Josh Rutgers has been fighting all his life, from his humble beginnings in kindergarten to his professional boxing retirement fight in 2009. Nowadays, the single father concentrates on running his gym while setting up his fight promotion.
Helen Keller, the American author and activist who became deaf and blind at 18-months-old, said, “Blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people.”
After the creation of the Ponce de Leon Hotel 125 years ago, Henry Flagler asked his cousin Thomas Horace Hastings to start a farm a few miles west of St Augustine to grow food for his guest.
Two Flagler College Gargoyle editors and an Advanced Reporting class student won national awards in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence competition, including a first place finish for opinion writing. This marks the first time a Flagler student has earned a national SPJ award.
By Hannah Bleau | gargoyle@flagler.edu
In the midst of a bleak economy, Americans have still turned to gourmet cupcakes as the new, affordable luxury item. Gourmet cupcake shops are prospering.
Small businesses have been struggling the past five years. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 200,000 small businesses have gone under between 2008 and 2010. The same cannot be said for the cupcake industry. Market research center NPD found that approximately 669.4 million cupcakes were sold October 2010 to October 2011 – in the midst of the economic crisis.
By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The whir of her cell phone, set to vibrate, goes off beside Susan Peters’ bed. She picks it up, already knowing the call is from the Betty Griffin House, walks to the bathroom, puts on her already folded change of clothes and drives to Flagler Hospital.
By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu
During the Flagler College Gargoyle trip to the New York City National College Media Convention, Joshua Santos rented a bike and strapped on a GoPro for a ride through city.
By Alexa Epitropoulos | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The last thing Michael Shannon expected while attending a family wedding was to be discriminated against because of the person he loved.
Shannon was staying at a Clearwater hotel with his mother when he realized that several LGBTQ social networking sites and dating sites were blocked from the server. More than that, Shannon’s complaints were received with the manager’s assertion that it was a “family hotel.”
By Justin Katz | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The 2012-2013 school year is quickly coming to a close, but the new Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board is already planning for next year. While their plans have not formally been reviewed by the Office of Student Services, new board members are hopeful to make an impact.
By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu
During a recent dig, St Augustine City Archeologist, Carl Halbirt, found three old wells buried underneath the future site of Flagler College’s new communications building Pollard Hall.