St. Augustine’s pirate magician

An interview with William (Mayhem) Macrae, St. Augustine’s pirate magician.

Senior named grand award winner of Gargoyle Anthology

Flagler College communication major and graduating senior Alex Bonus was named the Grand Award winner of the second edition of Anthology, a new print publication produced by the the Gargoyle.

The 2012 Anthology, a full-color print publication released earlier this month, showcases students’ work in news, features, opinion, public relations and photography.

Loans, Facebook and no sleep equals stress

By Sarah Williamson | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Frankie Lawton barely remembers finishing his public relations speech his sophomore year at Flagler as he fell to the ground, shaking uncontrollably. Classmates froze and a friend rushed to break his fall. Minutes later he was rushed away in an ambulance.

Flagler student balances school and firefighting

By Katherine Brock | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler College junior, Nick Carey may look like the average college student, but there is more to him than just studies and college life.

Carey is a volunteer firefighter for the Flagler Beach Fire Department. He has been in training since the beginning of this summer. When the semester started, Carey continued his volunteering at the fire department, while maintaining his class load.

Voting Rights Act should cover all states

By Sarah Williamson | gargoyle@flagler.edu

A black president is in his second term and suddenly the most important piece of civil rights legislation is in question.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to end discrimination at the polls by banning literacy tests of blacks and limiting states’ power to make special provisions to voting requirements.

Soft(ball) as a baby’s bottom

By Latesha Johnson | gargoyle@flagler.edu

“I only have three weeks to go and we don’t have a name decided,” said Kristen Overton.

Overton is the head softball coach at Flagler College and for the second year in a row, she is expecting to give birth to a child during the season. This will be her second child, but it will be her first girl.

Turning Potatoes Into Gold: The Story of Hastings

After the creation of the Ponce de Leon Hotel 125 years ago, Henry Flagler asked his cousin Thomas Horace Hastings to start a farm a few miles west of St Augustine to grow food for his guest.