By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu Ben Taub, staff writer at The New Yorker and recipient of the ASME Next Award for Journalists Under 30, has traveled all over the globe following leads and exposing corruption. His projects include covering Jihadi recruitment in Europe, battlefield medicine, war crimes…
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Rev. Ron Rawls isn’t the type of pastor who sees his role as just preaching from a pulpit or teaching Bible school. To him, speaking up for others and fighting injustices he sees in his community are just as important….
By Selbe Dittman | gargoyle@flagler.edu Flagler College Principles of Marketing class, lead by Dr. Cindy Rippé, is taking on a project to help the island of Dominica. Dominica was destroyed by Hurricane Maria on September 19. Because of the late notice and small island, residents…
By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu A protest broke out when two Flagler College students went to a downtown café and encountered a white employee who came to work in blackface on Halloween. The pair rallied support on multiple social media platforms, bringing their protest from…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Propped up near Vilano Beach is where glassblowing artist, Thomas Long resides with his wife, Lahib Jaddo and dog, Einstein. Their home, with unique purple barn doors serving as entry to the garage or “Hot Shop” serves as more than…
By Jessie Rowan | gargoyle@flagler.edu Around the country and previously implemented in 23 American cities, the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments is in full swing. According to The New York Times Co., there are more than 19 other cities proposing to remove monuments…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu When Rostand Ndong Essomba’s sister passed away unexpectedly, he was 14 years old. So he quit playing soccer to focus full time on basketball. This was a strange thing to do for a young boy who loved soccer, especially since…
By Mallory Hopkins | gargoyle@flagler.edu Imagine waking up in the morning and putting your feet on the floor of your bedroom and finding several inches of water. This is the reality for residents of Norfolk, Virginia. Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) is an organization that spreads…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu He was there in that moment when Ida Straus removed herself from Lifeboat 8 to take her place on the Titanic beside her husband, Isidor. He was there when the lifeboat officer shouted for Ida to get back on the boat. He…
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…