By Grace Walsh | gargoyle@flagler.edu
For freshmen students at Flagler College, the new Kenan Plaza is just another section of Flagler’s beautiful campus. But for upperclassmen, it’s much more.
Ever since the Plaza was finished, students have turned it into an area of social gathering.
By Colleen Drew | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College offers a social media class that informs students how social networking can be used to create a brand for yourself and the company you represent.
Carolyn Adams, a communication major with a track in public relations, uses social media to her advantage.
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos By Phillip C. Sunkel IV
For novelist and columnist Carl Hiaasen, the future of journalism depends on committed, dedicated and idealistic writers working against an unforgiving job market.
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Graphic by Victoria Van Arnam
As I came upon my year anniversary of being a vegetarian this month, I couldn’t help but think about how much has changed in the last year.
Since September 18, 2009, I have changed in so many ways.
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Top Photo by Devon Schlegel
Middle Photo by Cal Colgan
Bottom Photo by Philip C. Sunkel IV
Mark Barber finds it very hard to make close friends.
The Flagler College alumnus and graduate student at Syracuse University said he suffers from pervasive developmental disorder, a mental condition similar to Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. Diagnosed with the disorder when he was 7, Barber said Flagler’s small-school atmosphere helped him to cope with his poor people skills.
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos by Philip C. Sunkel IV | psunkel@flagler.edu
A third Harvest of Hope Festival is in the works for 2012, said Phil Kellerman, president of Gainesville-based Harvest of Hope Foundation.
Lack of time and resources prevent the foundation from holding a third festival this spring at the St. Johns County fairgrounds in Elkton.
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photos contributed by Liz Lang
Flagler College senior Liz Lang was wrapping up her first Saturday night on the town in Chile when an earthquake struck at 3:34 a.m. on February 27.
“Two of my friends were outside skateboarding,” Lang said. “That was the scariest thing…we didn’t know where they were.”
Liz, a political science and Spanish major, was beginning the spring semester of her junior year studying abroad in Viña del Mar, Chile when an earthquake of an 8.8-magnitude hit.
By Neil Boyle | SIFEMedia@flagler.edu
Containers for a Cause
Containers for a Cause is one of our newer projects, started last semester, it is one of our largest and fastest growing. Containers for a Cause takes used shipping containers and transforms them into low income housing.
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Flagler College is kicking off its first week of the school year not just with classes, but also with a commitment to preserving the oft-forgotten recent history of St. Augustine.
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photo by Phil Sunkel
For senior Mary Stamm, Flagler College’s new smoking policy is a breath of fresh air. Literally.
Stamm suffers from asthma and an allergy to cigarette smoke. She often has to use alternative exits in an attempt to avoid exposure to smoke. When told about the new restrictions Stamm screamed “Yes!”