By Tara Ricks | gargoyle@flagler.edu
It’s a well-known fact that many college students do not like to buy hundreds of dollars worth of textbooks. With the current condition of our economy many students are considering what is more important: buying texts books or buying gas.
“I was seriously contemplating how much my grade would depend on not having a certain book,” said Lindsey Williams, a senior at Flagler.
By Laura Croft | gargoyle@flagler.edu
This year food prices have increased five percent, the highest increase in almost 20 years according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s consumer price index.
The combination of the tanking economy and high gas prices has put a strain on many Americans.
Many of the people who are struggling are students, and an increasing number of college students around the country have been visiting food banks.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Paul West, Washington bureau chief for the Baltimore Sun, will be the next speaker in the 2008-2009 Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy.
West will speak Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., in the Flagler College Auditorium. His topic will be “How the White House Was Won.”
By the time West speaks, the 2008 presidential race will be decided. He will focus on what transpired over the course of this historic election.
By Josh Wolonowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As businesses look for different ways to cope with the economic downturn, green technologies have given the United States Postal Service a futuristic concept when delivering mail.
This past Halloween the USPS unveiled its new line of delivery vehicles, calling them the T-3. St. Augustine is one of eight test sites chosen from across the nation. Other sites in Florida include Atlantic Beach, Ocala and Key West.
By Julie Hirshan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
David Matulewicz, sophomore and a vice president of the Political Guild, doesn’t believe the popular myth about apathy in the college-age voting demographic.
With many students attending recent political events like Rock the Vote on the West Lawn and the vice presidential debate in the Ringhaver Student Center, students at Flagler College show that they care about the political issues and plan to use their voices in the upcoming election.
According to Matulewicz, many students from Flagler are active in political campaigns around town.
The Democratic headquarters in St. Johns County has more for students to help with, but the Republication group enlists the help of Flagler students as well.
Take away the image consultants, focus groups and ads and what’s left? Nothing but the issues. How are you, the voters, supposed to know what the candidates really stand for?
Here is your chance to see each candidate’s views without the frills and mud-slinging politics can bring. No names, no altered pictures. But can you figure out which views go with which candidate?
War/Foreign Policy
This candidate strongly believes that when Iraq is capable of both governing itself, as well as protecting the people living there, is when the U.S. troops should come home.
He says in order to avoid an even more expensive war, it is important to ensure the stability of the state of Iraq and seeing that it is not left vulnerable to terrorists. By leaving a small “strike force” in Iraq, he says we would be making a poor strategic choice.
War and Foreign Policy
There would be a phased withdrawal of the troops in Iraq over a 16-month period. The withdrawal would be coordinated with the Iraqi government and directed by military commanders on the ground.
He would create a counter-terrorism force that will remain in Iraq for specific missions, and will continue to train Iraqi security forces. This candidate wants to encourage Iraqi leaders to take more responsibility toward creating stability.
He would also encourage them to use oil revenue for reconstruction.
By Chelsi de Cuba | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Florida Public Relations Association gave the Bob Myers Lifetime Achievement Award to Flagler College Communication Department Professor Rosemary Tutt on Sept. 4.
Tutt, a memer of the Flagler College faculty for five years, continues to pursue a lifetime full of achievement.
She began her career in retail advertising and then opened a public relations firm, which she ran 16 years. Clients included healthcare and nonprofit organizations.
By Erica Eding | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The future could be dim for Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship program.
The program, a source of financial aid for almost 1,000 Flagler College students, is struggling to come up with the money it needs. Bright Futures is funded through the state’s lottery system.