By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Rev. Ron Rawls isn’t the type of pastor who sees his role as just preaching from a pulpit or teaching Bible school. To him, speaking up for others and fighting injustices he sees in his community are just as important….
By Jared Talbot | gargoyle@flagler.edu Just three years ago, in Ashley Martin’s first season as the head coach for the Flagler College Women’s soccer team, they finished with a record of 4-12-1. In 2015 they were slightly above .500 and last season the same. The…
By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu A protest broke out when two Flagler College students went to a downtown café and encountered a white employee who came to work in blackface on Halloween. The pair rallied support on multiple social media platforms, bringing their protest from…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Olomwene Emedi turns the key in the door to his apartment. He doesn’t know what he will find inside, but he figures it will be wet. It’s slightly less than 48 hours since Hurricane Irma swept through Jacksonville, Florida, causing…
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu As she surveyed the city after Hurricane Irma, St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver found her city’s residents in a much different state of mind than after Hurricane Matthew last October. “When I talked to people after Matthew, people were upset,…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Less than a year after Hurricane Matthew rocked the oldest city, Hurricane Irma hit Northeast Florida with 80 mph winds and 5-foot storm surges. A day after the storm, downtown St. Augustine was nearly empty and experiencing significant flooding and…
By Gabrielle Garay | gargoyle@flagler.edu Regina Jackson felt a call in her life 15 years ago. At first, it was a low whisper that grew louder and louder. The unshakeable feeling kept nudging at Jackson. “No,” she thought to herself. “This isn’t right. This isn’t for…
By Jared Olson | gargoyle@flagler.edu The first dose of Cuba you get when you touch down at Jose Marti international and take a taxi through the scorching plains towards Havana is, unsurprisingly, an unending stream of Barbudos- “the bearded ones”. Barbudos everywhere: on cracked streetside…
By Kelly Burge | gargoyle@flagler.edu Ally Marcano has been making a name for herself at Flagler College since joining in the fall of 2016. All the way from Middletown, New York, Marcano has had her dream start for her NCAA softball collegiate career. Who would have…
By Jared Talbot | gargoyle@flagler.edu The Flagler College Men’s basketball team took a step towards its next chapter today as new Head Coach Chad Warner was introduced in a press conference that took place in the Flagler College Solarium. Warner was introduced by President William…