By Kaia Wright For so long, my brother didn’t want to accept care because of stigmas. Being from a small town in Florida, it’s hard to have any kind of moral failing without everyone dissecting your every flaw. Because of my brother’s issue with substance…
By Roo Fenwick I was just a 12 year old boy when I got an injury, a bad one. One that led to an operation that would end my love for the sport that was my life. What did my coaches have to say about…
By Zoe Sherman There is a not-so-new invasive species crawling the streets of St. Augustine, slowly deteriorating the city’s beauty: litterbugs. Florida is the nation’s third-highest generator of plastic waste. The state produces more plastic waste than the current recycling system can process, according to…
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By Alexis Bensoussan Isabel Toussaint doesn’t like being limited. The Flagler College junior studying theatre arts strives to learn a little bit of everything when it comes to theatre–stage management, acting, playwriting, sound, media, lighting and recently, set design. “I never wanted anyone to be…
By Claire Buri As a European, I had no prior experience of hurricanes or what to do if one became a threat. Before I came to Florida from Germany for a college exchange program, we had been told that hurricanes occur more frequently in the…
By Gabriel James MAGA Mega-donor, Tim Mellon, has made massive strides to pump outside spending into the Trump Campaign. As a massively influential and wealthy figure, Mellon could make much more than a footnote in the 2024 election cycle. In 2024, Mellon has become the…
By Alexis Bensoussan With the arts and culture budget cuts from the state of Florida, the local Limelight Theatre must reduce shows, costumes, sets and other necessities for their productions, making it difficult to share their love of the arts with a community of people…
By Claire Buri Big cars, fast food and patriotism. If you were to ask people in Germany what they associate with the United States, they would almost certainly say these words. When I stepped onto American soil for the first time— only four weeks ago—…
By Hailey Gay Gabryella Rivas starts every day at 4 a.m., either going to school, work or expanding her business. Everyday is different for this Renaissance woman, and though she seems effortlessly talented at everything she tries, Rivas remains humble and stress-free. “In high school…