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Croatian basketball player fulfills dream to come to America

By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Born in Zadar, Croatia, Ante Gospic’s dream was to get a college education in America. “I remember watching American college movies and I wanted to be just like the actors,” said Gospic.
Gospic knew that his only chance of being able to come to America for college was through the game of basketball. “I knew that if I was really good at basketball, then American colleges would recruit me” said Gospic.




Mosquitoes bring fears of West Nile Virus

By Amber James | gargoyle@flagler.eduA black curtain. That is what Rachael Horn compares the mosquitoes in her yard in St Augustine to. Florida spends about $160 million on mosquito control, and mosquitoes in the state are a fact of life.

The fine arts major knows it. “I brave the mosquitoes to go outside,” Horn said.


Career Services plans for GRE workshops in future

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Kristin Nelson, new director of Career Services, aims to make Ringhaver Student Center a Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) test site in the next couple years.

This year, Nelson is holding GRE test prep workshops, which will be available later in the fall.


Check out this year’s Gargoyle awards gallery

The Gargoyle staff won 10 awards this past year for everything from features on homelessness to news stories about bullying to opinion touching on veterans issues. In fact, in one year the online newspaper won more awards than it has in its entire history.


SIFE Blog: Nationals!

The team practicing the presentation in our hotel. We safely arrived in Minneapolis, MN! We have been enjoying the wonderful food options in the city and the cool weather. We travel around indoors through skyways or as we call them, “gerbil tunnels.” Some of our…


Mental disorders or mad gifts? Reflections from a dysfunctional graduate

By Cal Colgan| jcolgan@flagler.edu

I am about to graduate college, and I can’t even sleep soundly in my own bed. My bedroom makes a homeless camp look like a palace: dirty clothes seem to creep out of every corner and nook. Papers, posters, Power Bar wrappers and old Arizona Tea cans cover the floor, and I create “walking space” just by shifting the pile of refuse from one end of the room to the other.

My room is a testament to my life: a disorganized, erratic mess. I’ve been this way ever since I can remember.


Setting it straight: Legend Armstrong to retire

Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, Communication major Kelly Gibbs brings in a St. Augustine local to discuss issues going on around the city. The show airs every Thursday morning…


Setting it straight: Poetry teacher headed to China

Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, Communication major Kelly Gibbs brings in a St. Augustine local to discuss issues going on around the city. The show airs every Thursday morning…