Stories



Flagler men’s soccer win second-round NCAA match in shootout

By Eric Albury | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Eric Albury

After a scoreless regulation and overtime, the second-seeded Flagler College men’s soccer team outscored sixth-seeded UNC Pembroke 4-2 in a shootout in a second-round match of the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Championship on Saturday night.

Ryan Hanson, goalkeeper for the Braves, could not follow up on his perfect record during regulation and overtime of 12 saves, allowing all four of the Saints’ shots during the shootout to go past him.


Faculty senate proposes reconstruction of 2013-2014 academic year

By Alexis Nicole Mortenson | gargoyle@flagler.edu On October 24, the Faculty senate of Flagler College met to finalize their proposal for the 2013-2014 academic year. If passed, this proposal will add drastic changes to both the Fall and Spring semester for the upcoming 2013-2014 year….


St. Augustine marks holiday season with Night of Lights

By Katie Lutz | gargoyle@flagler.edu   St. Augustine is set to begin their 19th annual Nights of Lights winter celebration on Saturday, November 17th, at Light-Up! Night. On this night over 3 million Christmas lights will illuminate downtown St. Augustine at 6:30 PM when the…



The poor man’s diet is always rich in sodium

By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Being a broke college student, I get by on the little things in life.

Living in St. Augustine, it’s easy to walk around on a full stomach for free. It’s become such an integral part of my weekly routine that I have worked my schedule around the times I can go consume large amounts of free food at multiple establishments.


Miles from home, Flagler students provide relief to Hurricane-ravaged Northeast

Temperatures are below freezing in the Northeast and 500,000 people are still without power due to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. Thousands of residents in New Jersey and New York are displaced, having lost their homes and access to basic resources that we all take for granted.

Colleen Keener, 21, a Flagler College student from Belmar, New Jersey couldn’t sit back and look at photos of the damage any longer.


By Cristina Coca | gargoyle@flagler.edu

With the season rapidly approaching, head coach Erika Lang Montgomery has her team in high gear. The Women’s basketball team has been preparing for the last few months for a season that could very well be one of their best in the Peach Belt Conference.

Coach Lang Montgomery feels that this could be the year the team makes a strong argument in conference play and makes it to the post season Conference tournament. The team has a very strong core group of girls with eight returners and five newcomers including three seniors Jen Knurek, Arianna Roper, and Rachel Brown. The team has not had a winning season as a member of the Peach Belt since they joined four years ago from the NAIA Florida Sun Conference. But that isn’t stopping the team this year, they are using that as motivation.