Day One 5/28
After a grueling eight-hour flight day I arrive in the Los Angeles Airport. I call my landlord and tell him that I am on my way to the apartment when he says that it isn’t ready and won’t be ready till two days from now, my body shuts down in a state of homelessness and panic. He tells me that he can arrange for me to stay in a hotel. I get to the hotel and it is the ritzy Hyatt Regency Century City Hotel. Maybe LA won’t be so bad after all!
I think I have finally come to accept the World Wide Web for all the potential it has, good and bad. By “bad,” I don’t mean pictures of questionable behavior and unprofessional language on social networking sites. I don’t mean checking my email 17 times today (which I did- I know, it’s sad. Even sadder is that I counted).
I don’t mean the unparalleled dangers of communicating with and/or meeting unknown people online. I don’t mean the abundance of amoral content available everywhere online and I don’t mean the countless viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, popups and spam email all throughout cyberspace.
From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu Jud Damon has been hired as athletic director at Flagler College as announced Tuesday morning by President William T. Abare, Jr.
From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu Flagler College Gargoyle students took home an award and helped publish a homeless newspaper while attending a Florida College Press Association/Society of Professional Journalists conference in Hollywood, Fla., this April. The Gargoyle, Flagler’s campus newspaper, took second place in best general…
Today two worlds collided, and I had the ultimate nerd moment.
From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Scott Indermaur
Flagler College’s Students In Free Enterprise team has won first place at the SIFE USA National Competition in Philadelphia.
Executives from companies around the country judged 118 teams at the May 12 event. Competition included Carnegie Mellon University, University of Florida and two-time World Cup champions Drury University.
The romper/jumpsuit is back and hotter than ever. This trend was everywhere on the catwalk and is not about to leave the fashion scene. This style began last year but has been a major trend this year in the fashion world.
If you have not heard of the romper trend, it is a one-piece that may be short or long and have different tops including sleeveless, tube top and halter.
By Phillip Mansfield | gargoyle@flagler.edu Roberta Ballard was fighting back tears. “You would think that my job would’ve compensated me after being there for so long, but no,” Ballard said.
I can’t even begin to explain how amazing my trip to Kennedy Space Center was. Let’s just say that it didn’t work out for us to go out on the launch pad, and I’m still thrilled.
By Clayton Coffman and Mike McHugh | gargoyle@flagler.edu Clayton Coffman and Mike McHugh talk about the NFL draft in the fourth and final part of this Sports Podcast.