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Mission: Media February 5, 2011

Videogame effects on kids and parents

By Brandon Nichols | gargoyle@flagler.eduBy

Rob Duarte, assistant manager of Gamestop in St. Augustine, said it is up to the parents to make the rules for their kids playing video games. He thinks they affect kids in different ways depending on what type of game.

“A lot of them teach kids how to learn, [and] how to read,” Duarte said. “There’s also games where they are not appropriate for kids of certain ages.”

He said shooting games are the hottest sellers at Gamestop with buyers ranging from seven to 50 years old.

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Sports February 5, 2011

Flagler hosts No. 33 Florida Tech

By Brittany Swan | gargoyle@flagler.edu Junior John Sgromolo helped Flagler Saints baseball hand Florida Tech a big “L” for their season opener this year, as the team rallied back Feb. 4 to defeat the Panthers 3-2. The baseball team’s win accompanies a 3-0 victory in…

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News, Top Stories February 4, 2011

Setting it Straight: What will happen to M&M market?

“Setting it Straight” is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM “Radio With a Reason.” Every week, Communication major, Kelly Gibbs brings St. Augustine locals in to discuss important issues.

The show is produced by Managing Editor of The Gargoyle Lauren Belcher. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.

This episode Kelly spoke with Commissioner Errol Jones, former vice-mayor of the city of St. Augustine, about the future of M&M market in Lincolnville.

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Top Stories February 4, 2011

Opportunities are everywhere

By Gena Anderson | ganderson@flagler.edu

The sky is falling. Not literally, but sometimes it feels like it.

The best part about being a college student is the abundance of opportunities that surround those of us attending institutions of higher learning. Things have a tendency to fall in our laps and we just have to make sure to grab them.

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News, Top Stories February 4, 2011

Archeologist uncovers lost treasures from “Oldest City”

Written and Photographed by Phillip C. Sunkel IV gargoyle@flagler.edu For Carl Halbirt, finding hidden treasures isn’t only his passion, it’s his job. As the city archeologist of St. Augustine— the nation’s oldest permanent European city — Halbirt has a passion for finding the treasures which lie…

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Sports, Top Stories February 4, 2011

New land acquired will benefit college

By Mari Pothier | mpothier@flagler.edu
Photographs by Phillip C. Sunkel IV

Jud Damon, director of athletics at Flagler College, said the college’s purchase of five acres off Old Moultrie Road will not only benefit athletes but the whole student body.

According to the St. Augustine Record, Flagler College President William Abare, Jr. said that the college recently paid $1.5 million for the land that will be used to enhance the Flagler Athletics Field Complex.

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News February 4, 2011

The Style File: Dark or light is always right

By Eliza Jordan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Go in your closet, or in other words, go crazy! Blindfold yourself and grab something. Now pull it over your head.

Chances are, if you snap on a bold, formal watch paired with an edgy fedora, you’ve more than likely got yourself quite the outfit, my dear.

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News, Top Stories February 4, 2011

Cyclists say new plan would help with safer routes

By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photo Illustrations by Josh Weaver

The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization is funding a comprehensive St. Augustine bicycle study.

“The plan is three major intended outcomes,” said Chris Fellerhoff, a hired consultant of the TPO from Sprinkle Consulting. “The first, and probably the most substantial is, a recommendation of bike routes that could be signed throughout the city of St. Augustine.”

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Features, News February 4, 2011

Guide carves niche out of telling 400 years of black history

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu

Howard Lewis is frustrated that while the city of St. Augustine has started to recognize the importance of the civil rights movement in shaping the town’s history of race relations, most tour guides have left out 400 years of black influence in the nation’s “Oldest City.” He said they do not even acknowledge that Augustine of Hippo, the famous philosopher and theologian who is the town’s namesake, was an African.

“If you look up St. Augustine, you’ll see that he was born in Médéa, and the Internet will tell you that that is now Thagaste, Algeria,” Lewis said.