By Erica Eding | eeding@flagler.edu
The economic stimulus bill contains about $15 billion in aid for college students.
This comes at a time when more Flagler students are seeking loans than ever before.
“We’ve had a boom here because of the economy,” said Christopher Haffner, director of Financial Aid at Flagler College.
By Maria Scheufler | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Traffic fines have increased in the state of Florida due to concerns about the state’s budget.
According to the St. Petersburg Times, Florida legislators don’t want to force more taxes on the working people, so their attention is on traffic fines, as well as taxes on cigarettes and education.
By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Motivational speaker Chuck Tompkins will present a speech based on his book, “Whale Done! The Power of Positive Relationships.” The event will be held Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Flagler Auditorium at 6 p.m.
Tompkins will speak about how his 25 years of experience training Orca whales relates to techniques used to help motivate people. Specifically, he will discuss elements such as “how to build trust” and “how to build positive relationships at home and in the workplace.” Tompkins is currently Vice President of animal training at SeaWorld in Orlando.
By Haley M. Walker | hwalker@flagler.edu
Every week, Melissa Kafel pushes a wheelbarrow through the Flagler College campus.
In the rain, Kafel can be found wearing the hood of her windbreaker, rolling the unwieldy cart full of scraps of cardboard boxes and paper down the sidewalks, stopping at each building.
Kafel is the president and founder of the Flagler Outdoors Club, an organization that seeks to bring environmental awareness and outdoor activities to the student body. One of its largest and most recent projects is a campus wide recycling program.
By Lauren Belcher | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Sophomore accounting major, Emma Loss said if she were ever in an unsafe situation or environment, she hopes she could call someone to get her out of it.
Loss explained that she, like most students, does not carry enough money to pay the fare for a taxicab if the situation presented itself.
By Rachel Kuhl| gargoyle@flagler.edu
On Jan. 18, Anne Shreve, Ph.D., former chair of the Education Department, died at the age of 81 in her home on St. Augustine Beach.
Shreve was the mother of three boys, a grandmother of two girls and a great-grandmother of three boys. She had recently turned 81 in December and had spent many years working for the college. She was head of Flagler’s education department for 18 years and stepped down from the position in 1993. She later retired in 1996.
By Clayton Coffman | ccoffman@flagler.edu
Coming off of last season’s 25-25 record, J.D. Goryl has the perfect solution for the Saints baseball team.
“We need to play more consistent, at both the mound and the plate,” Goryl said.
The Saints have begun play this season and have started 3-5. They opened their schedule against West Florida and split two games against the Argos.
By Kenny Ray | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Saints softball program recruited local high school standout Jana Owen after two years at Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Last season Owen pitched 54 innings at FCCJ with 43 strikeouts, an ERA of .298 and an opponent’s batting average of .279. In her two years at FCCJ, Owen combined for six wins and four losses.
By Clayton Coffman | ccoffman@flagler.edu
“The World is Yours.” Remember the scene from “Scarface” when Al Pacino’s character, Tony Montana, is staring into the sky at the blimp with the famous tagline going across the automated screen?
Well, Michael Phelps must have been thinking the same thing just before he (apparently) started smoking marijuana out of that nice, red bong.
By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As denizens of St. Augustine feel colder temperatures, the Flagler College Theatre Department is heating up for Spring. They will present “The Good Person of Sezuan.”
The play, written by world renowned German playwright Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Tony Kushner, and directed by Andrea McCook, promises to evoke a response from its audience. It centers on the duality of good and evil and challenges viewers to explore the relativity behind “being a good person.”