three days after House Republicans introduced revisions to the current budget, which would reduce EPA funding from $10.3 billion to about $7.5 billion. Obama’s budget would reduce funding to $9 billion next year, demonstrating the stark divide between the financial goals of both parties.
By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Kelly Gray says eating her cupcakes is a guilty pleasure for customers, and new federal dietary guidelines won’t change that fact.
“In this economy, people aren’t paying to go out,” Gray, the manager of Luli’s Cupcakes at 82 San Marco Ave., said. “But for $2.50 they’ll buy a little treat even if it isn’t healthy.”
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
St. Augustine Chik-fil-A manager Janette Manning has no idea about last week’s controversy when a gay rights group lashed out about the fast-food chain’s support of an anti-homosexual organization in Pennsylvania.
“I haven’t heard anything about it,” Manning said. “No guests or anybody have said anything about that.”
But Flagler College junior Adam Krell is aware of the controversy. Krell, who is gay, will not be changing his tri-weekly trips to the St. Augustine Chik-Fil-A.