By Gabby Alfveby There are over 3,000 species of snakes and only 600 are venomous, according to the Viper Specialist Group. But over 51% of the population is still afraid of these creatures. Jeremy Varnadore, the ‘Snake Man’ of Saint Augustine, wants to educate people…
By Mattison Hansen Matanzas Riverkeeper’s Executive Director Jen Lomberk (Left), Captain Mel Longo (Middle), and Outreach Coordinator Lauren Trice (Right) collecting the equipment used on the Litter Gitter to collect trash from the water (Photo by Mattison Hansen). A cot, generator, iron pot, electric bike…
By Julia Corrie On March 26, the Iota Lambda chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha celebrated its one-year anniversary at Flagler College. Current members, alumnae, and the national president, Kelly McGinnis Beck, were on campus to celebrate. The Iota Lambda chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha (ASA)…
By Jordan Fauci After a solid freshman year in 2019, Anna Dumovich was ready for an even more successful sophomore campaign. However, a simple arm injury turned into the discovery of a strange lump.“I thought I just pulled something. I went to so many doctors…
By Mattison Hansen As the pandemic drags on to its third year, college students are growing more concerned about their physical and mental health. A survey by TimelyMD reveals that out of 1,700 students, 54% of respondents were experiencing stress and anxiety of COVID-19’s impact…
By Julia Corrie College students are put under an overwhelming amount of stress on a regular basis. Whether it be from academic or social pressures, the feelings are sometimes never ending. There are plenty of resources and programs in place on college campuses to manage…
By Gabby Alfveby 2022 marks the 55th anniversary of when Isabela Alonso boarded a freedom flight to Miami to escape her communist home country of Cuba. Born in San Antonio de los Banos, as an immigrant Alonso had to find her way by paving her own…
By Julia Corrie Tuesday, Feb. 1 was the perfect day to kick off Black History Month at Flagler College, with the Black Student Union (BSU) tabling under the gazebo on the West Lawn. Promoting their events for the month and getting insight from students about…
By Casey Niebuhr | gargoyle@flagler.edu Late last month, Flagler College professor Dr. J. Michael Butler was scheduled to lead a teacher training seminar for Osceola County K-8 teachers to help better contextualize the civil rights movement into their curriculum and to incorporate source materials into…
By Kendall Broglio Do you think you have what it takes to impress an audience in 30 seconds? For 33 years at Flagler College, participants of a bachelor bid have backflipped, danced and skateboarded in an attempt to woo the crowd. The nature of the event is…