Gargoyle Online News attended the forum on the Israel-Palestine featuring Senator George McGovern, Spanish Foreign Ambassador Santiago Martinez-Caro and former CIA clandestine services officer Ron Estes. We got a chance to sit down with them afterward and hear their opinions on the ongoing conflict.
By Zach Gray | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Star athletes like former Pedro Menendez linebacker Tony Steward don’t come around very often.
Like so many other studs, Steward has all of the athletic accolades that, for most of us, exist only in dreams. For the 2011 recruiting class, he was ranked as the country’s 13th overall prospect, according to rivals.com. Furthermore, Steward’s exceptional talents earned him a scholarship to continue his career at Clemson University. With the world of athletics seemingly in the palm of his hand, it is Steward’s off-the-field lifestyle and endeavors that truly set him apart.
By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photos by Emily Hoover
More than a year after Victor Holtz lost his Lincolnville home in a fire, he is releasing his first novel, called “And the Violent Taketh by Force.”
By Cal Colgan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The parking lot in front of M&M Market has been mostly bare for the past few months, save for the patrons of the Chill Grill restaurant next door. But before the St. Augustine Police Department and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office helped to close down the corner store, many Lincolnville residents knew it as a hub for the community’s criminal activity.
Wanee Music Festival at The Spirit of Suwanee Music Park located in Live Oak, Florida will take place on April 14-16, 2011. An expanded Wanee Kick Off Party will take place on Wednesday, April 13 starting at 2 p.m.- 2 a.m. to get the weekend started off just right!
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photos by Lauren Belcher
Jerry Kass, 96, is a retired Marine and long time Jewish resident of St. Augustine. He first visited the city in 1930, moved there in 1937 and has lived across the street from Flagler College, then Ponce de León Hotel, ever since.
Kass’ house has a large front porch. The mat at the door has a picture of a dustpan and a broom that says Schmootz, and he has a banner nailed into the door frame that says Shalom. Kass spends most of his time sitting on this porch.
By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Every game is a blessing for senior John Pietkiewicz of the Flagler men’s basketball team.
Even though the Saints have been struggling on the court, Pietkiewicz has been excelling. He was chosen to be the Peach Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 6.
By Caroline Young | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Canadians Sharon and Basil Gribbon were dedicated to helping save whales long before the 2-year-old endangered North Atlantic right whale was pulled to shore dead on Feb. 2.
“We have loved whales since the first time we saw the sea,” Sharon, a retired employee of the Health Agency of Canada, said. “They’re such a spectacular mammal.”
By Eliza Jordan | ejordan@flagler.edu
To understand styles other than your own, you’ve go to try and understand them!
I found two consistently well-dressed Flagler College students that have their own unique twist to fashion.
By Ryan L. Buffa | gargoyle@flagler.edu
A crowd of hundreds stand together silently gazing at the stage with their hands raised, a few with their eyes closed and sing softly in unison, “I can hardly see what’s in front of me, these days.”