By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Video by Michael Newberger, Ian Foe and Matthew Boyle
Flagler has confirmed one student case of H1N1 (swine flu) on campus, a male resident of Cedar Hall, who remains in isolated quarantine.
Matulewicz plans to give student government a make-over
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
While some of us have been dreading the start of classes, David Matulewicz seems excited for this year.
Perhaps that is because he can finally put his plans into action.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Students’ pocketbooks and wallets probably feel a little lighter this academic year than last year as Florida cut funding to all higher education programs.
From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Scott Indermaur
Flagler College’s Students In Free Enterprise team has won first place at the SIFE USA National Competition in Philadelphia.
Executives from companies around the country judged 118 teams at the May 12 event. Competition included Carnegie Mellon University, University of Florida and two-time World Cup champions Drury University.
By Phillip Mansfield | gargoyle@flagler.edu Roberta Ballard was fighting back tears. “You would think that my job would’ve compensated me after being there for so long, but no,” Ballard said.
By Ben McLeod | bmcleod@flagler.edu
On a rainy Thursday morning, I slammed on my brakes, almost causing the car behind me to smash into me. I was driving on West King Street, one of the poorest areas in St. Augustine, and I was looking for junk. It was for St. Augustine resident Jerome Richardson so that he could earn a few dollars to buy some food for the week.
The rain drops were flopping up the mud in front of Jerome’s shack, which is made up of four walls of plywood and sheet metal for a roof. He was nowhere to be seen and the lot was quiet. I began to worry, as surprising as it sounds, that this 47-year-old man was in danger somewhere. Why wasn’t he here? Jerome told me he would always be here.
By Holly Elliott | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Illustration by Matthew Boyle
I regret the day I caved into family pressures on Facebook. It was just my stepmother and me, face to face, or should I say, profile picture to profile picture. A bizarre sense of curiosity from her friend request reached me from hundreds of miles away and made me disregard the potential problems that family and Facebook would most certainly cause me. I recklessly hit accept. In one single click, I opened a virtual nightmare on my social life.
By Michael Mandaro | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Junior Communication major Bailey Latham won the $450 dollar plane ticket after completing the President’s Survey.
Latham was selected randomly from a pool of 973 Flagler College students who had completed either the National Survey of Student Engagement or the Student Satisfaction Inventory.
By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu
Photo illustration by Hahau Yisrael
Student Mallory McCagg recently began cleaning locals’ houses in her spare time. She does it not only to earn money, but for the benefit of the world.
McCagg owns Squeaky Green Cleaning, a business specializing in the national trend of “green cleaning.” According to the Green Cleaning Network, the process can be defined as a way to clean by using natural alternatives to chemically based products and other sustainable supplies and equipment.
By Erica Eding | eeding@flagler.edu
Photo by Erica Eding
PHOTO CAPTION: The statue of Pedro Menendez, the founder of St. Augustine, stands outside the Lightner Museum downtown.
A party is rarely serious business. St. Augustine’s 450th anniversary, on the other hand, could bring millions of dollars in revenue to a city that is suffering from the decline in tourism.
The city is hoping to attract national and even international visitors to the event. But during an economic downturn, tourists will need an incentive to travel and spend money. For this reason, city officials have begun planning for a state of the art experience.