By Mallory Hopkins | gargoyle@flagler.edu There were dozens of tiny houses and plenty of people bonding and building new friendships over tiny living at the second annual Florida Tiny House Festival in Elkton, Florida, just outside of St. Augustine. The United Tiny House Association held the festival…
A Spanish Hogfish makes an appearance at the Sombrero Reef located off of Marathon Key. “Pretty much all reefs in the Keys have been affected from hot and cold temperatures,” said Kayla Ripple, the science program manager at the Coral Restoration Foundation. “Two years in…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Denise Alexander had been experiencing unusual symptoms for a year that doctors could not diagnose. She moved to Florida to live with her parents because she, a grown woman, could no longer take care of herself—her symptoms had worsened. Finally, a bittersweet…
By Gabrielle Garay | gargoyle@flagler.edu In the upstairs room of a church, a group of people are working. Grinding cinnamon sticks down in a mortar in pestle, mixing lye and soap, churching the concoctions, while sweet aromas fill the air. Stacks of colorful soaps sit…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Connell Crooms is the man in the mural. It’s nearly impossible to miss him. He is 150 feet tall, depicted in black and white beside a fellow activist, Palestinian-American Sara Mahmoud. They are each painted on their own massive…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Marinas house a variety of vessels, from dinghies to sailboats and yachts to pontoons. They provide a number of services to each of these unique boats, as well as the owners, that range from a laundromat, electricity and water…
By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu Technology has become a pillar of modern society and has made most tasks quick and simple with the touch of a button. It has also made people more susceptible to cyber-attacks and phone scams. Several Flagler College students received phone calls in…
By Jordan Puyear | gargoyle@flagler.edu When you first hear the word minimalism, what comes to mind? Is it only wearing black t-shirts everyday, not owning a television, sleeping on the floor, or being able to fit all of your belongings into one suitcase? While some…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu The fight to remove confederate-era monuments has settled securely into St. Augustine, Florida, the ancient seaside town that also hosted a civil rights movement in the 1960s. The modern movement is led largely by Rev. Ron Rawls. Rawls is the…
By Colton Andre| gargoyle@flagler.edu