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News, Top Stories September 16, 2010

Student survives natural disaster in foreign country

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.

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News September 8, 2010

SIFE Blog: Project Update

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.

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News September 2, 2010

Students hold ‘mixed feelings’ on new smoking policy

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!”

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News September 2, 2010

Hurricane season ramping up

What Students Should Know About Preparation for the Storm

By Kelly Gibbs | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Art by Victoria Van Arnam

As Flagler students flood back into St. Augustine for the upcoming semester, tropical storms are whipping around the Atlantic with just as much vigor.

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News August 13, 2010

The One You Love

By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu
Photo by Lauren Belcher

I missed my best friend’s birthday.

Not because I wasn’t close enough to attend; I’m right down the street. I’m still not sure why I chose to miss her birthday. All I know is: I woke up that morning and decided I couldn’t be there and I needed to spend time alone.

To anyone who knows me, that sounds like a joke. I hate being alone. In fact, I do everything in my power to avoid it (read my earlier piece if you don’t believe me.)

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News May 20, 2010

Finding the Meadow

By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu

Less than a year ago, I went on a journey.

It was five days of intense therapy called Hero’s Journey.

I was told to have someone drop me off at a hotel that was about 15 minutes away from my home in West Palm Beach. Pack five days worth of clothing and leave all electronics at home. No cell phone, no laptop. These days were to be spent with no distractions so you can only spend time with you and your thoughts.

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News May 14, 2010

Given, Taken by God

By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu

Webster’s dictionary defines a void as: not occupied; vacant; not inhabited; deserted; containing nothing. That sounds about right.

I define a void as: sadness; depression; loneliness; fear; defeat.

For as long as I can remember, I have tried to fill the void. I’m always trying to keep myself distracted so I won’t feel like I’m alone.

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News April 28, 2010

Video game addiction not only for boys anymore

By Jessica Fashant | gargoyle@flagler.edu The sunlight could barely reach beyond the heavy curtains Lauren Hinkley pulled closed in the living room. It was a beautiful day, but she wouldn’t be going outside anytime soon, or even looking out the window. Rarely did she even…