By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu

Lifestyle Expert Rio Simone decided that St. Augustine needed to have a social outlet for “green” people to meet and talk about their lifestyles.

A self-described “lifestyle expert,” Simone advises people about issues like nutrition, fitness and stress management for optimum performance. She brought Green Drinks International, an environmental networking group, to Café Eleven on Tuesday.

Vietnam vet, full-time student Michael T. Isam fights nerves in return to school

By Michael T. Isam | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle

Dark o’clock is a term pertaining to the hours between sundown and sunrise. As my eyes flew open milli-seconds after my alarm went off at 4 a.m., I recognized my old friend, dark o’clock. We meet regularly in the confines of my bedroom.

Selfless doctor gives life, dreams to unfortunate youth in Peru with Hogar clinic

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu

Four or five of the children were covered in third-degree burns. One boy was missing a leg. Some were in wheelchairs. One was missing his ears. An older girl stared off into space unable to see, but she was smiling. They all were. They were happy, dancing and singing children.

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu

Are you tired of seeing the same stories in your student newspaper month after month that you still don’t want to read?

Well, so are we. All of you information hounds at Flagler can rest easy because The Gargoyle is under new management. And we are determined to provide you with informative, educational and interesting news.

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu

The Gargoyle will undergo some major publication changes over this academic year as we’re shifting our focus to provide the best possible editorial content in the best way to the Flagler College and St. Augustine communities.

First, we’re diving headfirst into the online media world. We’ll publish much more frequently and in multiple formats.

The week of July 22 was non-stop busy. We were sending out e-mail invites as well as calling people to RSVP for our ultra-exclusive film-networking party at the Bar Marmont. All the big exec’s of banks and casting directors and actors were invited.

Thoughts from a punk rocker
By Cal Colgan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
“Creep into town and it’s not long before I start to roam.
Seek out the patches on the punks—maybe a band I know.
I betcha in five minutes time …

By Matthew Boyle and Cal Colgan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Online Editor Matthew Boyle and Opinion Writer Cal Colgan discuss the United States military’s use of torture during the ongoing “War on Terror.”

By Katie Crabb | gargoyle@flagler.edu

For someone like me, there’s nothing better than the feel of a brand new book in my hands, untouched, unread, just waiting for me to dive into its pages. There are stories, adventures and journeys hidden inside those pages, and the physical feel of the paper beneath my fingers only adds to the excitement. Everyone loves a good story, so for this reason I think books will continue to survive despite the rising popularity of other media, like film and television.

Debt slavery in Florida’s tomato fields remains an issue

By Cal Colgan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Every week, students from schools all over the country hungrily rush to their cafeterias and bistros, munching on subs and sandwiches and chomping on cheeseburgers containing slabs of juicy, red tomatoes. Parents buy the rose-colored fruits to force-feed their stubborn children. Health nuts purchase organic tomatoes for homemade dishes of pasta or couscous.

And every day, barrels of tomatoes are shipped all over the country from Florida’s tomato fields to be taken for granted by the insatiable mouths of middle class Americans.

By Katie Crabb | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Two of the most revered words in a college student’s vocabulary are “Spring Break.” For Flagler students these two words change to “Spring Blink.” Everyone on campus cherishes those four, five if you skip Wednesday of course, days of vacation during the crunch of the semester.

Some students take this as a time to head to South Beach, some to catch up on the many hours of lost sleep they’ve accumulated over the course of the semester, and some to get ahead on the piles of homework they know await them in the last few weeks of the semester. Most of us, at the very least, want to find an escape from learning for a little while, to give our minds room to breathe.

By Matthew Boyle, Cal Colgan and Sam Taylor | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Opinion Writers Cal Colgan and Sam Taylor debate the current economic issues facing the nation and how President Obama is dealing with them. Online Editor Matthew Boyle moderates.

The rising tide of homelessness in St. Johns County

By Cal Colgan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

It was a chilly Tuesday night as I fed the hungry men and women who came to Food Not Bombs. They quickly gobbled up the stir-fry and noodles as I sat down next to Troy, a newcomer to the homeless individuals who gather for the meal. Troy was a professional welder before his economic situation caused him to be turned out onto the street. As we thumbed through photographs of his family, I realized he had not been homeless for that long. Troy is a casualty of poverty, and the growing menace of homelessness in St. Johns County.

By Katie Crabb | gargoyle@flagler.edu

All throughout high school, the constant question was asked, “What are you going to do after you graduate?” For me it was simple. College was expected in my family, and in today’s world that’s no surprise. And for someone bookish like me, it was the obvious next step.

By Rory Fish | gargoyle@flagler.edu

I start most of my school days swearing. Not because I’ve woken up late, not because I dropped my blow dryer on my foot (OK, maybe this one is true some days). No, I am swearing because I cannot find a parking spot to save my life.

With the wonder that is the St Augustine Parking Garage, why does practically everyone who lives on campus with a car have to keep said car in an on-campus lot? What daily, immediate need do you have for your car?

Unborn children also deserve the right to happiness

By Katie Crabb | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens, tens of thousands of them young people, assembled in Washington, D.C., for the 36th annual March for Life last month.

It was my third year attending the event, and it was no less inspiring this time around.