New clothing boutique and art gallery opens in Lincolnville
By Ashley Goodman | gargoyle@flagler.edu Part business man, part artist, Kris Smith, 28, has brought new life to Lincolnville since the opening of his shop, Corner Market Boutique.
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Crisp Ellert Guest Speaker discusses Diane Arbus Photography
By Rebecca Snowdale | gargoyle@flagler.edu Marcella Matthaei spoke at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum last Wednesday on her experiences being photographed by the renown Diane Arbus as a child. Diane Arbus, Matthaei says, is what threw photography in the late 1950’s on it’s head. While most…
Maintaining stress
By Ashley Goodman| gargoyle@flagler.edu Flagler College student Gabrielle Hekhuis was enjoying her Sunday afternoon at the Lincolnville Farmer’s Market until she received a call from her roommate. Her cat, Milk Money, knocked over her fish bowl, drenching her laptop with water. “My laptop is completely…
Proctor Library repairs inconvenient, but necessary
By Megan Bradt | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As this week is crunch time for students with final projects and papers, countless hours at Proctor Library is just part of the game. However, the sounds of fingers typing on keyboards are not the only sounds to be heard. Hammering and banging echo from the roof top, and in an effort to keep Flagler up-to-date and safe, construction on the replacement of the entire roof has begun.
The roof on the library has taking quite a weather beating over the years and after over 10 years of patching the sore spots, Flagler College has decided to start the rebuilding process.
Beauty tips at random
By Eliza Jordan| gargoyle@flagler.edu
Okay girls, let’s all be honest. Being a female isn’t always easy. And in fact, it can be rather tricky at times. Ever go to grab that handy chap stick and it’s not there? Have dead ends but don’t want to go in for the ever-so-scary chop?
Try out these handy-dandy go-to girl tips to guarantee a successful alternative to whatever you’re struggling with!
Flagler professor and Forum director Ostrowidzki dies after battling cancer
By From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Victor Ostrowidzki, a longtime professor at the college and Flagler College’s director of the Forum on Government and Public Policy, died on April 7 after battling melanoma.
Career advancement still tough for many local African-Americans
Success has never come easy for Kai Walker.
As an African-American, the 47-year-old financial advisor is very much a minority in the banking industry.
Farm cultivates new life for disabled veterans
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos by Robert H. Heinrich
Down a long dirt road on the border of Duval and Clay counties, where the open air is clean and the sun just begins to peek through the clouds, is a farm that houses organic fruits, vegetables, livestock, honeybees and other commodities.
But for Adam Burke, founder of Veterans Farm, this farm is far from ordinary. The disabled combat veterans who work the farm during a six-month fellowship are more valuable than the goods they produce.
“I am very selective in [the veterans] I choose,” Burke, a U.S. Army veteran, said. “This is not about a paycheck. It’s about tranquility, peace in life, people who are looking for a change, to grow in their lives.”
New law in Israel bans underweight models
By Teaira Haynes | gargoyle@flagler.edu
For years now, the fashion industry has been blamed for the growing number of eating disorders worldwide by promoting an “unrealistic and unhealthy” idea of beauty with thin models. On March 19, the Israeli government passed a law that banned the employment of underweight models.
In an effort to stop the spread of eating disorders like anorexia, which affects 2 percent of all females in Israel, a model must have a body mass index (BMI) of 18.5–as well as have previous medical records that date as far back as three months–to prove she is healthy. This means a model of 5 feet 8 inches, the average for most models, must weigh at least 125 pounds.
New study links lack of sleep to overeating
By Teaira Haynes | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Sleep deprivation comes with the territory of being a college student and while many are willing to give up a good night’s sleep to pull an all nighter in the library, a new study released by the American Heart Association shows they could be sacrificing more than just Z’s.
In the study, presented at the annual Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition Physical Activity and Metabolism conference, researchers found that people who were sleep-deprived ate more than 500 additional calories daily, linking lack of sleep to overeating.