Stories

How to prepare for finals

By Melissa Goldberg | gargoyle@flagler.edu

With finals approaching, students are preparing for all night study sessions and lack of sleep.

There are those who wait until the last minute. They try and crunch in a semester’s worth of reading the night before, while others study a few hours here and there the week prior.


Economy causes hookah lounge to close

By Liliana Cerquozzi | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Ashley Smith

For Ray Adieh, owner of Kulture Hookah Lounge, closing of his beloved business is a tragedy.

Businesses all around West King Street are shutting down. Some store owners have found no way around it.

“There is not enough business to sustain the bills,” Adieh said.


Bike culture in St. Augustine

By Bo Culkeen | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Top Photo by Josh Weaver; Bottom Photo by David Castagno

The latest trend in St. Augustine isn’t tight jeans, neon v-necks or multicolored Ray-Bans. It’s bicycles.

Bicycles are blowing up the streets of St. Augustine like the Fourth of July and no one is holding anything back. Imagine Martha Stewart on an episode of West Coast Customs: Bicycle Editions. That’s basically what’s rolling around the streets of downtown.


New sushi joint has students choosing Spy

By Joey Metz | gargoyle@flagler.edu

You’d better watch out Fusion Point and Yamato, there’s a new sushi bar in town, and it looks like this one is rolling for keeps.

Spy Sushi and Saketini Lounge, located at 21 Hypolita Street (or the old Crab Grabbers, for you locals), has just recently opened its doors. So far, the local reviews are Sake-ing it to the previously best-rated sushi bars in St. Augustine.


The Movement sees no walls from students

By Liliana Cerquozzi | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Liliana Cerquozzi

For Ray Eme, The Movement was not just about having fun and performing respective arts in the name of God. It turned out to be more than that when the non-Christian community of Flagler College attended the March event.

The Movement was a weeklong event that held a religious panel, various nights of performances and a final dinner.


Curb side Shopping

By Joey Metz | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Well folks, the end is near.

For some, it will be a short break before classes begin over summer, but for others – it’s the end for a while.

People are moving in and out of houses and balancing final exams and portfolios. It’s hard to move out of a house, but think of this as the season of opportunity.



What’s Haute: Diary of a Flagler Fashionisto

Photos by Jody Marich
A communication major, Ethan Reynolds, loves his clothes. From polos to jeans, totes to shoes, this boy knows style. The bubbly sophomore invited me into his AMAZING closet. These are a few things I learned about him.

  1. He has an eye for fashion
  2. He has an obsession with fabulous bags
  3. His closet is like a candy store for fashionistas

After taking a tour of his fashion, I was fortunate enough to interview the 20 year old.

Jody Marich: What inspires you when you dress?


Ringhaver endorses Rubio

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle

PHOTO CAPTION: Chairman of Flagler College’s board of trustees and chairman and president of Ring Power Corp. Randal Ringhaver (right) endorses U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio (left) during a speech at Ring Power’s St. Augustine plant yesterday.

Ring Power President and Chairman Randal Ringhaver endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio yesterday during a press conference at Ring Power’s St. Augustine factory near World Golf Village.


Seniors struggle in job search

By Bailey Latham | gargoyle@flagler.edu

According to the Washington Post, a typical college graduating class has 10 percent of its students graduating without a job or predetermined plan, but last year that number rose to 40 percent. Four Flagler College students weigh in on their job search and plan upon their April 24 graduation.