By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Rather than remove a Confederate monument in St. Augustine’s downtown plaza, St. Augustine city commissioners decided Monday night to keep the memorial to soldiers who died in the Civil War, but also add “context” to better explain the complex history…
By Gabrielle Garay | gargoyle@flagler.edu On Oct. 19, white supremacist and president of the National Policy Institute Richard Spencer spoke at an auditorium at the University of Florida. The last time he spoke on a college campus was on Aug. 11 in Charlottesville, Va., where…
By Selbe Dittman | gargoyle@flagler.edu This past week, women on Facebook have been posting “Me too” statuses in solidarity with victims of sexual harassment and abuse. These statuses are a part of a movement started by Tarana Burke, an advocate for awareness of sexual harassment…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Hasani Malone stands in front of one of the confederate statues in the St. Augustine plaza that celebrates those who fought for slavery. This monument, as well as others, have been a reminder to Malone and the black community that…
By Lillian Jaeger | gargoyle@flagler.edu Even though the town of St. Augustine did not get a direct hit from Hurricane Irma earlier this month, there was still major damage that occurred and can still be seen even 4 weeks after the storm. As I walked…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu On October 6, The Kookaburra hosted their first “Throw Down Under” latte art competition. Contestants came from as far as Miami, Florida, to compete. The latte art was judged by a panel of three coffee connoisseurs, two of whom have…
By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu Jessica Schake sat cross-legged, with wide blue eyes and lifted brows, tugging at the string of her heather gray sweatshirt as she talked about her plans for the future. A junior and transfer at Flagler College, she is majoring in…
By Austin Sanchez | gargoyle@flagler.edu After an initial attempt to block Richard Spencer from speaking on campus, the University of Florida is permitting the white nationalist to speak on Thursday. Spencer, heads a white nationalist think tank in Alexandria and led white supremacist protests in…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Marcel Vizcarra slowly carves through a piece of thick white fish. Cutting it into slices, he places them carefully on the rim of a large white bowl. Then he methodically places the cubes of bright orange sweet potato among the…
By Mallory Hopkins | gargoyle@flagler.edu “What mood are the bees in today?” This is what Marilyn Young, a Jacksonville beekeeper and owner of Lark Bee Company, asks herself often when she checks on her hives. During the week, she is a lawyer and practices with…