On Campus

Immigrating north: Sonia Leones’ story

By Adriana Cabezas | gargoyle@flagler.edu Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel drove Flagler College’s custodial worker, Sonia Leones, 66, out of Colombia and into the United States. Like many other Colombians, fleeing was the only way to escape the danger of the narcotraffic mafia taking over the…


SGA pushes for change to interhall rules

By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu For the past several years, there’s one issue the Student Government Association has heard more from students about than any other on campus. And last week, SGA unveiled their plans to address that issue–interhall visitation. More than 100 students came…



Life as a transgender student on campus

By Lauren Schroeder | gargoyle@flagler.edu For Ryan Rish, growing up consisted of pretending to be someone he was not. That was until he decided to accept and express who he really was. Ryan Rish, a sophomore at Flagler College came out as transexual at the…


Rock the hammock: relaxing in style

      By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu The bustling St. George Street, spanning far and wide through downtown St. Augustine, Florida, has just about anything a shopaholic can dream of. It was missing just one thing though when Daryl Drown first stepped foot onto…



College: the time of your life or hardest time of your life

By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Flagler College students sit at their desks, bleeding anxiety as they selectively listen for their cue: a due date. It will be another big essay, project or test to cram for, and that’s exactly what they’ll be doing–cramming. Students are…


Rosie’s angels: A finals tradition

By Julie Householder | gargoyle@flagler.edu For some college students, final exam week is the most stressful week of the semester. This week is marked by back-to-back exams, presentations, projects, and papers, all of which are due during the last couple of weeks. Rosie Redmond, a…



Top 10 ways to eat better in the dorms

By Brianna Kurzynowski Living in the dorms has its perks and disadvantages. One disadvantage, the students living on campus would mostly agree on, would be having to eat the food in dining hall. Flagler College’s student handbook states, all incoming resident students are required to…