By Matthew Boyle, Cal Colgan and Sam Taylor | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Opinion Writers Cal Colgan and Sam Taylor debate the current economic issues facing the nation and how President Obama is dealing with them. Online Editor Matthew Boyle moderates.
By Josh Wolonowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
WFCF ‘Airborne’ host Matt Jeffs interviews Senator George McGovern. Board Operator Steve Palazzo
On Wed. March 4, WFCF Flagler College Radio had Senator George McGovern in its studio for an on-air interview with Matt Jeffs, the host of 88.5’s community affairs program, Airborne.
McGovern opened up the show saying, “I’ve heard great things about Flagler College,” as he went on to tell his listeners that he will be talking with the students and faculty on April 6.
“I’m glad they didn’t put it on April fool’s day,” he replied with a chuckle.
I’ve been getting around to this for a while now. As the Online Editor of the student newspaper, The Gargoyle, shouldn’t I be writing a blog?
It seems that every time I sit down to think about it, something else comes up- whether it be a midterm, another story or just one of those brain-dead afternoons every college student out there can relate to.
Well, anyway, here goes nothing.
By Matthew Boyle and Sarah Locke | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Co-hosts Matthew Boyle and Sarah Locke interview musician and Flagler College student Brent Knight about his recent recording contract.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Mary Elizabeth Fair
PHOTO CAPTION: College security responds after Christopher Tackett, a man from Georgetown, Ky., punches a security guard after stealing a loaf of bread.
Assistant Director of Security at Flagler College Allan Howard had not experienced criminal violence since his retirement from an almost 30-year career from the Newark, NJ Police Department until Friday, Feb. 13.
“I’ve been here for 14 years and never had anything happen like that before,” Howard said.
By Erica Eding | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Tuition increases as Flagler rides out the economic storm
Flagler College’s tuition will rise by about 6 percent for the fall semester, which is not a dramatic increase by most standards.
However, the tuition hike comes at a time when many students are struggling financially. The cost for the fall ’09 semester will be $6650, compared to $6260 this semester. It’s a $390 increase.
By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu
Joyce Campbell said she cannot give much more.
Campbell is the owner of the Native Traditions Gallery on Cordova Street in downtown St. Augustine. For the first time in 10 years, the business is running on 25 percent of its normal sales. The economic decline has forced Campbell to make changes to keep her doors open.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the college during the week of March 23 through 27. The title of the celebration is “Founded on history, focused on the future.”
On Monday, there will be a birthday party for Flagler with cake in the Ringhaver Student Center at 3 p.m. Tuesday’s events will include the horror film, “Night of the Living Dead” at 8 p.m. on the West Lawn.
By Stacey Palmieri | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Changes are happening at Flagler College as the faculty senate emerges as a school-run form of government.
The Flagler College faculty senate was first proposed in Dec. 2006 and approved the following January. It started as a faculty idea that quickly earned support from the college’s president and deans.
By Julie Hirshan | jhirshan@flagler.edu
At club night this semester, there was a new table for Active Minds. The group works to remove the stigma associated with mental health issues present on campus.
“We started getting stories,” Kat Daniel, co-president of the group, said. Students came and talked about family members and personal experiences with mental illness.