Stories



The importance of buying local

    By Jess Zsiga | gargoyle@flagler.edu I am from the most densely populated county in Florida, and despite the exception of a few blocks of downtown St. Petersburg, Pinellas County is surprisingly limited on options for buying local. So, when I made the move…



Not defined by the end: Who was Carrie Singer?

By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu The same girl who spiritedly waved to her mother from the top of a corn silo she had climbed, and the same woman who wanted Christmas decorations on her house all- year round, is the same woman whose 14-year-old cold…




Movement against plastic use reaches St. Augustine

By Kyra Moree | gargoyle@flagler.edu Plastic bans protect the aquatic and environmental assets and are designed to stop the use of non-recyclable plastic items, which have a harmful impact on the environment. These bans prohibit retail sales establishments from making available plastic checkout bags, plastic water bottles,…


American DREAMer hoping to stay put

By Adriana Cabezas | gargoyle@flagler.edu At the tender age of 8, Jonathan Orellana left home and traveled alone on a perilous 2,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the U.S.-Mexico border. He risked it all to start a new life and live out his version of…


Words hurt: Cody’s take on discrimination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-wb_JC6InI&t=1s Watch as Flagler College Student, Cody Puckett, details his encounters with racial profiling and discrimination he has faced as an Asian-American.