By Jamie Coulson and Jeff Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu Christian Surfers has a simple mission: Connecting surfers to Jesus. “The people at CS are the best in the world at loving surfers,” said Dean Plumlee, national director of Christian Surfers USA. “They do a great job…
By Alanna O’Rourke and Shelby Gillis| gargoyle@flagler.edu Jacksonville is most populous city in Florida. It spans more than 874 square miles, making it the largest city by area in the United States. And until recently, it was the largest American city that did not offer…
By Nikki Ross and Shelby Gardiner| gargoyle@flagler.edu A man and a woman meet. It starts out casual, but pretty soon it happens: they fall for each other. There’s just one problem. He lives on the other side of the world. This kind of thing happens…
By Troy MacNeill and Alex Strom| gargoyle@flagler.edu A man accused in the April 5 murder of the mother of his child and a teen-ager in West St. Augustine is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. Johnny Lawrence Williams Jr., 36, was arrested without incident…
By Ariel Thomas| gargoyle@flagler.edu Climate change threatens the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine and other national landmarks along the coast, but it’s not just seaside treasures that are at risk, experts say. “I’m really concerned that there’s been so much attention to coastal parks –…
By Brianna Kurzynowski| gargoyle@flagler.edu Not everyone was happy when students at Flagler College decided to start a club aimed at educating people about Islam. Organizers had announced their plans on Yik Yak, a social media platform. The announcement came not long after the Nov. 13…
By Nikki Ross | gargoyle@flagler.edu Five days a week Eric Rojas goes to work, turns on the lights and sits behind a counter and sells fandom merchandise to tourists. He’s glad he has a job at Fantasyland so he can pay the bills, but this…
In a town hall meeting Monday, Flagler College President William T. Abare Jr. announced he would retire in June 2017 after serving the college for 45 years — 15 of those years as president.
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Kassy Guy-Johanessen stood in a Daytona Beach Barnes and Noble three years ago when a well-dressed woman, toting a Vera Bradley bag, approached her. “Ms. Kassy, Ms. Kassy,” the woman called. At first, Guy-Johanessen didn’t recognize the woman who called…
By Julie Householder | gargoyle@flagler.edu Lying on her bed, Mocha anticipates the next visitor to pass her large cage. With excited eyes full of hope, she jumps up, wildly thrashing her tail side to side as a volunteer opens her cage. Every year approximately 7.6…