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“The students are always so happy to be here,” said Fernando Arango, director of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Department Art Club. “This is a blessing in disguise. Working with these kids makes you value what you have.”

Students at FSDB learn about the art of pottery with a little guidance

By Alicia Nierenstein | anierenstein@flagler.edu

When you think of cold, wet clay, do you think of it being used for therapeutic purposes?

According to Fernando Arango, director of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind Department Art Club, this is just one of the advantages of the pottery class that he teaches at the school.

Arango, who has worked with the club for two years, holds the class for the school’s blind students every Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

“It is like therapy for the students because it helps with coordination,” Arango said. “Since they cannot see, they have good perception of dimension and they are good at sculpting.”

By Owain Johnston-Barnes | gargoyle@flagler.edu Flagler student and musician Zac Jaggers wants to change the world with his music, but for now he’s happy just having people hear him play. Jaggers and fellow musician Ian Jones make up the band Clown Car Commute, and they…

By Marella Flynn | gargoyle@flagler.edu

I was hesitant to read the novel by Philippa Gregory because of the historical background, but I was literally blown away by the 672-page monstrosity.

It resembled somewhat of a personal journal illustrating all of the scandalous affairs the two young Boleyn sisters, Anne and Mary, had with King Henry VIII of England.

The movie itself was exquisite. It’s not just another historically based movie. Although it was a loose translation of the novel, the essential elements of the exchange of sex for power and wealth strongly resonate throughout.