By Jared Olson, photos by Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu A little past 3 p.m., in the midst of a coppery gold, cloudless North Florida winter afternoon on Jan. 15, 2018, protesters gathered on the rural road facing the remote Lake Butler Correctional Facility. They came…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Rethreaded, located in Jacksonville, Florida, employs only female victims of human trafficking and the sex trade. Florida is the third highest state in the U.S. for reports of trafficking and Jacksonville is a hub for both perpetrators and their victims….
By Amanda Kraus | gargoyle@flagler.edu Growing up in a household full of music junkies, music has always been an important and influential part of my life. Little did I know, it would find its way into a study abroad trip to Cuba where I’d see…
By Hasani Malone | gargoyle@flagler.edu On Jan. 24, Larry Nassar, the national team doctor of USA Gymnastics, was convicted and sentenced to 175 years in prison. Nassar was accused by over 165 women and girls of sexual abuse over the past two decades and pled…
By Jared Olson, photos by Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Under the cold bluebird skies of Jan. 15, 2018, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, St. Augustine demonstrators gathered in front of the squat brick walls of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church. The purpose: to celebrate…
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu As a musical theater student at Ithaca College, Kevin Venardos didn’t envision himself getting into the circus business. Growing up in New Jersey, Venardos frequented Broadway shows and set his sights on a career in theater. In 2000, Venardos—who, at…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu On July 20, 2017, shortly after midnight, Keegan Von Roberts, a young black man, was shot and killed in front of his house by his white neighbor, Michael Centanni. Centanni was never charged, protected under the self-defense argument. The case…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Luis Villatoro had just finished serving his two-year sentence in the Washington State Penitentiary for an incident involving his mistress. His time there left him traumatized after being sexually assaulted in his bunk. But he also became a Christian and…
By Sarah Smith | gargoyle@flagler.edu Adam Morley isn’t your typical politician. In a shipping container on the outskirts of St. Augustine, Morley lives with his wife, Janine and their 1-year-old son Elon. He tries to incorporate sustainability into his life, constantly working to become more…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu The Trump administration is weighing the ban of elephant ivory being imported into the U.S. If the ban is lifted, it could set back the work conservationists and park rangers have devoted their livelihoods to. In the past 10 years,…