Articles by Gargoyle


Development director helps bring homeless Home Again

By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Kassy Guy-Johanessen stood in a Daytona Beach Barnes and Noble three years ago when a well-dressed woman, toting a Vera Bradley bag, approached her. “Ms. Kassy, Ms. Kassy,” the woman called. At first, Guy-Johanessen didn’t recognize the woman who called…


Skin Deep: Homeopathic remedies for acne

By Dulce Ros | gargoyle@flagler.edu Before I came to college, I thought I was prepared for anything to come my way. Among my arsenal of agendas, laundry kits and zipblock bags, I brought mutiple bottles of the ProActive system. I had been using it regularly throughout high…


Saving animals from euthanasia

By Julie Householder | gargoyle@flagler.edu Lying on her bed, Mocha anticipates the next visitor to pass her large cage. With excited eyes full of hope, she jumps up, wildly thrashing her tail side to side as a volunteer opens her cage. Every year approximately 7.6…


Ex-mayor: Some families losing their homes

By Jeff Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu Some longtime residents of St. Augustine are being priced out of their homes as affluent homebuyers move in and snatch up prime real estate, says Tracy Upchurch, the former mayor of the town. The impact of gentrification is particularly noticeable…


Single moms chase their dreams

By Shelby Gardiner | gargoyle@flagler.edu A box is always defining us. When you fill out a form you must check: male or female, black or white, married or single. It is these little boxes that set us apart from one another. It is these little…


A ray of sunshine on wheels

By Jamie Coulson and Jeff Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu Pass by a Sunshine Bus Co. stop in St. Johns County and chances are you’ll see someone waiting for a ride. And it’s no wonder. Ridership is on pace to set an all-time record, the latest statistics…


Urgent mission: A new science building

By Brianna Kurzynowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu Fundraising for a new science building at Flagler College should be a top priority, according to the college’s 2016-2021 strategic plan. Such a building would make the college more attractive to students interested in so-called STEM fields, which science, technology,…


‘Is This Vegan?’: Hipster to Healthy

Veganism has a reputation for producing groans and eye-rolls when it’s brought up, probably much like your reaction to the title of this article, but the vegan lifestyle is getting more and more attention and not just from obnoxious people trying to convert you: but…


Pantene Beautiful Lengths: The gift of hair

By Liz Browning | gargoyle@flagler.edu Many of us take our hair for granted, but not Flagler sophomore Jeff Bryant. Prior to attending Flagler, he faced a year-long battle with Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. For nine long months, he underwent chemotherapy, which in trying…