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Opinion April 15, 2011

Business mentality to blame for college students’ lack of learning

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu

The eggheads are at it again.

The New York Times recently review a book published by two professors called, “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses.” In it, the authors found 45 percent of current college students show no gains in critical thinking during their first two years at college. According to the Times article, the study also found that 32 percent of students surveyed did not take any courses with a significant amount of reading per week, and half of them did not take any courses with more than 20 pages of writing per semester.

In other words, the students want a degree, not an education.

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News April 14, 2011

Political guild exit polls SGA election

By Anthony Norwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu

In the recent Student Government Association election, the political guild at Flagler did entrance and exit polls as part of a project to watch the voting process as it was going on.

In their entrance polls, students were asked questions like “Who is the current SGA president?” and “Who will you be voting for?”

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News April 13, 2011

Library for cyclists idea makes big splash

By Kelly Gibbs gargoyle@flagler.edu

Jeff Morrell of Fort Collins, CO had exciting news to share with the St. Augustine City Commission on Monday, March 14.

The idea: a bike library where people can check out bikes free of charge and return them within the week.
Morrell started a bike library in Fort Collins recently and has had huge success. “We opened the library with 25 bikes and they were gone within five minutes,” Morrell said at the bi-weekly meeting, “So now we’ve upgraded to 200.”

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Sports April 13, 2011

Cross country teams bond during relay for charity

By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Lionheart Relay not only raised money for charities but helped the men’s and women’s cross country teams bond together as one.

Alex Bonus, a junior on the men’s cross country team, said at the beginning of the semester head coach Dave Williams of the men’s cross country team, took over both the men’s and women’s teams.

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Opinion April 13, 2011

Everything’s OK … or at least it’s gonna’ be

By Victoria Hardina | gargoyle@flagler.edu

In one week I will be a senior at Flagler College. To be specific, I will be 18 and a senior at Flagler College. Usually I get mixed reactions when I tell people this. Most are surprised, many are in awe, but lately the response I get the most is ‘you are crazy!’

I’m starting to think they’re right.

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Sports, Top Stories April 13, 2011

Men’s tennis team heading to Peach Belt Conference Tennis Championships

By Michael Potkay | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler’s men’s tennis team ended the season Monday, April 11th with back to back victories against No. 45 Florida Tech and No. 15 Georgia College.

They finished the season ranked No. 12 (Campbell’s/ITA Division II Rankings) with an overall record of 10-6, a conference record of 7-2 and is seeded No. 3 in the Peach Belt Conference Men’s Tennis Championships. The tournament begins on Friday, April 15th in Augusta, Ga. Their first match will be at 5 p.m. against Georgia College.

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News April 12, 2011

Local Musicians Play Suwannee Springfest 2011

Story by Ryan Buffa
Photographs by Phillip C. Sunkel IV

St. Augustine musician Amy Hendrickson went from coffee shop musician to front-woman of her own band.

Hendrickson’s band, Amy Hendrickson and the Prime Directive, played for the first time at the Suwannee Springfest in Live Oak, Fla. “I think festivals feel like home,” Hendrickson said. “I’m grateful to even be playing music, but this is the icing on the cake.”

The band consists of Stephen Pigman on bass, vocals and guitar, Steve Hawkes on drums, Corey Peterson on the saxophone, Jim Johnston on lead guitar, and Hendrickson on guitar and vocals. “I love that the boys let me be me and let me be shiny,” Hendrickson said. “These are my boys, they know me and we are bonded for life.”

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Arts & Entertainment April 11, 2011

Alligator Farm reptile charmers accept risky job

By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos and captions by Angela Daidone

For Jim Darlington, assistant curator of reptiles at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, facing danger on a daily basis is just part of the job.

“When you know what you’re doing, you can put yourself in danger,” Darlington, who has worked at the zoological park for 17 years, said. “When I’m in [the alligator lagoon] working with the animals, I always have to be on my toes.”