Stories

From Binge to Blackout

By Katie Lutz | gargoyle@flagler.edu   Students of Nease High School grew silent as Toren Volkmann proclaimed his not so secret life, “I’m Toren, and I’m an alcoholic.” Volkmann recently spoke to the students of Nease and Creekside High Schools in St. John’s County. He…


The 2012 Election and Women’s Health

By Alexa Epitropoulos | gargoyle@flagler.edu Issues such as contraception, abortion and preventative care have received little media attention in comparison to jobs and the economy. For many Flagler College students voting for the first time, the representation of these issues can make a difference. Alexandra…


Athletics not all about the athlete

By Cristina Coca | gargoyle@flagler.edu

You may have noticed some of the new faces in the athletic department here at Flagler College over the past few weeks, many of them coaches. But there is one new face that is even more important to those new coaches, staff members, and most of all the student athletes here.

She doesn’t call the court or the field her home, her home is the Athletic Training Room. She is the newest Associate Athletic Trainer. Eva Beaulieu joins an already strong athletic training staff with Head Athletic Trainer Jennifer Rinnert and fellow Associate Athletic Trainer JJ Wetherington.


Women’s volleyball set to overcome challenges

With the season under way, Brian Heffernan looks for success in his first year as head coach of the women’s volleyball team.

With five starters returning, younger players moving up the ranks and the acquisition of three freshmen, Heffernan faces the challenge of incorporating his style of play to those who are unaccustomed to his tactics.



Planned academic building runs into resident opposition

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Residents like Robert Hall want Flagler College to build more learning space on campus, but they don’t want students looking into the bed and breakfast across the street.

“It’s the commercial versus the residents,” said Hall, a resident of downtown St. Augustine and a retired Flagler College Art Department chair, “and the people who are living there are generally in favor of the smaller building.”



Graffiti: The art of destruction

By Scott Harrison | gargoyle@flagler.edu Photo By Phil Sunkel | Psunkel@hype-mag.com St. Augustine, Fla. is the nation’s oldest city decorated with historical architecture. However, these famous landmarks could be in danger. Last year alone, a couple people spray-painted a blue fish on the Castillo de…



From ballerina to pilates instructor: A look into the life of a local performer

By Jenna Carpenter | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Being active is a key to a fulfilled life, and Jennifer Dournaux, a former dancer and Power Pilates mat certified instructor at Flagler College, is doing just that.

Jennifer Dournaux, or Jen, as she is known to her students, is a retired ballerina who turned her passion for pilates into a career. Dournaux started ballet at the age of 3, and in high school, danced for the Orlando Ballet.