Written and Photographed by Phillip C. Sunkel IV gargoyle@flagler.edu For Carl Halbirt, finding hidden treasures isn’t only his passion, it’s his job. As the city archeologist of St. Augustine— the nation’s oldest permanent European city — Halbirt has a passion for finding the treasures which lie…
By Eliza Jordan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Go in your closet, or in other words, go crazy! Blindfold yourself and grab something. Now pull it over your head.
Chances are, if you snap on a bold, formal watch paired with an edgy fedora, you’ve more than likely got yourself quite the outfit, my dear.
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photo Illustrations by Josh Weaver
The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization is funding a comprehensive St. Augustine bicycle study.
“The plan is three major intended outcomes,” said Chris Fellerhoff, a hired consultant of the TPO from Sprinkle Consulting. “The first, and probably the most substantial is, a recommendation of bike routes that could be signed throughout the city of St. Augustine.”
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Howard Lewis is frustrated that while the city of St. Augustine has started to recognize the importance of the civil rights movement in shaping the town’s history of race relations, most tour guides have left out 400 years of black influence in the nation’s “Oldest City.” He said they do not even acknowledge that Augustine of Hippo, the famous philosopher and theologian who is the town’s namesake, was an African.
“If you look up St. Augustine, you’ll see that he was born in Médéa, and the Internet will tell you that that is now Thagaste, Algeria,” Lewis said.
By GianLouis Thompson and Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Original story:“Truck-sized whale washes up on Crescent Beach”
A 2-year-old dead female North Atlantic right whale was towed ashore at 7:30 to 8:00 last night at the Mary Street vehicle access ramp on Crescent Beach. A necropsy conducted by a partnership of NOWA, FWC and veterinarians from the Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institution began around 7:30 this morning.
By GianLouis Thompson and Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Updated story:“Whale confirmed to be endangered right whale”
Some time in the early evening, a whale washed up on Crescent Beach yesterday at the Mary Street vehicle access ramp. Deputy Briggs from the St. Johns County sheriff’s office said they have been working on freeing it from a tackle [line] for several weeks.
“Setting it Straight” is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM “Radio With a Reason.” Every week, Communication major, Kelly Gibbs brings St. Augustine locals in to discuss important issues.
The show is produced by Managing Editor of The Gargoyle Lauren Belcher. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.
This episode Kelly spoke with Wanda Hall who teaches Tai Chi Chuan at Flagler College.
This episode Kelly spoke with Pat Croce, owner of the newest museum in the Oldest City: St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum.
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photos By Aaron Beasley
Rane Harrington’s favorite method of travel doesn’t involve shelling out gas money or cash for an expensive plane ticket. Instead, Harrington hops trains.
Harrington packs an extra set of clothes into a big bag, in case he gets covered with the filth from the dust of the box car or the airborne debris flying past the train. Popularized in the Great Depression by hundreds of hobos looking for out-of-state work, train-hopping still has a loyal following of people across the country.
By Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photos by Evelyn Seiler
Photos contributed by Christopher Baxter
St. Augustine local Christopher Baxter turned to yoga in 1971 to take the pressure off his overwhelming college course load.
“I was really struggling to keep my head above water,” Baxter said.
Already drowning in academic classes, Baxter never actually attended a yoga class. He began with a home practice and taught himself from a book.
Forty years later, he said he has no idea what he would be without yoga now.