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Sports, Top Stories October 19, 2011

Flagler continues strong defense, great offense

By Jeremy Petty | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler Colleges men’s soccer team completed their 13th game on Thursday night when they defeated Saint Xavier, 7-1. Zach Shanahan scored twice for the Saints, while 5 different players each contributed to Flagler’s high goal total.

It’s beginning to look like another promising season for the Saints, with its defense playing a major role in their victories. The one goal given up on Thursday’s match was just the 12th goal allowed. However, the stat looks a little odd when realizing that Flagler has shutout opponents eight times out of its 13 total games. Seven of their goals given up were in a three game streak against Rollins, Lander and Lynn.

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News, Top Stories, Video October 14, 2011

Occupy Jacksonville

By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu Hundreds gathered at Hemming Park in downtown Jacksonville FL, sporting handmade signs, costumes, and a message to Wall Street.

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News, Top Stories October 14, 2011

Harvest of Hope Foundation moving forward, president says

By Emily Hoover| ehoover@flagler.edu

For Phil Kellerman, president of the Gainesville-based Harvest of Hope Foundation, philanthropy runs in the family.

After his grandmother Helen Zand, a professor and social worker, mentioned she would be leaving an inheritance to her grandchildren, Kellerman said he was going to put the money to good use.

“[My grandmother and I] used to talk about the issues involving poverty,” he said. “She was really smart and really ahead of her time. This was right around the time I was thinking of setting up a foundation for migrant workers and I told her I was going to set up a foundation in her honor.”

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News, Top Stories October 13, 2011

Flagler students speak out on dietary supplements

By Amber James | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Three martial art styles, numerous Cross-Fit routines and one broken foot later, Carly Lupo is a fighter.

The psychology major trains mixed martial arts five days a week, constantly in and out of Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, boxing and open mat sessions at the Combat Club in St Augustine. In July she broke her foot, but still worked on her boxing and sparring skills while healing. She also lifts weights at Planet Fitness and does a Cross-Fit routine includes box jumps, farmer’s walk, medicine ball wall ball, push-ups, burpees, four-count sit ups, kettle bell swings, and push press.

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News, Top Stories October 13, 2011

Study: Oral cancers on rise due to HPV

By Ryan Buffa | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Many Flagler College students are reconsidering human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines due to the growing number of head and neck cancers in the United States caused by the HPV virus.

According to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the number of cases of oropharyngeal cancer, which are cancers of the tonsils, throat and base of the tongue, have been rising since the mid-1980s.

“I got all three shots because I was influenced by my doctor and my mom because it seemed like a good way to protect myself,” said student Courtney Fusilier. “I think people should get it if they don’t want to die from those types of cancer.”

The causes of oral cancers function within two categories: cancer caused by tobacco and alcohol and cancer caused by the sexually transmitted virus, HPV, researchers said.

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News, Top Stories October 13, 2011

St. Augustine strives for fresh face on history

By Tiffanie Reynolds| gargoyle@flagler.edu

Historic Downtown St. Augustine will now get much needed restoration under the management of University of Florida.

The university was selected as part of a bill arranged by State Rep. William Proctor, who thought a partnership would better fund the projects without taxing the city.

“It occurred to me at the time that Pensacola has a number of houses of this type and that the state provides some money for their maintenance through the University of West Florida. I raised that issue and the city commission asked to see if we could pass comparable legislation,” said Proctor, District 20 Florida House Representative.

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Arts & Entertainment, Top Stories October 13, 2011

Local haunt embodies gore, terror, lots of love

By Alex Bonus
Dried blood spatters the face and arms of 9-year-old Lydia Uhlar.

A jagged scar rips across her cheeks and lips, molding her mild grimace into a gruesome smile.  While red droplets trickle off her purple dress — tattered and torn — Uhlar’s demeanor turns serious.

“Be careful of my shoes,” she said, trying to keep her blue Converse sneakers clear of stains.  “This is the pair I wear to school.”

Fortunately, Uhlar’s wounds are artificial.  The blood is just red paint and her scars will wash off in a few hours.

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Sports, Top Stories October 5, 2011

Volleyball head coach excelling at Flagler for 13 years

By Jeffrey Howard | gargoyle@flagler.edu

When a fan attends a Flagler College Volleyball game there are two things that they always expect to see, the saints winning the game and head coach Taylor Mott quietly sitting in front of her two children carefully dissecting the match.

Mott is coaching her 13th season as the Volleyball head coach at Flagler College and is currently seeking to win the Peach Belt Conference Championship for the third year in a row.

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Sports, Top Stories October 4, 2011

Men’s soccer blanks UNC Pembroke, fifth of the season

By Eric Albury | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Eric Albury

The Flagler College men’s soccer team recorded their fifth shutout of the season and their fourth consecutive on the road Friday, blanking UNC Pembroke 2-0.

Flagler has a shutout percentage of 0.71, the nation’s fourth best. Goalkeeper Camp Bissel is ranked No. 9 nationally in goals against average, his numbers being 0.376.