By Kayla McManama | gargoyle@flagler.edu As Hurricanes Matthew and Irma came toward St. Augustine, locals rushed to make preparations for evacuation. While the St. Augustine Alligator Farm had to not only secure the property itself, but make sure the animals would be well cared for….
By Jesse Sherman | gargoyle@flagler.edu With the final exams, papers and projects students going on, students are going to start experiencing more stress in their lives. Studies show that 69 percent of people feel stress by having lack of time. Another 69 percent feel stress…
By MC Bell | gargoyle@flagler.edu Whether it’s making coffee fit for a king or passing out her handmade angels, Rosie Redmond is a celebrity at Flagler College. Every semester, Redmond hands out her handcrafted angels to students in the Student Center as a way to…
By Sarah Smith | gargoyle@flagler.edu There is just one difference between Brooke Martorano and the average college student—she’s a mom. Martorano, 20, attends Flagler College for Deaf Education and Elementary Education with endorsements in reading and ESAU, a government education organization. She hopes to one…
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Generally speaking, historic preservation isn’t a responsibility for most nuns. But for a few at the Sisters of St. Joseph, the declining state of the Villa Flora was enough for them to take action. The Villa Flora, a yellow-brown…
By Mallory Hopkins | gargoyle@flagler.edu There were dozens of tiny houses and plenty of people bonding and building new friendships over tiny living at the second annual Florida Tiny House Festival in Elkton, Florida, just outside of St. Augustine. The United Tiny House Association held the festival…
By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu When Shahla Latifi was an 18-year-old pharmacy student living in Kabul, Afghanistan, it was arranged that she would marry a 50-year-old Afghan man living in Jacksonville, Florida. She was excited to leave a violent Afghanistan for a man who seemed…
A Spanish Hogfish makes an appearance at the Sombrero Reef located off of Marathon Key. “Pretty much all reefs in the Keys have been affected from hot and cold temperatures,” said Kayla Ripple, the science program manager at the Coral Restoration Foundation. “Two years in…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Denise Alexander had been experiencing unusual symptoms for a year that doctors could not diagnose. She moved to Florida to live with her parents because she, a grown woman, could no longer take care of herself—her symptoms had worsened. Finally, a bittersweet…
By Gabrielle Garay | gargoyle@flagler.edu In the upstairs room of a church, a group of people are working. Grinding cinnamon sticks down in a mortar in pestle, mixing lye and soap, churching the concoctions, while sweet aromas fill the air. Stacks of colorful soaps sit…