SKYDIVING ► 3 I I YEAIR IN REVIEW ► 11 I I WFCF SCHEDULE ► 17 FLAGLER COLLEGE VOL. XXIX, NO. 8 SAi NT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA April 12, 2000 .Flagler tollege .$tudents_in Turtle patrol Free Enterprise team is' back Volunteers are needed for fro~. +t!J-~ \'" S_IF~ \ Re~t-~~~ the Vilano Beach Sea Turtle Expositidn'"and ·· c ompetitj.9n ·•l.Q Nesting Survey beginning in Tampa wl.t~. two trophies and May. For more information, $2,50.0. ''' . contact Dr. Peter Lardner via e­ , The students won the · mail at [email protected]. · regional champicmship for tl'I,,t'.ir league\ and won •the Success· Legacy shop opens 2000 • competition bas~d<_cm Flagler's Legacy shop will events hosted and contribUC, be offering students 10 per­ cent discounts when it opens April 12. The discount will be available through April 1_4. All merchandise will relate photo by maximillion wilson in some way to Henry Flagler. Once again Flagler students exhibit their love for the environment. Senior Nicole Pepitone helps collect trash at The grand opening is planned Matanzas National Monument. Other participants included seniors Amy Goetz and Tracy Goldenberg. The cleanup was organized by Dr. Peter Lardner, professor ,of natual science, and Maximillion WIison, assistant professor of soci­ for September. The store is ology, as part of a seminar in environmental s1ociology. The class collected 15 bags of trash from the park . located at 59 St. George St. Summer tuition · 1 Tuition for summer semes­ Students clean u_p their acts ter is due Friday,April 14, to the by carrie p a ck opportunities that get them out of the classroom Business Office. The Registrar's and into our community. We are very grateful to Office will notify students of Students in Max Wilson's Environmental Dave Parker and the National Park Service." . canceled classes Monday; April Sociology class participated in a March 25 beach This cleanup directly preceded the nesting sea­ 17. Tuition refunds will be cleanup organized by Professor of Natural Sd ence son of the Least Tern. Matanzas Inlet is a major . granted at that time. Dr. Peter Lardner at Matanzas Inlet. seabird nesting site. Wilson believes· the cleanup Lardner organizes a cleanup of Vilal[lo Beach will prevent the terns and other wildlife from Details, . details each fall; however, this year's cleanup was canceled becoming tangled in or injured by dangerous mate­ As the end <>f the semester due to Hurricane Floyd and was rescheduled to rials .such as polypropolene rope. approaches, students · _must Matanzas Inlet this spring. In addition to ,approxi- · "This cleanup may benefit barefooted, beach­ make pre_i>arations for the sum­ mately 20 studertt_s, members. of the St. Augustine going humans more than any other animal,"Wilson mer. All students must be community participated as well. said. moved · out of the residence "Activities like· this beach cleanup ar,e just the , Wilson said they hope to organize two halls by noon Friday, April 20. tip of the iceburg;' Wilson said. "I want to provide cleanups next year. "ldeally, we can do both,Vilano Graduating seniors may stay more educational opportunities for our students, · . in' the fall, Matanzas in the·spring,"Wilson said. until 3 p .m.Saturday,April 21. Summer housing· will be available for the summer ses­ sion, May l through Jooe 16. Application~ are. due by April Toedtman predicts 'vicioysVc;mpaign 14. Housing applications for dential race to be ·very · dose ference. "Thiirty0 three seats in emment, Toedtman commented, by conrad rauscher the fall semester also are due aliholllgh ·he would not give his the_Senate are at stake,"· he said. "When. the next presid.ent takes by April 14. Flagler College Forum speak­ prediction for the riext presi- "The Republicans hold 19 o_f the _office, two of the nine Supreme · Information about forward­ er James S. Toedtman told_ the · dent. "The media should stick to 33, and 10 of those are in various Court justices will be over 70, ing· campm, mail or e-mail ·is in audience that in the 2000 elec­ reporting yesterday's news, but I · degrees of peril, while only five and three will be over 65_. The · an article on page 9. tion, "the shape and outiook of do know this presidential i:ace . of the 14 _Democratic seats are at next president will almost cer- ·· the entire federal government will be very tough,-very tight ·arid risk. In the H_ouse, the tainly appoint one to three new are at stake:,; • As the Washington very nasty." . He wen_t on to say ·.. Republican margin is a more _pre­ Supreme Court justices." This is . · bureau chief . of Newsday, Congress is very evenly balanced carious: 222 Republicans "to 21 1 important because, Toedtman Toedtman . is in a position to between . ' b ~mocrats and .. Democrats, with two -indepen­ noted, "There is a growing list of know. "For the first time in. 50 Repubiicans, s~ "any .shift . w ill dents. But there are now 30 decisions on states' rights, school .. years, all three branches of gov­ dra~attcally affect its ability to · members retiring, all biJt eight of p rayer, affirmative ac_tion, school ernment are at stake: the presi­ work." . them· are Republicans. The desegregation and political red:is-. dency, Congress and the A:s h< pointed out; the . Dem0crats are optimistic they tricting that have turned on 5-4 . Supreme Court," he said. Republicans are. only in control · can recapture the House." decisions. The swing of new jus- Toedtman expects the presi- of the· Senate by a 55~t(M.5 dif- For the third branch of gov- see FORUM, page 4 : . 2 Gargoyle EDITORIAL April i2, 2000 E DITORIAL& OPINION Put out that match and speak up by carrie pack nesses from selling items that don't reflect the historic order to be a merchant on St. George Street, to have to character of the city? I doubt that many of these shops compete with "businesses" which have no overhead The banning of most forms of would fit this description let alone be able to remain costs. But why must this ban include legitmate enter­ speech is in direct violation of the open under such an ordinance. tainers from contributing to the atmosphere of St. First Amendment. And it seems to Not that I'm trying to imply the city should take away George Street? me most American citizens would the shop owners' rights and force them to accommodate Many of these entertainers have called St. Augustine agree that a ban on any form of the street perlormers. In fact, it seems to me the shop home for several years and are as much a part of St. speech violates the principles on owners are not concerned with the street perlormers George Street as the old pharmacy. It is blatant censor­ which this country was founded. but rather those who have decided to sell items on the ship to prohibit these individuals from expressing them­ But lately, it seems the City of St.Augustine doesn't agree. street without a permit and without having to pay sales selves creatively in public. I suppose you could argue In a manner befitting a traditional book burning, the tax. that they aren't trying to make a strong political or social colorful street performers of St. George Street have been The times when I have been on St. George Street, I statement and they are merely trying to make a living by banned from performing or selling anywhere along the rarely noticed these individuals (perlormers or other­ collecting tips. Yet, I don't think that argument would historic strip of shops. wise) deterring tourists from shopping. I have seen peo­ change the situation. The City of St. Augustine has It doesn't seem right for a city that boasts its tradition ple from all ethnic and social backgrounds stop to listen infringed upon the street perlormers' first amendment and history to ban one of the most historic forms of or watch. Often while they were stopped, watching one right of free speech. _expression. Street performers have been a common of the. street perlormers, they would do some window We live in a day and age where information is vital to sight in SLAugustine since the seventeenth century. Yet shopping. When the song was finished, they would drift our very existence. We can't afford to revert to our old as of late March, you can lio longer stop and watch a man · ·slowly into the surrounding shops. How does this hurt ways of censorship and oppression. The First painted . entirely silver imitate a living statue, have a business? · Amendment is the most fundamental right entitled to sketch made in -your likeness or buy a rose made from I understand, though, many shop owners are in favor American citizens by the Constitution. The street per­ palms: Not only that,'but the "one man band" ca.o>t even of the actual perlormers but detest the makeshift sales former situation may not be a textbook example of cen­ perform without getting a citation. It's an American persons .who line the street and block customers from sorship or even the most convincing case against these tragedy. entering their stores; sometimes selling the same items types of bans. But if we start allowing the government to Shop owners along St. George Street argue that the for a fraction of the cost. prohibit people from expressing themselves freely, performers deter tourists from entering _their shops and Some would call.this the American dream. I think it's where do we draw the line? Will you be next? that they, detract from the historical and architectural a gross misrepresentation of it, These people are infring­ Ray Bradbury once said, "There is more than one way beauty of St, George Street.