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News August 28, 2008

Changes to city parking rates may have students scrambling for change

By Tara Ricks | tsmith2@flagler.edu

Students who regularly use city parking might want to empty out their piggy banks and start saving all their loose change now that city of St. Augustine parking prices have gone from 25 cents an hour to $1.50 per hour for both street parking and lot parking.

“A lot of people we find are feeding the meters and not taking notice of the price changes, which is causing a lot of unnecessary fees for students,” said Tara Bennie parking coordinator for the city of St. Augustine.

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Blogs August 25, 2008

Fitting Finish to ’08 Games

I wrote last week about a certain Olympic addiction. Well, with the games closing yesterday, I’m going through a rough time having to quit cold turkey. What am I going to watch with no handball at 4:30 am on MSNBC? Where will I go for my badminton fix? HOW CAN I POSSIBLY GO ON WITHOUT COMPETITIVE TRAMPOLINE?

I’m not sure of the answer to any of those questions, but I’m sure I’ll make it somehow. I have filled up my DVR with the likes of Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and, of course, Alicia Sacramone so there’s always that. Plus the NFL starts in 10 days and baseball is hitting the stretch run with my Mets in the thick of a pennant race. But before I kiss the Summer Olympics goodbye for another four years, here are my winners, losers and other awards that no one really cares about but me.

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Blogs August 25, 2008

Goodbye, Washington

Eleanor Roosevelt said, “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience[s].” During my time in D.C. I’ve been trying to follow Eleanor’s advice and grab new experiences with both hands, and I have to say: I haven’t done half bad.

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Blogs August 18, 2008

One-Way Ticket to the Future

You know that feeling like a calm before the storm, when you know some really big life change is about to happen, but everything seems strangely normal and you’re just sitting around waiting for the world to shake up? I feel like that these days. All the time.

Summer school is over (thank goodness; grad school is HARD) and I have a total of 15 days and 37 minutes left in the States. I was so relieved to leave the West Coast, it just feels different to me, and that LA earthquake freaked me out! I have never experienced an earthquake before, and I hope never to again.

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Blogs August 15, 2008

Now you see me…

In between checking up on the Olympics and desperately trying to get last-minute projects out of the way before the semester starts, I found a very interesting article online.

Apparently scientists are coming close to developing a way to make three-dimensional objects (and people!) invisible. Think this is something out of “Harry Potter” or “Star Trek”? Think again.

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Blogs August 14, 2008

My Name is Devon…

And I’m addicted to the Olympics.

The Olympics started this week and in no uncertain terms, I’m hooked. Morning and night, at the gym and in the living room, when I go to sleep and when I wake up. I’ve got Olympic fever.

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Sports August 7, 2008

Flagler receives active membership in NCAA Div. II


From Staff | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler College has finally received the news it was looking for throughout this three-year process – welcome to NCAA Div. II. During a teleconference last month with the NCAA and with recommendation from the Div. II membership committee, Flagler’s last year of provisional status has been waived and all of its 13 teams are eligible for post-season play starting this fall.

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Opinion August 7, 2008

My ‘African’ adventure



By Danielle Marsh | dmarsh1@flagler.edu

One of my favorite moments this summer has to be when my dad and I went to Busch Gardens. I know, you’re probably thinking, “How could she have possibly enjoyed a theme park with her father?” But seriously, it was amazing. There was so much that Busch Gardens had to offer to two very different people. The theme through out the park is consistent in its effort to bring a taste of Africa to Florida.

If you aren’t into roller coasters, like me, you will not be bored. There are so many other things the park has to offer that doesn’t require you to feel like your stomach is about to come out of your mouth.