By Eugenia Tavarez | etavarez080@flagler.edu
Freshman Taylor Koerner is up to her elbows in paper mache, paint, construction paper, and 3rd graders every Tuesday or Thursday. Taylor and her Phi Alpha Omega sisters became part of Hugs Across the County, a project to help 2,500 of St. Johns County public elementary school students living near or below the Federal Poverty Level ($20k income).
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.
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“We have different tests and assessments than other countries,” he said.
By Michael Newberger | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler Gargoyle Online News went to a rally for Democratic Candidate for governor Alex Sink and got a chance to interview the candidate for Lieutenant Governor Rod Smith.
By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photos by Tiffanie Reynolds
Even after Flagler sophomore Alexandra Evans moved away from her Pennsylvania hometown, she was still bullied by old classmates through her MySpace account. What began as a few sarcastic comments on her pictures turned into Evans being forced to turn her profile private from everyone.
By Lindsay Christovich | lchristovich@flagler.edu
Photos submitted by Lindsay Christovich
Owned and operated by Steve and Amy Fitt, GOLDFINCH’s mission is to “offer chic, one of a kind, unique pieces at prices that leave enough money for that night on the town,” Amy said.
In March 2009 GOLDFINCH boutique, a woman’s boutique, opened at 67 San Marco Avenue, Suite A, in the historic uptown district of St. Augustine.
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Image by Victoria Van Arnam
Photos by Jonathan Hermes
Flagler senior Christina Arzapalo lost 40 pounds within three months of being on a fad diet. Only one thing went wrong – her hair was falling out.
“Everything was great at first,” Arzapalo said. “The basic diet is a lot of eggs, nuts and lean proteins like turkey…you can’t have any caffeine or juice or fruit for the first two weeks and that was the hardest.”
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 Lindy Almony | gargoyle@flagler.edu LB
October is Vegetarian Awareness Month.
Last semester I took a class, Contemporary Social Problems, with Professor Jordan Brown. For our final project, we were to become claims makers for a cause that we saw as a social problem.
The social problem I explored was the effects of animal agriculture on our environment, our health and our farm animals.
By Gena Anderson | ganderson@flagler.edu
Illustration by Megan Kovak
Did something just move? No. There’s no way.
Do I turn on the light or do I just crawl into bed in the darkness? I should turn on the light. There’s nothing in my room.
by Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu Photos By Phillip C. Sunkel For Charlie Brown, Lincolnville local and full time musician, music serves as both a physical and mental outlet. “Music helps you with your mind,” he said, smiling. “Music is everything, it’s all around us. It…