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By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu

Every week, Melissa Kafel pushes a wheelbarrow through the Flagler College campus.

In the rain, Kafel can be found wearing the hood of her windbreaker, rolling the unwieldy cart full of scraps of cardboard boxes and paper down the sidewalks, stopping at each building.

Kafel is the president and founder of the Flagler Outdoors Club, an organization that seeks to bring environmental awareness and outdoor activities to the student body. One of its largest and most recent projects is a campus wide recycling program.

Initiative seeks to provide affordable cab transportation for Flagler community

By Lauren Belcher | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Sophomore accounting major, Emma Loss said if she were ever in an unsafe situation or environment, she hopes she could call someone to get her out of it.

Loss explained that she, like most students, does not carry enough money to pay the fare for a taxicab if the situation presented itself.

By Rachel Kuhl| gargoyle@flagler.edu

On Jan. 18, Anne Shreve, Ph.D., former chair of the Education Department, died at the age of 81 in her home on St. Augustine Beach.

Shreve was the mother of three boys, a grandmother of two girls and a great-grandmother of three boys. She had recently turned 81 in December and had spent many years working for the college. She was head of Flagler’s education department for 18 years and stepped down from the position in 1993. She later retired in 1996.

By Andrew Sherwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Mark Murray, deputy political director at NBC news was under the spotlight at Flagler College auditorium forum series on Jan. 27. Murray spoke about the future of the Republican Party after their defeat in the Nov. 2008 presidential election.

Murray graduated from University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and has since embarked on a successful career as reporter for political magazines and newspapers in Washington, D.C. Murray also wrote for MSNBC.com’s political blog and appears frequently on national television channels as an on-air political analyst.

By Gargoyle Staff| gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Omicron Delta Kappa honor society will collect and distribute pajamas and books for the children at the St. Augustine Homeless Coalition from Feb. 2 to Feb. 6 on campus.

Through the national organization, Pajama Program, Omicron Delta Kappa will sponsor the collection drive, “Ring Out for the Children.”

Photo conributed

By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu

Sandi Newman knows that appearance isn’t everything.

On Saturday mornings, she travels to farms across Northeast Florida. She gathers crops that are considered not physically adequate for commercial purposes or what is left behind after a harvest. Newman is the Area Coordinator for the Society of St. Andrew, a Christian ministry that specializes in this process, commonly known as “gleaning.” The organization collects food that would otherwise go to waste from farms nationwide and distributes it to feed the hungry.

By Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Submissions for this semester’s Student Juried Art Exhibition will be taken at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum on Friday, Jan. 30 between 3 and 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Jan. 31 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The show will open April 6 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum. All mediums, including film, video, graphic design, photography, painting, sculpture, print making and more, are eligible for this event. Additionally, any current Flagler student may participate, without regard to major. Entry forms are available outside Laura Mongiovi’s office, room 118, in the Molly-Wiley Art Building.

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu

The state of Florida raised minimum wage from $6.79 per hour to $7.21 per hour on Jan. 1.

“When you look at minimum wage law and legislation, you almost think, ‘This is kind of a slam dunk,'” Flagler College Instructor of Economics and Law, Robert Berger said.

However, minimum wage law and government intervention in economics has long been a heated topic of debate.

Photo by Haley M. Walker

Community attends the first ‘Come Together’ event held in the downtown plaza

By Josh Wolonowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu

St. Johns County resident, Ann Cook thinks that the “Come Together” event, held in the downtown plaza on Inauguration Day, was life changing. Jan. 20 marked the beginning of a new era in American history for individuals around the world, including the citizens of St. Augustine.

Photo Illustration by Hahau Yisrael

Beach Boys concert moves commencement back to campus

By Erica Eding | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler College’s plans to hold the April 25 commencement ceremony at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre were thwarted by an unusual culprit: the Beach Boys.

The spring graduation will be held in the college’s gymnasium, which is the usual location. Graduates will receive five tickets for the ceremony, as well as two tickets to watch the event simulcast in the auditorium. The Virginia Room of the Ringhaver Student Center will also be available on a first-come basis.
College officials made extensive plans for the ceremony to be held at the amphitheatre.