By Michael Strasburger | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by Jackie Werboff
While the semester is settling into a routine for most students, one Flagler student is breaking from tradition and getting her education on the high seas.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Flagler confirmed two more student cases of H1N1 (swine flu), bringing the total confirmed cases to three.
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs Yvan Kelly confirmed the two additional students with H1N1 are off campus residents. Kelly also said there are 10 students exhibiting flu-like symptoms now.
By Alicia Nierenstein | anierenstein@flagler.edu
Flagler College isn’t the only school in the region with a sweeping fear of an H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak.
Seven cases of H1N1 popped up at Stetson University in DeLand since the beginning of the school year.
“Seven specimens have come back H1N1 positive since the beginning of this school year, but the kids who have had it are back in class after 3-5 days,” said Stetson’s Health Services Director Debbie Cassidy. “At the beginning of the school year we expected a surge of the flu, and that is what happened.”
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.