Stories

Learning Resource Center consolidates centers for study

By Gian Louis Thompson | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler College’s Learning Resource Center originally had three separate centers for study, until three months ago when the Writing Center, the Mathematics Center, and the Study Skills Center were all consolidated into one complex.

The Mathematics Center, led by Bonnie Aspinwall, is a place where students can find assistance from fellow math students.


Arts major has dedicated fan base

Two Fine Arts seniors defend their major, look forward to the future

By Sarah Locke | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Shaun Devine

PHOTO CAPTION: Catherine McGlinchy poses with her work.

Flagler College’s Fine Arts major does not have a typical curriculum. The major is unique, and it sometimes goes overlooked as not being degree-worthy.

Regardless of what anyone thinks about it, it is a popular major at Flagler. Every semester, the major produces many talented artists whose works can be seen nationwide. This year Flagler has 97 Fine Arts majors.



Flea Market offers fun shopping

Easy, cheap and diverse shopping only miles away on State Road 207

By Sterling Robinson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Sterling Robinson

PHOTO CAPTION: The St. Johns County Flea Market at State Road 207 and I-95 features a wide variety of booths, including electronics, food and clothing.

The holidays are almost here, and everyone wants to find one good place to shop for everything they need.

With Jacksonville malls forty-five minutes away, it would be nice if there were somewhere closer to shop besides Target and the St. Augustine Premium Outlets.

Luckily, there is some extremely diverse shopping just seven miles away, at the St. Johns County Flea Market.


EMMA concert series presents Ashu

By Gargoyle Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Virtuoso saxophonist Ashu will perform with pianist Kuang-Hao Huang at the Flagler College Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m., sponsored by the EMMA Concert Association.

Ashu has found success and acclaim with concert tours across the United States, Scandinavia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and the Baltic region. His concert repertoire includes works by Jacques Ibert, Alexander Glazunov, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Claude Debussy, as well as his own arrangements of works by Astor Piazzolla, Jules Demersseman and Ennio Morricone.


Skating and slides at the Ampitheatre

Photos by Shaun Devine

By Courtney Gaver | gargoyle@flagler.edu

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and it’s back here in St. Augustine.

The 2nd annual Winter Wonderland is going on every night at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre from Nov. 21 to Jan. 4. This year, the Winter Wonderland experience holds twice the enchantment with additional lights, a giant 20-foot Christmas tree, and the all new Ice Slide.


MOVIE REVIEW: “Changeling”

By Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Clint Eastwood will forever be celebrated for his ability as an actor, to create classic characters and immortalize film. Over the past five years, he has exhibited these same principles, and so much more, behind the camera. His films “Mystic River,” “Million Dollar Baby,” “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” inspired critical acclaim. “Changeling,” a fictionalized account of a heart-breaking true crime story, is no exception.


Holiday Music

By Taylor Toothman | ttoothman@flagler.edu

Tis the season for the obligatory holiday-themed CD. It seems almost every recording artist has produced one at some point or another. Get yours now, because after December 25, it is très faux pas to blast “Frosty the Snowman” from your car stereo. Just don’t do it. This year there’s a very eclectic mix, sure to please the holiday lover in everyone.


Flagler rated among top ‘surf schools’ in the nation

By Laura Croft | gargoyle@flagler.edu

PHOTO CAPTION: If Junior Eric Taylor goes to Flagler College, it must be a good surf school.

This year, Flagler College has again been included in Transworld Surf’s top 10 surf colleges in America.

Transworld Surf Magazine took the liberty of “mapping out some of the best four-year schools in America to surf, party, sling chicks, and still walk away with that diploma.” The makings of a “surf college” consist of a geographic location near great surf and healthy surf scenes and/or surf clubs or teams. They also considered other factors in creating this list: Academics, surf quality, life experience, costs and partying.


Making A Difference

Surf instructors reach out to autistic children

By Sarah Vaccaro | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Most people wake up and sit behind a desk, gripping their coffee mug like a lifeline on Monday mornings.

Creator of A+ Children’s Therapy Surf Camp Shawn Lennon, on the other hand, begins his Monday mornings surfing for a cure for autism on North Beach. Children who suffer from Autism are affected through their communication, imagination, socializing and other behaviors.