By Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu Most people’s eyes widen when I tell them I have never consumed a Twinkie or a corn dog in my lifetime. Although I have not eaten meat since I was 12 years old and honestly just don’t care for soda,…
By The Flagler College Counseling Center | counseling@flagler.edu
This is a press release from the Flagler College Counseling Center.
The Counseling Center is pleased to offer you the following group opportunities:
Stress Buster Group: With half of the semester still left, this is the perfect opportunity for you to gain healthy skills to worry less, calm your mind, body, and emotions; and prevent unnecessary stress.
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
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For the first time since the Coen Brothers swept the competition for “No Country for Old Men” — my personal pick for the best film so far this century — I’m excited about the Oscars.
It’s almost like the World Series; equally obnoxious, yet far more decadent. As I’ve eaten my share of over-priced, buttery popcorn and quenched my thirst with unhealthy helpings of Cherry Coke, I’ve seen a great majority of the films nominated this season. I’m going to go ahead and submit to elitism and call myself an authority on the subject.
Here goes.
By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Environmental Protection Agency would suffer a $1.3 billion loss under President Barack Obama’s proposed 2012 budget, a modest reduction compared to the $3 billion Republicans hope to cut from the organization’s funding this year.
Released Feb. 14, the president’s plan came three days after House Republicans introduced revisions to the current budget, which would reduce EPA funding from $10.3 billion to about $7.5 billion. Obama’s budget would reduce funding to $9 billion next year, demonstrating the stark divide between the financial goals of both parties.
By Alex Bonus | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Kelly Gray says eating her cupcakes is a guilty pleasure for customers, and new federal dietary guidelines won’t change that fact.
“In this economy, people aren’t paying to go out,” Gray, the manager of Luli’s Cupcakes at 82 San Marco Ave., said. “But for $2.50 they’ll buy a little treat even if it isn’t healthy.”
By Nora Breedlove | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Freshman, Kalyn Loverich, continues to work hard for the Flagler College softball team.
Loverich, from Jacksonville, started playing softball at the age of 8. She attended Bartram Trail High School and fell in awe with Flagler College when she visited last year. Loverich is now a pitcher for the Saints.
By Brittany Swan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler baseball earned their seventh win on Tuesday, against No. 2 Florida Southern College.
The win put the Saint’s season at 7-7, while the loss brought the Florida Southern Moccasins’ down to 7-2; both losses coming from Flagler.
By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Growing up in Sweden, Elin Karlsson lived right next to a beautiful golf course.
“My dad used to bring me to that great golf course, and that is where I found out that I really enjoyed playing the game,” Karlsson said.
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
St. Augustine Chik-fil-A manager Janette Manning has no idea about last week’s controversy when a gay rights group lashed out about the fast-food chain’s support of an anti-homosexual organization in Pennsylvania.
“I haven’t heard anything about it,” Manning said. “No guests or anybody have said anything about that.”
But Flagler College junior Adam Krell is aware of the controversy. Krell, who is gay, will not be changing his tri-weekly trips to the St. Augustine Chik-Fil-A.
By Lindy Almony | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Planned Parenthood may soon be denied all government funding and Staci Fox, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of North Florida, is distraught about the possibility. “At a time when more and more women and families are facing difficulties in accessing health care due to increasing costs and a struggling economy, it is disappointing that one of the first bills introduced in Congress would undermine women’s access to health care,” Fox said.