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April 9, 2007

March Madness

By Jeff Little

After a disappointing end of winter, March and the start of the spring season delivered consistently fun waves for nearly the whole month. While the Northeast and Mid Atlantic regions of the East Coast may have scored big and epic conditions, St. Augustine remained rideable enough to keep even the most unmotivated of surfers in the water. On top of that, nature did all it could to warm the water up to a comfortable 72 degrees and allow surfers to retire their wet suits until next winter. Daylight savings time even took place in March this year, offering a couple extra hours of time in the water a day.

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April 9, 2007

A session with Ben McLeod

By Ryan Brower

St. Augustine local Ben McLeod has been surfing since he can remember. Certainly one of the local standouts, he is just finishing up his freshman year at Flagler. He is a gifted surfer who makes things out in the water look so easy and his surfing has a natural flow. He’s really looking forward to the upcoming years here at Flagler.

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Opinion April 9, 2007

Saying goodbye to the Bill of Rights?

By Bill Weedmark

Would you know it if you were under constant surveillance? Would you know if someone monitored your phone calls, or if the media were telling you the complete truth? If “Big Brother” were truly watching you, would you have any idea? Probably not.

If you’ve ever read George Orwell’s masterpiece 1984, then you know that these ideas are all touched upon in the novel. The government of 1984 is one which sees and hears all, which filters the news to reflect administrative “truth” and in which individual rights are almost non-existent.

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Opinion April 9, 2007

My outrageously unrealistic predictions

By Glenn Judah

Since this is the last issue of The Gargoyle for the year I thought I would look ahead to next year. This will be the completion of my third year at Flagler. So far all signs show I’m going to graduate in four years. How is everyone else doing? That’s good, or hey, don’t get discouraged (insert either answer that applies).

I’ve grown up a lot in these last three years and so has Flagler College. Just take a walk on campus and look around at all of the construction, but try not to get hit by a piece of falling debris from the art building restoration.

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Opinion April 9, 2007

A little too country for me

By Nick Massie

Coming from the North, I was never really confronted with the overwhelming twang of the South.

Driving down the interstate while changing my radio from station to station, it became more and more difficult to find some decent music. The more I changed the dial, the more I heard songs about pickup trucks and barbecue sauce.

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Opinion April 9, 2007

Tourism and Judo

By Danielle Marsh

Birds flock to the south for winter, fish migrate upstream to procreate, and tourists flock to St. Augustine to annoy students. I’ve only been at Flagler for a year and I’m already fed up with tourists.

What spurred this dislike are the many unpleasant encounters I’ve had with tourists. Just the other day I was coming back from my car, carrying several heavy bags from my most recent shopping trip. A tourist stopped me and started asking me questions about where the gift shop was. She could clearly see my hands were full and I was struggling to hold everything, yet she insisted on asking me several questions about the campus. When I couldn’t answer a couple of questions she got really rude with me and walked away.

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On Campus April 9, 2007

NEW SGA Executive Committee

After an eventful election, the new SGA officers look ahead to next year’s agenda, green campus plan

By Danielle Marsh

They are four people with different platforms and different ideas. But none of the SGA officers believe this will pose a problem for them next year.

Their first act in office as a whole will be “finding a way to make elections run smoother,” said Vice President Kaitlyn Mairs about the recent run-offs to settle the election. “There should be more guidelines so that people aren’t as confused and that rules aren’t suddenly placed on you.”

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On Campus April 9, 2007

Students form eating disorder group

Human Biology class uses service learning project to help others heal

By Christina Magnussen

Three students have taken a Human Biology class project and turned it into a support group for people with eating disorders.

“At the beginning of every semester I give my students the opportunity to do a voluntary service learning project,” said Assistant Professor Barbara Blonder, who teaches the course. “[It’s] an attempt to help make the material that we covered in the course more relevant to the students. They choose a topic that is somehow related to what we cover in the course.”

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On Campus April 9, 2007

Local restaurants provide healthy eats

Manatee and Present Moment cafés offer up vegetarian, vegan options
By Ted Regis

With the fast-paced lifestyle that a college career tends to demand, it is easy to slip through a fast food drive through and be on one’s way. However, the benefits seen by those who are employed by restaurants committed to a healthy diet make the search for nutritious meals worthwhile.

Restaurants like The Present Moment Café on West King Street and Manatee Café on State Road 16 offer dishes that make customers leave energized and refreshed.