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Overcowded weight room highlights gym safety concerns

By Kathleen Quillian | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Calling the Flagler College weight room overcrowded is an understatement.

Athletes, non-athletes and faculty share the weight room facility. The gym has been updated in the past five years, yet the issue comes down to size. It is not ideal for so many people to be training, and safety is starting to become a concern.




Get out of town: Spring “blink” 2013

By Margaret Wallis| gargoyle@flagler.edu Photo via 8tracks.com Little more than one week separates Flagler students from Spring Break, or “spring blink” as it has been affectionately deemed by students and faculty. In a recent survey of 50 Flagler students, cost, time and academic obligations were…



Despite scandal, Catholics defend their faith

The Roman Catholic Church has been in the news again for more of the same — of years of child rape and abuse in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Once news broke of retired Cardinal Roger Mahony concealing child rape and abuse by priests under his charge for more than a decade, he was relieved of all duties. Mahony’s protection of abusive priests is not he first such case in the Catholic Church.


St. Francis Director helps homeless through tough love

By Alexa Epitropoulos | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Upon first glance, the St. Francis House, a light green, two-story townhouse bursting at the seams with color, appears more like a bed and breakfast than a refuge for the homeless. The differences aren’t only skin deep.
Director Renee Morris, like the St. Francis House, proves that appearances can be deceiving. A petite, well-dressed woman with an assertive, to-the-point demeanor, Morris can be intimidating to a stranger. Closer examination reveals an individual with a profound passion for helping others.


Is American ‘extremism’ on the rise?

In a decade of weeklong juice cleanses, five-minute abs and organic-only eating, it begs the question: are we a society of extremists or are we simply trying to reach perfection?

Bobby Appleby, 27, is a CrossFit trainer in St. Augustine, Fla. Appleby’s gym opened a year ago in an old warehouse behind Flagler Hospital.