Re-enactment of Pedro Menendez’s landing in St. Augustine
Each year the residents of St. Augustine celebrate their town’s birthday, dating back to 1565, when Pedro Menedenez de Aviles landed in Florida.
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Government shutdown causes grief for Castillo interns
As the nation enters the second week of the government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats show no signs of coming to a compromise.
Students hear stories of seniors in need
Margaret Peilemeier has a one-year-old great-granddaughter who she has only seen through pictures.
St. Augustine’s PechaKucha: An event to spread creativity
By Matt Keene | gargoyle@flagler.edu Photo by Tom Tibbitts On October 10, St Augustine will be saturated with a lightning storm of inspirational ideas and projects as residents gather to attend an event with a name that few can even pronounce. The event is PechaKucha…
King wins Flagler photo contest with image of Pope
This photo by Dana King, a political science major at Flagler College, won a recent Study Abroad photo contest. King shot the photo of Pope Francis during a 2013 Study Abroad trip to Italy with Dr. Timothy Johnson.
Journalism and new media with Michael Doyle
Michael Doyle, Legal Affairs Writer for McClatchy Newspapers, spoke recently at the Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy. Doyle sat down for an interview about writing blogs and the pressures of new media on journalism.
Flagler’s Eaton wins award for feature on former Cuban spy
In his longest interview in 15 years, Juan Pablo Roquez opened up to Flagler College’s Tracey Eaton about his life as a Cuban spy, and what he had been accused of in the early 1990s. That 2012 piece has now won Eaton a feature story award in the Spanish category from the Florida Society of News Editors.
Old city, modern concept: Sustainability as a new practice
Flagler College and the city of St. Augustine are following in the sustainable footsteps of several other Florida schools and cities as the “Green Movement” takes hold in the Nation’s Oldest City.
Local shop owners dealing with counterfeit bills
Local St. Augustine frozen yogurt shop Yobe recently posted a sign on their door warning customers that they would no longer be accepting $50 and $100 bills. The reason? The amount of counterfeit money that has been coming into the shop.
Homeless, under 30 and invisible
Levi Drouillard appears young and unworn in comparison to the men he smokes cigarettes with under the makeshift patio towards the back of the St. Francis House.