How Birth Control Works
By Lindsay Christovich | gargoyle@flagler.edu
How many women actually know and understand what the pills or other birth control methods do and how it prevents pregnancy?
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New Leaf: Environmental effects of birth control
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photo by Philip C. Sunkel IV
When a women takes her birth control pill every morning, there are many things running through her mind. My guess is that the last thing on her mind is how her choice is affecting the planet.
Local greens offer different ways to fight fast food
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photos by Phil Sunkel
Richard Villadoniga said the slow food movement has a saying.
“You know your lawyer. You know your doctor. You know your dentist. Why not know your farmer?”
Oil Spill update for St. Augustine
By Kelly Gibbs | kgibbs@flagler.edu
Kirk Tobuck hates to admit it, but his business has been doing better since the recent Gulf oil spill. Many seafood eateries in St. Augustine have similar news.
Preview: Warehouse 31
By Stephanie Seltzer | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Interaction is the main attraction this year at Warehouse 31.
Last year, northeast Florida residents were introduced to one of the “scariest” haunted houses. This year, there is an even higher expectation to raise that element of fear for every visitor that steps through the front door.
Study shows mental health issues rise among college students
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Top Photo by Devon Schlegel
Middle Photo by Cal Colgan
Bottom Photo by Philip C. Sunkel IV
Mark Barber finds it very hard to make close friends.
The Flagler College alumnus and graduate student at Syracuse University said he suffers from pervasive developmental disorder, a mental condition similar to Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. Diagnosed with the disorder when he was 7, Barber said Flagler’s small-school atmosphere helped him to cope with his poor people skills.
Harvest of Hope fest postponed; foundation shooting for 2012
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos by Philip C. Sunkel IV | psunkel@flagler.edu
A third Harvest of Hope Festival is in the works for 2012, said Phil Kellerman, president of Gainesville-based Harvest of Hope Foundation.
Lack of time and resources prevent the foundation from holding a third festival this spring at the St. Johns County fairgrounds in Elkton.
Student survives natural disaster in foreign country
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photos contributed by Liz Lang
Flagler College senior Liz Lang was wrapping up her first Saturday night on the town in Chile when an earthquake struck at 3:34 a.m. on February 27.
“Two of my friends were outside skateboarding,” Lang said. “That was the scariest thing…we didn’t know where they were.”
Liz, a political science and Spanish major, was beginning the spring semester of her junior year studying abroad in Viña del Mar, Chile when an earthquake of an 8.8-magnitude hit.
Bike culture in St. Augustine
By Bo Culkeen | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Top Photo by Josh Weaver; Bottom Photo by David Castagno
The latest trend in St. Augustine isn’t tight jeans, neon v-necks or multicolored Ray-Bans. It’s bicycles.
Bicycles are blowing up the streets of St. Augustine like the Fourth of July and no one is holding anything back. Imagine Martha Stewart on an episode of West Coast Customs: Bicycle Editions. That’s basically what’s rolling around the streets of downtown.
Locals weigh in on Health Care Reform
By Kelly Gibbs | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Carol DiSalvo thinks the new Health Care Reform will be a welcome blessing to her and her husband.
For many in St. Augustine, the newly passed reform is imposing long-awaited changes to the current health care system in the U.S.