Ask the Gargoyle
Why aren’t textbook lists published online? By Andrew Sherwood The book lists at Flagler College are incomplete until the start of the semester and students do not get their final class schedules before the semester begins.
Stories
Where does it all go?
Photo by Andrea Huls
By Tom Iacuzio
Online poker, a work-study program and money saved from a summer job are what allow junior Sean Boshard to survive the rising cost of being a college student. “I do what I have to do,” Boshard said. “Sometimes it’s all about the hustle.”
Women’s soccer hopes to build off last season’s momentum
By Devon Jeffreys
PHOTO CAPTION: Jessica Potter is one of nine soccer players who graduated, leaving the Lady Saints with holes to fill.
A loss in last year’s regional final saw the end of the college careers of some stellar seniors on the Flagler women’s soccer team. This year the team, much like the college in moving to the NCAA, will begin anew.
When the Lady Saints take the field this season coming off what may be the best season in the history of Flagler women’s soccer, they will have a different look – a consequence of losing nine seniors. However, the team continues to have high expectations and is looking to build off the momentum last year created, not let it slip away with the graduation of those seniors.
Men’s Soccer keeps kicking
By Devon Jeffreys
Photo by Glenn Judah
PHOTO CAPTION: Fredrik Ericcson scored a game-winning goal over JU on Sept. 10.
With a 3-0 win over Jacksonville University, the Flagler men’s soccer team moved to 4-1 on the season. The win, Flagler’s second over an NCAA Div. I school, was sealed early when Fredrik Ericcson scored in the fifth minute.
Flagler College Radio to broadcast ‘Flagler Remembers’ on Sept. 11
From Staff
88.5 FM WFCF, Flagler College Radio, will broadcast “Flagler Remembers” on Monday, Sept. 11, an audio montage of the thoughts and feelings of Flagler College’s students, faculty and staff recorded five years ago after the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks.
The audio presentation will air at 9 a.m., then at 12 p.m. and again at 5 p.m. in remembrance of those who lost their lives on that fateful day.
The 10,000-watt student-run station can be heard in St. Johns County, as well as parts of Putnam and Flagler counties.
‘Pretty Little Dirty’ is ‘ruthless and honest’
Renowned author to speak at Flagler Sept. 6-7
By Katelyn Calautti
PHOTO CAPTION: Author of “Pretty Little Dirty” Amanda Boyden
In Amanda Boyden’s first novel, Pretty Little Dirty, she succeeds in transforming the reader back in time. This coming of age story of two best friends is anything but ordinary, yet seems all too familiar.
Boyden puts together the pieces of childhood that are almost forgotten and makes those memories of having a best friend relived. The moments in life that make a person, the people who are remembered, and the choices that have to be made all come rushing back in this edgy, raw, tale of two girls trying to discover more than themselves. It is an adventure of two best friends finding out how to stand their ground, yet struggling to keep their bond alive, making for a captivating read.
It’s a bittersweet symphony
I don’t mean to rip off The Verve here (or show my age in pop music terms), but that is the only phrase that came to mind when the phone lines went down today in the good ole Proctor Library.
With the beginning of the semester and all the panicked phone calls that go with it, I have begun to dread the sound of my phone ringing as of late. But today, when the system went down, I realized the feeling of freedom came paired with an unexpected feeling of isolation.
Sure I have E-mail, Internet and, if I so choose to waste my precious daytime minutes, my cell phone. But the point is I have picked up the receiver no less than three times since 11 a.m. and tried to dial, only to get the deafening sound of silence.
Lady Saints ready for long season ahead
By Devon Jeffreys
PHOTO CAPTION: Junior Krista McAra, along with five other players, returns this season to the Lady Saints lineup.
With a schedule that includes more than 40 matches, the volleyball team has the opportunity to make this season a memorable one even if there is no opportunity for a postseason berth.
“The more opportunities we get to play the better we’re going to be and the more fun we’re going to have and that’s why we’re here,” sophomore Leah Melton said.
Flagler buying railway buildings
Major purchase likely means increase in college tuition
By Richard Harris
Photo by Glenn Judah
PHOTO CAPTION: Flagler College recently acquired the FECI buildings at One Malaga St. The buildings will most likely become classrooms to take the strain off Kenan Hall.
Flagler College has reached a deal to purchase Florida East Coast Industries’ (FECI) 64,000-square-foot headquarters at the corner of King and Malaga Streets.
The final price tag — 60 percent of the cost of the three four-story buildings — is not being disclosed, said Flagler President William T. Abare, Jr., who added FECI was donating the other 40 percent of the cost.
With a closing date of Nov. 1, the college has already made a substantial deposit of $1.7 million. However, the remaining difference could mean debt for the college.
Tropical Storm Warning includes St. Augustine
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 10:30 a.m.
Tropical Storm Ernesto continues to move north through Florida at about 8 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 40 mph and the National Weather Service in Jacksonville expects the storm to move through the region by Thursday bringing heavy thunderstorms.
Sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph are forecast to spread northward along the immediate coast of northeast Florida Wednesday afternoon through early Thursday morning.