Marineland’s oldest dolphin celebrates 60 years
By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Marineland native, Nellie, has just celebrated her 60th birthday.
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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…
Republicans to change delivery, not message of platform
By Ryan Buffa| gargoyle@flagler.edu Photo courtesy of http://usconservatives.about.com/ >In the aftermath of the 2012 presidential election, many Republicans are looking back to November as a lesson in how to appeal to voters. Ethnic minorities, young adults and women overwhelmingly voted to re-elected President Barack Obama…
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.
Searching for history under the waters of Northeast Florida
Outside the gender role
By Ryan Buffa | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Eileen Pagan was painting a 5 ft. by 7 ft.. nude self portrait, revealing her breast, a confident and assertive expression and her unshaven arm pits.
Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat
The cracks in the military’s historic glass ceiling are expanding.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced last month that the Pentagon is lifting the ban on women in front-line positions. This landmark decision reverses a 1994 rule that denies women certain combat roles.
As Washington calls for gun control, many see a rise in sales
By Hannah Bleau | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As the American gun debate soars, many Americans are taking their fate into their own hands: Buying firearms fast.
The shockwave of the Aurora movie theater massacre and Sandy Hook school shooting has reached all the way to the White House, and the new debate about gun control is concerning many Americans.