Stories

Gargoyle to increase sports coverage on, off campus

By Gian Louis Thompson | gthompson@flagler.edu My name is Gian Louis Thompson and I’m The Gargoyle’s new Sports editor. I plan to cover the Saints in depth, as we’ve always done, and expand our coverage to the wide alternative sports community throughout Northeast Florida. Expect…


Back to the East Coast

Last week in Los Angeles: my only concern at the moment is the time difference and jet lag that I will have to bear as I head for home. I want my last week to be packed full of things to do and soaking up…


Loving LA, but ready to go home

There’s nothing like home. There’s nothing like home. There’s nothing like home. My black platform heels aren’t doing the job that those Dorothy red, sequined shoes do – which is to send me home to St. Augustine. Los Angeles is great, don’t get me wrong but St. Aug has a hook into my heart.



Lessons from the red carpet

Something about going to exclusive events makes me feel like a celebrity, even though no one knows who I am except the other interns who go with me. But as long as I can get dressed up and take pictures, I’m happy.


July 4th, California style

Every business has a troublesome client, but being a public relations practitioner means that you have to handle your client well and get the job done. In this case, our client had her boyfriend call my boss Jane and threaten her life if she did…


Passing of a legend and a brush with celebrity

This really doesn’t pertain to my internship but on Thursday, June 25 Michael Jackson died. You know how on events like these people always say, “I will always know where I was when this and this happened”? I think this was one of those days.



I Can’t Live Without You

So I had a three-hour phone conversation with one of my best friends from college the other day. For anyone who knows me, long phone conversations are by no means a rarity for Kim Hartman — that’s not the notable part. Part of the content,…


A ‘Metro’ education

So sometimes the most exciting parts of my day arent at work, they are on my main mode of transportation. aka THE METRO!

On Wednesday this week I got off of work and waited for the bus. This little old lady was ahead of me paying the fare, and the woman bus driver tells her that she needs to put more money on her bus pass because it’s all out. The woman just shrugs and sits down; this must be a recurring matter because the bus driver just sighed loudly and checked my pass.