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The burden of balancing school and work
December 7, 2012 – 4:01 pm | No Comment
The burden of balancing school and work

By Cassie Colby | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Clearly flustered, 20-year-old Asiah Bennett briefly explains the dress code at her job while simultaneously tossing colorful tops and street wear onto the floor.

Together again: Colombian refugees resettle in Jacksonville
December 4, 2012 – 9:13 pm | 2 Comments
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The airport environment has always been a thrill: people coming and going, mixed languages, smells, busyness and along with it, the mystery of unknown destinations.

It is Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2012, as I arrive at the Jacksonville International Airport.

I had walked through this long corridor many times before; the lights have the same brightness, fixated on the swarms of moving bodies. Yet, something is different on this evening. I have no bags in hand, just a camera and three lenses.

St. Augustine’s Wildlife Refuge
December 4, 2012 – 5:48 pm | No Comment
St. Augustine’s Wildlife Refuge

By Kristin Kownacky | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Low growls escaped her as she paced back and forth, only yards away. Her claws crunched the leaves on the ground beneath, and her dark eyes were locked on mine. She was not big, but she looked stronger and faster than me. I was quite thankful for the chain-link fence that separated me from this wild animal.

Skyfall: Movie Review
December 3, 2012 – 11:45 pm | 2 Comments
Skyfall: Movie Review

By Scott Harrison | gargoyle@flagler.edu

“Take the shot!” “Take the shot!” The character M (Judi Dench) orders Eve (Naomie Harris) as she peers through the scope pointed between James Bond and the enemy as they wrestle for their lives on top of a speeding train.

Winter Wonderland at the St. Augustine Amphitheater
December 1, 2012 – 1:17 pm | No Comment
Winter Wonderland at the St. Augustine Amphitheater

By Chaz Lawrence | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The sixth annual Winter Wonderland is bringing another white Christmas to St. Augustine. This year at the St. Augustine Amphitheater until Jan 6th., Winter Wonderland will have ice skating, the 100 ft+ ice chute slide, and of course, snow.

Helen Whitney: A Life in Film
November 27, 2012 – 5:52 pm | No Comment
Helen Whitney: A Life in Film

By Alexa Epitropoulos | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Helen Whitney’s sojourn to document spirituality has led her through the United States, Europe and beyond.

It has also led her to Flagler College, where she recently delivered a four-part speech that discussed her life through the prism of the films she has written, produced and directed.

While her spiritual journey began as a search for answers to her own “existential questions,” she has, in the process, addressed many questions that people of all different religions haven’t been able to answer.

Artists step closer to translating their art in ‘Transliterations’
November 20, 2012 – 5:43 pm | One Comment
Artists step closer to translating their art in ‘Transliterations’

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Sara Pedigo and Liz Robbins not only presented the connection between arts in “Transliterations,” but also discovered the connection between themselves in the artistic process.

Flagler College feels Sandy’s wrath
November 19, 2012 – 6:08 pm | No Comment
Flagler College feels Sandy’s wrath

By Kristin Kownacky | gargoyle@flagler.edu

While Flagler College had anticipated Hurricane Sandy’s wrath with bated breaths, there was nothing so great as that sigh of relief as she passed St. Augustine. Yet, seeing that Flagler is home to many students hailing from the Northeast, when Sandy dodged Florida, the storm headed straight for student’s families and friends.

Online Civil Rights archive to focus on unheard voices of St. Augustine
November 16, 2012 – 10:05 am | No Comment
Online Civil Rights archive to focus on unheard voices of St. Augustine

By Cassie Colby | gargoyle@flagler.edu

When thinking of the Civil Rights movement, images of police dogs and fire hoses mowing people down comes to mind. St. Augustine was once plagued with unimaginable segregation and daily violent outbreaks between whites and blacks.

Author Edna Buchanan talks at Flagler about crime and fiction
November 15, 2012 – 4:08 pm | 3 Comments
Author Edna Buchanan talks at Flagler about crime and fiction

Video By Phil Sunkel | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and crime novelist Edna Buchanan sat down with Flagler College students to discuss crime reporting and the fiction of justice.

Faculty senate proposes reconstruction of 2013-2014 academic year
November 10, 2012 – 12:34 am | No Comment
Faculty senate proposes reconstruction of 2013-2014 academic year

By Alexis Nicole Mortenson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
On October 24, the Faculty senate of Flagler College met to finalize their proposal for the 2013-2014 academic year. If passed, this proposal will add drastic changes to both the …

St. Augustine marks holiday season with Night of Lights
November 10, 2012 – 12:30 am | One Comment
St. Augustine marks holiday season with Night of Lights

By Katie Lutz | gargoyle@flagler.edu
 
St. Augustine is set to begin their 19th annual Nights of Lights winter celebration on Saturday, November 17th, at Light-Up! Night. On this night over 3 million Christmas lights will illuminate …

Miles from home, Flagler students provide relief to Hurricane-ravaged Northeast
November 8, 2012 – 8:58 am | No Comment
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Temperatures are below freezing in the Northeast and 500,000 people are still without power due to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. Thousands of residents in New Jersey and New York are displaced, having lost their homes and access to basic resources that we all take for granted.

Colleen Keener, 21, a Flagler College student from Belmar, New Jersey couldn’t sit back and look at photos of the damage any longer.

Flagler students lend local GOP helping hand
November 6, 2012 – 5:28 pm | One Comment
Flagler students lend local GOP helping hand

By Alexa Epitropoulos | gargoyle@flagler.edu

It may look like just another nondescript unit in a strip mall, but on the inside, the office of the St. Johns Republican Party teems with activity.

Election 2012: Too close to call?
November 2, 2012 – 11:26 am | No Comment
Election 2012: Too close to call?

The Gargoyle talks to Mark Silva, editor of Bloomberg, on how Florida can influence elections.