Cast for ‘Hot*l Baltimore’
From Staff The cast for the Flagler College Theatre Department’s production of “Hot*l Baltimore” has been announced.
On Campus
Economist to lecture on Nash, game theory
By Adrienne Sakyi World-renowned economist Dr. Ariel Rubinstein will visit Flagler College to lecture on “John Nash, A Beautiful Mind and Game Theory.” For those wondering what game theory is, it is a branch of math and economics that studies situations where players choose different…
Astronaut to visit Flagler
From Staff Astronaut Lt. Col. Robert S. Kimbrough, 39, will give a presentation in the Flagler Room on Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Kimbrough joined NASA in September 2000 and worked as a flight simulator engineer on the Shuttle Training Aircraft for NASA’s Aircraft Operations…
Flagler College Radio to broadcast ‘Flagler Remembers’ on Sept. 11
From Staff
88.5 FM WFCF, Flagler College Radio, will broadcast “Flagler Remembers” on Monday, Sept. 11, an audio montage of the thoughts and feelings of Flagler College’s students, faculty and staff recorded five years ago after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
The audio presentation will air at 9 a.m., then at 12 p.m. and again at 5 p.m. in remembrance of those who lost their lives on that fateful day.
The 10,000-watt student-run station can be heard in St. Johns County, as well as parts of Putnam and Flagler counties.
‘Pretty Little Dirty’ is ‘ruthless and honest’
Renowned author to speak at Flagler Sept. 6-7
By Katelyn Calautti
PHOTO CAPTION: Author of “Pretty Little Dirty” Amanda Boyden
In Amanda Boyden’s first novel, Pretty Little Dirty, she succeeds in transforming the reader back in time. This coming of age story of two best friends is anything but ordinary, yet seems all too familiar.
Boyden puts together the pieces of childhood that are almost forgotten and makes those memories of having a best friend relived. The moments in life that make a person, the people who are remembered, and the choices that have to be made all come rushing back in this edgy, raw, tale of two girls trying to discover more than themselves. It is an adventure of two best friends finding out how to stand their ground, yet struggling to keep their bond alive, making for a captivating read.
Mixed reviews for pay-to-park plan
By Brittany Hackett
Graphic by Carina Hayes
This fall, Flagler has introduced a new parking policy which forces students to pay for parking, and it is creating mixed reactions from students.
“There’s no way I’m paying the school for parking,” senior Meredith Brace-Sloss said. “Last year’s plan worked fine, as far as I was concerned. If you get to school early, you can usually find good places.”
A campus under construction
From Staff
Students might want to add hard hats and work boots to their back-to-school lists as the campus is filled with construction projects this year including the new $11 million student center rising on Sevilla Street and the first phase of the $5 million art building renovation.
Brunet-GarcÃa creates scholarship for minority graphics students
From Staff
PHOTO CAPTION: Jorge Brunet-GarcÃa, vice-president and executive creative director of Brunet-GarcÃa.
Brunet-GarcÃa Multicultural Advertising & PR, North Florida’s largest Hispanic advertising agency, announced today that it has created a $1,500 scholarship for minority graphic design students at St. Augustine’s Flagler College.
Flagler represented in Miss Florida Pageant July 5-8 in Miami
By Glenn Judah
PHOTO CAPTION: Left: Jessica Minch, Right: Sherri Leaf
Seniors Sherri Leaf and Jessica Minch will compete in the upcoming Miss Florida Pageant in Miami July 5-8.
Boarding costs to increase for next year
Lower occupancy dorm rooms to cost more than high occupancy rooms
By Adam Ehrenberg
The cost of dorm rooms is set to increase starting in the fall semester of the 2006-2007 year, with two-person rooms being the basis for a new system of gauging room costs.