By Rebecca Snowdale | gargoyle@flagler.edu The Flagler College Department of Theatre Arts has kicked off the month with its spring musical “Kiss Me, Kate,” a Tony-Award-winning playwright with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. “Kiss Me, Kate” tells the story of four performers whose fates…
By Mari Pothier| gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse
Walking through the doors of the Flagler College gymnasium is Ryan Vander Wielen’s favorite part about his job.
He likes not having to live the corporate life stuck in a suit and tie, and enjoys getting to wear a t-shirt and basketball shorts to work.
With aspirations to become a head basketball coach at the college level, Vander Wielen is currently the director of basketball operations for both the men’s and women’s teams at Flagler College. He receives a small stipend for his position on the women’s team, but nothing for the men’s.
By Jordan Novick | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Dear Fellow 20-Somethings,
Does the idea of growing up totally freak you out?
Well, don’t worry. You are not alone. The rest of us are terrified too.
So much so, that we are delaying the process all together. And since we can’t actually stop time (It’s inevitable, aging another year will actually occur. That is, unless you happen to be Benjamin Button or Demi Moore) we are doing the next best thing — simply refusing to become adults.
By Alexzander Roosevelt Elmore | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler College men’s tennis team started the season off strong with a win against Florida Tech, in Melbourne, Fla.
The No. 12 (Campbell’s/ITA Division II) ranked Saints are currently 3-2, with their most recent win coming against SCAD Savannah Feb. 19.
Head coach Walter Shinn already has his sights set down the line and is prepared to take the team all the way to the Final 16.
By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Looking over a table filled with plush Companion Cubes and Portal 2, Team Fortress and Left 4 Dead shirts, two other girls and I gasped as the vendor slid a plush space core into a cardboard box. “Sorry,” he said, looking over at us with an amused smirk, “this won’t be on sale for another couple months.” As if on cue, the three of us “aw”ed in disappointment—even our shoulders slumped at the same time—and the two girls left while I stayed, deciding between buying the Portal 2 shirt I held in my hand or the one featuring Left 4 Dead on the other end of the table.
By Megan Bradt | gargoyle@flagler.edu
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For Chris Gordon, interviewing a quadriplegic skydiver, covering a story where two officers were fatally gunned down at the U.S Capitol building, or taking part in the O.J. Simpson trials is what he does on a daily basis.
He tells the story. As a reporter and legal analyst, Gordon has made a name for himself in the field of broadcast journalism.
By Santiago Martinez-Caro | gargoyle@flagler.edu
After playing tennis for most of their lives, Esther Santiago and Inigo Landaluce have made the transition from Madrid, Spain to the tennis courts at Flagler College.
Landaluce, who is on the men’s team, and Santiago, who is on the women’s, came to Flagler College to get a degree in Business. So far Flagler has exceeded both their expectations.
By Amber James | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Lazy rivers, 30-foot rock walks and massage rooms. It all sounds like a wonderful spa. But it isn’t a business for wellness; it’s a business for education, an American college or university.
In recent years, colleges and universities have been boosting the caliber of their campuses through ways other than academics. According to a study conducted by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Â “spending on high-profile sports is increasing at double, sometimes triple, the rate of spending on academics.”