Stories

Women’s golf finishes fall season

By Chelsi DeCuba | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler College Women’s Golf team is working hard to accomplish their goal of making it to Nationals this year.

The golf team is currently in pre-season play and they are taking advantage of the time they have to prepare.

They recently competed in The Saint Leo Invitational where they finished in sixth place.

Junior Laura Martellino tied for 35th place in the tournament after carding a 25 over 169.


Cross country: men’s and women’s

By Patrick Varney | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Men’s CC

The Flagler men’s cross country team also competed Oct. 17 at the at the Hatter Invitational in Deland. The men placed placing 7th out of 13 teams, and Flagler standout Ryan MacManus also placed 7th in the 102-man field. He finished the 8K race with a time of 27:23.

With this run MacManus made the course’s top 10 best times. Alex Bonus finished 36th, Ben Joslin finished 45th, and Evan Roszkowski finished 60th.


Player profile: Meg Weathersby

By Kate Shoaf | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Meg’s Stats

  • Age: 20
  • Hometown: Maitland, Fla.
  • Favorite Movie: “Zoolander”
  • Favorite Food: Ice cream
  • High School: Orangewood Christian
  • Quote: “I’m glad that I not only have the opportunity to be a student
    here at Flagler College, but also to be an athlete.”

Runner overcomes new obstacle

Crohn’s threatened athletic career, but determination overcomes

By Lindsey Williams | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Like most college athletes, determination and winning are the name of any game. But unlike most athletes, the balance between fighting a disease and fighting to win have become part of the game for one Flagler cross country runner.

Ryan MacManus has found himself competing on two fronts ever since being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease.

Crohn’s Disease is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Parts of the digestive tract get swollen and have deep sores called ulcers. Painful abdominal cramps, fatigue and fever are common symptoms.


Book Review: ‘Invisible Monsters’


By Kellye Wantz | gargoyle@flagler.edu

For those fans of “Fight Club,” author Chuck Palahniuk wrote another book that will keep anyone on the edge of their seat.

“Invisible Monster” features Palahniuk’s use of self-destructive characters like many of his other novels, but this novel has a slightly different twist.

With the same vivid imagination, Palahniuk takes readers on a ride with more twists, turns and mutilation than Fight Club or his other stories.

The story begins with a beautiful fashion model that has everything a girl could ever want. Shortly thereafter, however, she gets in an accident on the highway that blows off half of her jaw.

The young beauty’s bad luck doesn’t end there. Her fiancé leaves her for her best friend.


I’m not a reporter, but I’m still a fan

I’ve been feeling a little Flagler nostalgia lately.

Maybe it was the fact that basketball season is around the corner and I’m not getting ready to be on the radio for the first time in a long time.



Art faculty showcases creativity

Photos by Mary Elizabeth Fair


By Gian Louis Thompson | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler College Art and Design Department is holding its first faculty art show at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum through Oct. 24.

The show is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. while classes are in session.

“Part of the role of the museum is to serve as a teaching tool to expose the students to what the teachers are working on,” Sarah J. Kelly, the show’s director, said.

“It would be a great idea to continue the show yearly,” she said.

The works of 14 art and design faculty members give the museum’s white walls a voice and a face of expression.

Ninth year painting, drawing, senior portfolio and Art 101 professor Patrick Moser submitted oil on canvas piece, “American Unicorn.”

“I was largely influenced by a fairly famous Western painter named Frederick Remington,” Moser said.

“His work explored the notions of American mythology in the west,” he said.


The sky is falling!

Consider the panic button pushed.

After watching my Cowboys be taken to the woodshed by the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday, I was discouraged, to say the least. This Cowboys team was supposed to make teams like the Cardinals and Bengals look like they belonged somewhere between the Arena League and the XFL. What had happened?


Voter apathy not as big this election

Younger voters hold more power; tapping into that potential, high turnout expected

By Julie Hirshan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

David Matulewicz, sophomore and a vice president of the Political Guild, doesn’t believe the popular myth about apathy in the college-age voting demographic.

With many students attending recent political events like Rock the Vote on the West Lawn and the vice presidential debate in the Ringhaver Student Center, students at Flagler College show that they care about the political issues and plan to use their voices in the upcoming election.

According to Matulewicz, many students from Flagler are active in political campaigns around town.

The Democratic headquarters in St. Johns County has more for students to help with, but the Republication group enlists the help of Flagler students as well.