Articles by Gargoyle

Volleyball eyes another Peach Belt Crown

By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Winning and losing are not the only things Head Coach Taylor Mott wants her volleyball team to focus on this season, but to have an overall great experience on and off the court.

After being chosen for the second year in a row as the preseason favorites in the Peach Belt Conference Coaches Poll, Mott is honored but knows there is a long season ahead.


Mosquitoes bring fears of West Nile Virus

By Amber James | gargoyle@flagler.eduA black curtain. That is what Rachael Horn compares the mosquitoes in her yard in St Augustine to. Florida spends about $160 million on mosquito control, and mosquitoes in the state are a fact of life.

The fine arts major knows it. “I brave the mosquitoes to go outside,” Horn said.


Career Services plans for GRE workshops in future

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Kristin Nelson, new director of Career Services, aims to make Ringhaver Student Center a Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) test site in the next couple years.

This year, Nelson is holding GRE test prep workshops, which will be available later in the fall.


Men’s soccer team ready to shine

By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu

After being the preseason favorites and having an impressive 14-win season last year, the Flagler College men’s soccer team experienced a devastating loss in the Peach Belt Conference Championship game to the Falcons of Montevallo and a season ending loss to Clayton State in the NCAA D2 Tournament.


Check out this year’s Gargoyle awards gallery

The Gargoyle staff won 10 awards this past year for everything from features on homelessness to news stories about bullying to opinion touching on veterans issues. In fact, in one year the online newspaper won more awards than it has in its entire history.



SIFE Blog: Made it through the first round

Made it to the Top 20 in the 2011 SIFE National Exposition! We will be presenting again on Thursday at 11:05 a.m. The awards ceremony was a lot of fun. Our treasurer, Estefania Mones, received recognition for two scholarships and Michelle Olson-Rogers received the SIFE…


SIFE Blog: Nationals!

The team practicing the presentation in our hotel. We safely arrived in Minneapolis, MN! We have been enjoying the wonderful food options in the city and the cool weather. We travel around indoors through skyways or as we call them, “gerbil tunnels.” Some of our…


Wanee Music Festival 2011

The 21st century has a Woodstock that isn’t named “Woodstock” — its name is “Wanee.”

The spirit of Suwannee park was thick and moist in the air — a stale smell of home clung to Wanee Music Festival’s grounds as I took a deep breath and watched everyone pass me by on their own time and in their own mind.


Higher teacher pay will bring quality education

By Lindy Almony | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Americans speak often about investing in the future with K-12 education. President Barack Obama said during a speech in February that, “Education is an investment that we need to win the future.”

How much, though, do we really invest in education in this country? And how much does the success of our education programs depend on the teachers?