By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Rethreaded, located in Jacksonville, Florida, employs only female victims of human trafficking and the sex trade. Florida is the third highest state in the U.S. for reports of trafficking and Jacksonville is a hub for both perpetrators and their victims….
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu As a musical theater student at Ithaca College, Kevin Venardos didn’t envision himself getting into the circus business. Growing up in New Jersey, Venardos frequented Broadway shows and set his sights on a career in theater. In 2000, Venardos—who, at…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu On July 20, 2017, shortly after midnight, Keegan Von Roberts, a young black man, was shot and killed in front of his house by his white neighbor, Michael Centanni. Centanni was never charged, protected under the self-defense argument. The case…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu When Shahla Latifi was an 18-year-old pharmacy student living in Kabul, Afghanistan, it was arranged that she would marry a 50-year-old Afghan man living in Jacksonville, Florida. She was excited to leave a violent Afghanistan for a man who seemed…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu Read below or listen: St. Augustine, Florida, America’s oldest city, was once a battleground for civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his supporters were harassed, beaten and jailed when they tried to enter segregated downtown restaurants and swim…
By Colton Andre | candre129@flagler.edu This year I attended Overland Expo East in Asheville North Carolina. The first thing most people ask when I talk about this year’s Overland Expo is, what is the event about and what is overlanding itself? Overlanding is generally considered to…
Meet Marcel Vizcarra, the Peruvian chef trained at Le Corden Bleu. Chef Marcel prides himself on his ability to turn traditional Peruvian street food, which is not traditionally visually attractive, into works of art.
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
By Gabrielle Garay | gargoyle@flagler.edu Oftentimes, starting college means moving away from home. Sometimes it’s only a few hours away, sometimes across the state, and sometimes across the country. Once you get into the groove of things, you’re bombarded with balancing studying, going to class,…