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News March 26, 2012

Gargoyle wins best independent web site at SPJ regional conference

The Gargoyle took first place for best independent online publication at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Region 3 awards. The online paper took a total of five awards, including two more first places for Editor Michael Newberger in online opinion writing and Sports Editor Mari Pothier in online sports reporting.

This is the second year the online-only publication took first in online opinion. Last year the Gargoyle took second place in best independent online publication.

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News March 22, 2012

Homeless center to be built on 207

By Marissa Marinan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Home Again St. Johns Inc., a group that works to assist those without homes, is hoping to change the way St. Johns County and the city of St. Augustine deals with homelessness.

Homeless individuals are found sleeping on the sea wall at night, sitting on St. George Street and seeking shelter in the woods.

“[St. Johns County] has records that there are anywhere from 500-800 homeless people in the county including women, children and veterans,” City of St. Augustine Vice Mayor Leanna Freeman said.

But Home Again St. Johns hopes to change those numbers by providing shelter to those in need.

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Opinion, Resolution and Independence March 22, 2012

Why humans are greater than moths

By Phil Grech | gargoyle@flagler.edu

I came home on a rather warm first day of spring, opened the fridge, and poured a glass of water from my Brita water filter.  I put the water back in the fridge, but my reckless, Dionysian passions do not always allow me to place the water back in the fridge gently. Sometimes I thrust it back in the fridge as though I were doing it against the water’s will. As a result, water spills on the floor of the fridge and I get around every year or so to wiping it up.

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Sports March 22, 2012

After challenging season, women’s basketball focuses on better future

By Alexz Elmore | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Through a tough season, the women’s basketball team found their strengths and is now focused on building for the new season ahead.

The 2011 season was tough for the girls of the Flagler women’s basketball team.

The team did what they could, but injuries played a major role in their downfall this season.

“Due to injuries it was very difficult for us to change our defense as we needed, with so many players unable to play,” head coach Erika Lang-Montgomery said.

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News March 21, 2012

President Clinton stops traffic to greet students

Photo by Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu Former President Bill Clinton, along with a parade of security, stopped traffic along Cordova Street in front of the Communication Building on Tuesday. Clinton shook hands and posed for pictures with Dr. Tracy Halcomb’s Television Production class. Clinton was…

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News March 19, 2012

2012 Wanee Music Festival Preview

By Phil Sunkel| gargoyle@flagler.edu  This years Wanee Music Festival will be held from April 19-21 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla. The lineup for wanee features The Allman Brothers Band, Further, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule, Buddy Guy, Mickey…

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On Campus March 17, 2012

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow to speak at Flagler College

By Marissa Marinan | gargoyle@flagler.edu

For Jennifer Rodgers, who is lecturing about the Holocaust at Flagler on Monday, March 19, being teased by her grandfather in German and French as a child resulted in more than a love of languages.

Rodgers attributes her interest in history to her grandfather, who rarely spoke of his experiences in World War II. His silence, she said, gave her the drive to learn more, immerse herself in history, and share her findings with the world. As a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, Rodgers has turned an enjoyment for history into a life-long passion.