By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu
During a recent dig, St Augustine City Archeologist, Carl Halbirt, found three old wells buried underneath the future site of Flagler College’s new communications building Pollard Hall.
By Scott Harrison | gargoyle@flagler.edu
With 2,075 craft breweries in the United States, the art of brewing has sent an electric shock through our nation.
Rendezvous Beer Bar understands there is a movement in progress, which is why he offers customers as many choices for the palate to explore as possible.
Located at 106 St. George Street, it has been in business for over 20 years now. The establishment has come along way since the opening days where the owner drive his pick-up truck all over Florida to pick up cases of the best product.
Historians presume that the act of crafting beer can be traced through evidence as far back as 1800 B.C. Now, in 2012, there are approximately 2,075 craft breweries in the United States.
By Ashley Goodman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photos by Ashley Goodman
Anchor Boutique owner Laurel Baker has partnered with Heather Gabel, artist and wife of Laura Jane Grace, lead singer of Against Me!, to design a jewelry collection which launches Dec. 14.
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.
By Lindsay Marks | gargoyle@flagler.edu
I’ve been a cashier, waitress, factory rat and a pizza maker. I could not list one job where I wasn’t confronted with the situation where I wonder, “Do I say something?” My male bosses call me beautiful, male employees call me “sweetie,” and there have been a few instances of “Boy, if I was 20 years younger …”
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.
By Cristina Coca | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse
This past weekend the volleyball team entered the Peach Belt Conference Tournament as the Number two seed due to their second place finish in conference play. They finished the regular season with a 20-9 record.
The Saints took on Lander University in the semifinal match and won three sets to zero.
Then on Sunday for the finals, the Saints were matched up against long-time rival Armstrong Atlantic State University who won the regular season Conference title this year. The Saints started out strong taking the first set, but then Armstrong Atlantic answered back by winning the next two sets. Flagler was determined to send the finals into the fifth match and was successful by winning the fourth.
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.
By Matthew Pagels | gargoyle@flagler.edu
With a one-time professional stint playing basketball, Sharnesha Smith has now turned her career into something much more at a young age.
By Latesha Johnson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler Men’s Basketball team won its fourth consecutive season opener on November 14 against Trinity College with an easy 87-41 non-conference victory in the Flagler Gymnasium.
Flagler shot 48.5% (16-33) from behind the 3-point line, with Matt Clark hitting five and Matt Conway sinking four 3-pointers. Clark went 8-11 from the field, accounting for a team-high 21 points. Jordan Warner included a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Richard Brown handed out a game-high seven assists. Freshman center, Quayshad Williams, had a nine point, 10 rebound showing for the Saints in his first collegiate appearance.
By Mariana Rodas | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Coach Walter Shinn and Assistant Coach Rachel Gould organized a “kids day” on Nov. 18, a community outreach to get the tennis team involved with the community.
The kids were able to learn and play tennis with the Flagler men and women’s tennis teams. Approximately 20-25 kids age 10 and under participated. It was a free event at it was hosted in the Flagler Tennis complex.
By Eliza Jordan
I shook his hand and looked into his eyes. Deep, cloudy colors stared back at me. He smiled a simple smile and showed me how many teeth he had left. None were in the middle …
By Lindsay Marks | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The stray kitten whose ribs were showing had been living in the frigid Michigan weather for months. He ignored the food that was in my passenger seat and sat on my lap purring as I took him home.
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.
By Matthew Pagels | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Pagels
Each semester the Flagler College Surf Team competes once a month for four months, adding up to a total of eight preliminary contests per year. For every victory or placement, the team earns points. These points are gained to qualify for the East Coast Championship, which takes place early in April.
The club’s goal is to achieve third place or better, which advances them to the NSSA (National Scholastic Surfing Association) college title. Once completed, the surf team takes a trip out west to California in the summer for a week to compete for the national title.
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.
By Travis Lowndes | gargoyle@flagler.edu
North Florida local boys, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, have been on tour for a while now and this December they our proud to announce that they will be making a stop in St. Augustine