By Andrew Sherwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Bonjour, hallo, ciao, konnichiwa, hola! Diversity week on campus brought in the international and domestic students together at Flagler College.
Flagler College diversity week program was designed to create international awareness ranging from community outreach program to film screening at Gamache-Koger theatre.
By Holly Elliott | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Decemberists’ fifth full-length album, The Hazards of Love, is scheduled to hit the shelves March 24. The album features a new musical sound, with the band experimenting with a more folk-inspired approach. The instruments are more sparse, which may benefit this album because it allows listener to absorb the underlying narrative more easily.
By Sarah Vaccaro | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Brenna Antram
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
-Aristotle
Aristotle’s words represent the level of excellence Dr. Arthur Vanden Houten aims for.
So I’m a little late in blogging about this, but you’ll have to forgive me. I’m in mourning. But now that I’m out of my state of shocked denial and have moved on to a slight melancholy, I am finally able to talk about it….
By Clayton Coffman and Dan LaMon | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Clayton Coffman and Dan LaMon analyze the NBA Playoff picture, trade deadline, standout teams and standout players.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
For college students in a struggling economy, it is important to find what is needed for cheap. Who has the money to go to the Avenues Mall in Jacksonville every weekend, anyway?
On Saturday, Feb. 28, to combat monetary ills, the community of Water Street, in downtown St. Augustine, will come together to hold multiple garage sales from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By Eli Nuzzi | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As the grand nephew of the famous playwright Sean O’Casey (of Dublin, Ireland), Sean Patrick O’Casey (born Dec. 14, 1944 and died Feb. 11, 2009) made a name for himself within the St. Augustine community and especially at Flagler College. As part of the Theatre Arts Department for the past 10 years, O’Casey was a teacher, costumer and a dear friend to all.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College lost to Morris College 68-60.
By Clayton Coffman | ccoffman@flagler.edu
Brandon Johnson and Chanti Beckett are just two of the African-American athletes that participate in Flagler athletics. They have both had the amazing opportunity to play collegiate sports. But it didn’t come with hard work just on the court.
“I realized how important school and character were going to be. It was more than being good [on the court] and a hard worker. They want to know what kind of person you are,” Johnson said.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler College men’s basketball team tore apart visiting Morris College in the Saints’ final home game of the season, with a final score of 108-59. The win also marked the final home game for Flagler seniors Ben De La Cruz, Jon Matthews, Brandon Johnson and Jonathan Reynolds.
The Saints improved to 12-13 with the victory and head to Valdosta State for a game on Feb. 24.