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Members of Flagler College’s faculty are forming a Faculty Senate that will give them an official, collective voice on decisions that shape the institution.

When the Faculty Senate convenes in September, it will bring faculty representatives from every college department together with administrators, including President William T. Abare, Jr. and Dean of Academic Affairs Paula Miller. The group will examine educational policy issues ranging from the college calendar to student activities and admissions, according to Barbara Blonder, an assistant professor of natural sciences and member of the Senate.

Flagler College’s Molly Wiley Art Building is nearing completion of a $5.7 million facelift that will introduce cutting-edge studios and creative possibilities, while it preserves the 120-year-old structure’s historic details.

The first phase of the project – the conversion of a boiler room annex into a two-story studio, gallery and office complex – will wrap up in May. The original building will be rehabilitated in the next and final phase, which should be complete by the start of fall classes.

Congress examining bills that lower cost of college

By Laura Higley

After graduating from Flagler College in the spring of 2007, Stephanie Snyder will have incurred over $14,000 in student loans, and dreads the debt that looms ahead.

“I feel pressured to find a good job right away, so I can pay it all off,” Snyder said. “Throughout my whole college career, I have always been conscious of my debt, which at times can add a lot of extra strain and stress.”

As the recording industry cracks down on illegal downloading, students and big-name colleges become targets of major lawsuits. Flagler’s preventive measures provide legal safeguard.

By Bill Weedmark

While Flagler College has measures in place to prevent illegal music downloading on campus, downloading from your home can still get you in trouble both legally and from the college.

Recently, the Recording Industry Association of America launched a new legal campaign against colleges in an attempt to curb on-campus downloading. More than 800 letters were sent out to major universities offering illegal downloaders an option to settle before lawsuits are filed.

By Danielle Marsh

The results are in for the SGA run off elections: Brandon Collins will be heading the SGA as president. Alana Cadiz won the election for treasurer and joins Kaitlyn Mairs as vice president and Chris Lauth as secretary.

With only $50 to use for their second campaign, the two students looked for ways to use their money creatively.

Cadiz handed out oatmeal pies and stood by the polls talking to students and encouraging them to vote. Collins had another approach. He personally handed out daisies to the female voters on campus, and gave them a listening ear for the issues that they would like to see resolved.

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The Flagler College chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) set new records this week when it won its seventh Management Case Competition national title – more than any other college or university – at the SAM Student International Business Conference in Las Vegas.

No other SAM teams have won more than three of these awards. Flagler’s SAM chapter also landed several other honors, including its sixth Campus Chapter Performance Program national title, which recognizes the best SAM chapter in the country.

Run-off scheduled for March 29

By Danielle Marsh

The SGA elections have come to a close with a twist: ties for the positions of president and treasurer.

One of the candidates for treasurer, Alana Cadiz, said she “expected something like this to happen” because it would have “been hard for one of the four candidates to win a majority of the votes.”

However, for the positions of vice president and secretary, Kaitlyn Mairs and Chris Lauth won the majority of the votes and will be filling their positions this coming year.

By Danielle Marsh

Student Government elections are this week on Monday and Tuesday. And if you haven’t noticed, it is the first time that the college has had more than one candidate running for each office.

As the candidates try to gain attention, they will stop at nothing. Whether it is offering smoothies, hotdogs or brownies, each party has offered something new. Even though the candidates are all trying new ways to get the public’s vote, it will not be of much help if they are unable to live up to the standards and goals they have set for themselves.

Flagler student serves with Army in Iraq while completing his degree

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Matt Fast completed basic training in Ft. Bliss, Texas, in 2003. He was deployed to Iraq in 2006.

By Brittany Hackett

A quiet night in Baghdad is shaken violently as a mortar explodes over a U.S. military compound. Troops jump from bed, gather up their gear and prepare themselves for whatever comes next.

While this might sound terrifying to civilians in the safety of the U.S., it’s just another night of ruined sleep for Army Reservist and Flagler College student Matt Fast who is stationed in the Iraqi capital.

By Alicia Nierenstein

Flagler College is currently in discussions that could result in longer semesters by the 2008-2009 school year.

While there has been talk of semester extension amongst the faculty and administration for a few years, Flagler had found that after comparison to other peer institutions, such as the University of Florida, Stetson University and Rollins College, Flagler has come out as the school with the shortest semesters in the entire state of Florida. Other schools typically end in the very last week of April, or the beginning weeks of May.