I’m exhausted — mentally, emotionally, physically, exhausted. But I couldn’t be more content. Last week was Chinese National Holiday, also known as October Holiday. (think: July 4th on crack). It is basically a week-long celebration of all things patriotic in the Red Country. Most businesses and schools get the week off as a majority of Chinese residents travel to see family. I decided to take advantage of the free week to fly south and see some graduate school friends.
By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Check out Flagler College as it celebrates its 40th anniversary last Wednesday on campus with a variety of activities, events and speeches. Students, faculty, administrators and staff rocked out all day with entertainment ranging from tricycle races to moonwalk climbing.
Rather then going through my progressions this week and making some quick hits, I’m going to focus on one target.
My target this week is the national media and their continually suspect treatment of Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens.
By Chelsi de Cuba | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Florida Public Relations Association gave the Bob Myers Lifetime Achievement Award to Flagler College Communication Department Professor Rosemary Tutt on Sept. 4.
Tutt, a memer of the Flagler College faculty for five years, continues to pursue a lifetime full of achievement.
She began her career in retail advertising and then opened a public relations firm, which she ran 16 years. Clients included healthcare and nonprofit organizations.
By Caitlin Brown | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Do you remember when you first started hearing about boy bands? When people of our generation hear the term “boy band,” we almost immediately relate that phrase to the pop sensations of the late 1990s, such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC.
However, way before the teenybopper phase that some of us went through, New Kids on the Block existed as one of the original five-member pop boy bands. Many of our peers have no idea who NKOTB is. Some only know them through LFO’s famous “Summer Girls” with the lyrics “New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits, Chinese food makes me sick.”
As I mentioned briefly last week, I’ve been in the process of relocating again. Following graduation from Flagler in the spring I remained in St. Augustine for a few months before moving back north and setting up shop in Northeast Pennsylvania. While there I began freelancing for The Pocono Record, covering my current specialty, high school football. But I began applying for jobs and after turning down offers at small newspapers in rural California and rural Ohio, I got an offer I couldn’t refuse.
By Erica Eding | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The future could be dim for Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship program.
The program, a source of financial aid for almost 1,000 Flagler College students, is struggling to come up with the money it needs. Bright Futures is funded through the state’s lottery system.
By Lauren Belcher | gargoyle@flagler.edu
A Florida law went into effect this July that says employers can no longer bar employees from concealing a registered gun in their car.
Also covered by the law are volunteers, interns and customers. Today, some local business owners are outraged and afraid of what will happen now that guns are allowed on their property.
By Julie Hirshan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will provide free admission to the grounds as part of the National Park Service’s National Public Lands Day on Sept. 27.
This event is held annually across the country as an opportunity to encourage the public to spend time outdoors and visit historic and cultural sites.
By Josh Wolonowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Since its inception in July, the Amethyst Initiative has sparked debate all over the country. More than 129 college presidents have signed on to the push that calls for lowering the drinking age below 21 years of age, according to www.amethystinitiative.com.
The objective of the initiative is to promote responsible drinking, and the organization’s mission states, “21 is not working. A culture of dangerous clandestine ‘binge-drinking’ – often conducted off campus – has developed.”