Stories


Privately owned detention centers turning immigrants into ATM machines

By Katherine Lewin | gargoyle@flagler.edu The Obama administration ended the so-called “wet foot, dry foot” policy in January 2017. This part of the Cuban Adjustment Act allowed Cubans without visas to stay in the United States and begin the citizenship process once their feet touched…


Rock the hammock: relaxing in style

      By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu The bustling St. George Street, spanning far and wide through downtown St. Augustine, Florida, has just about anything a shopaholic can dream of. It was missing just one thing though when Daryl Drown first stepped foot onto…


Harry Potter week returns as a condensed, single-week event

By MC Bell | gargoyle@flagler.edu Every November, Flagler students prepare to bring to life the tales and characters from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series through multiple events during the week. Director of Student Activities, Kristina Lombardo, said this year the co-sponsorship committee is condensing the…


To the ones who say, “He’s not my president.”

By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu I’ve heard a great deal of hullabaloo about how Donald Trump doesn’t represent the values our country wants to portray. After the election, the in-unison out cry of “He’s not my president!” streamed all over Twitter, Facebook and my college campus. Many…




The not-all right whales need the right change

  “Approaching or remaining within 500 yards of a right whale is against federal law,” said Cheryl Munday, NOAA Fisheries marine mammal outreach specialist. “Violations can result in civil or criminal penalties with fines up to $100,000. This applies to operators of all types of…


Stepping into the Sun

By Katherine Stairs | gargoyle@flagler.edu I couldn’t remember anything after waking up in a hospital room, trapped in a screen bed. From what my parents told me, I couldn’t take care of myself either. I was like a toddler learning for the first time what…


Flagler’s Bobbitt rebounds from devastating injury

By Tiara Campobasso | gargoyle@flagler.edu For many athletes, a torn meniscus can be psychologically debilitating. But for Flagler junior Ben Bobbitt, finding out about the diagnosis pushed him to work harder to get back onto the court with his teammates. Flashback to the beginning of…