By Jared Olson | gargoyle@flagler.edu Lew Barnes, 62, eases back into the wicker chair, sipping coffee in the frigid morning wind, and informs me matter-of-factly about how the new government will soon be leaving him to die. Barnes, a surfboard maker and former businessman…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Two years ago, Jose boarded a plane departing from Havana, Cuba. To the Cuban government, Jose was simply going on vacation to Ecuador. But for Jose, the plane’s wheels leaving the tarmac brought more relief than a break from work…
By Mallory Hopkins | gargoyle@flagler.edu This is what Democracy looks like,” “My body my choice,” “Love trumps hate,” were among some of the phrases chanted on Saturday, Jan. 21 in Downtown St. Augustine. 670 women’s marches occurred internationally that weekend, inspired by the march in…
By Roxie Steward | gargoyle@flagler.edu With graduation on April 29, the reality of beginning a career is starting to sink in for some Flagler seniors. Although walking across that stage and receiving a diploma means the end of all the hard work involved in the…
By Katie Garwood and Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu In any community over time, buildings are renovated, streets get paved and repaved and trees grow. But in Lincolnville in St. Augustine, Florida, faces change. The community remained mostly African American until the last decade, when the percentage…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu In this year alone, sea turtle nests were at their second highest recording along Florida’s Atlantic coastline, but with the damage Hurricane Matthew left in its trail, some people have begun to raise questions as to what this could mean for…
By Julie Householder | gargoyle@flagler.edu For some college students, final exam week is the most stressful week of the semester. This week is marked by back-to-back exams, presentations, projects, and papers, all of which are due during the last couple of weeks. Rosie Redmond, a…
By Jared Olson | gargoyle@flagler.edu If it’s ever finished, the Dakota Access Pipeline will stretch almost 1,000 miles across the continent- a metal capillary rocketing across the landscape. It will funnel thousands of barrels of crude, dredged-up oil from the Bakken Oil Fields, to the industrial…
By Alex Strom | gargoyle@flagler.edu Hurricane Matthew ripped through the Northeast of Florida, leading a former Flagler college graduate, and student to the forefront of bring a battered community to come together. John West, 23, a graphic designer and local artist, and Casey Jones, 23, a…
By Max Charles | gargoyle@flagler.edu ST. AUGUSTINE – St. Augustine was among the hardest hit areas by Hurricane Matthew. Although hurricane tracker maps on weatherunderground.com had Hurricane Matthew being much stronger, the devastation to many St. Augustine homes is everywhere. Take a stroll down Vilano Beach…