By Jesse Sherman | gargoyle@flagler.edu With Halloween less than a week away, Flagler College students can enjoy themselves at a nocturnal tradition with costumes, dancing and free food. Flagler is hosting its annual Midnight Breakfast tradition to help students de-stress after midterms on Thursday from…
By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Rather than remove a Confederate monument in St. Augustine’s downtown plaza, St. Augustine city commissioners decided Monday night to keep the memorial to soldiers who died in the Civil War, but also add “context” to better explain the complex history…
By Gabrielle Garay | gargoyle@flagler.edu On Oct. 19, white supremacist and president of the National Policy Institute Richard Spencer spoke at an auditorium at the University of Florida. The last time he spoke on a college campus was on Aug. 11 in Charlottesville, Va., where…
By Jared Talbot | gargoyle@flagler.edu It all started with a call, which changed the course of my summer as well as my life. At 12:30 a.m. on July 9 I got a call from my sister’s boyfriend Tyler. He told me that there had been…
By Selbe Dittman | gargoyle@flagler.edu This past week, women on Facebook have been posting “Me too” statuses in solidarity with victims of sexual harassment and abuse. These statuses are a part of a movement started by Tarana Burke, an advocate for awareness of sexual harassment…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Hasani Malone stands in front of one of the confederate statues in the St. Augustine plaza that celebrates those who fought for slavery. This monument, as well as others, have been a reminder to Malone and the black community that…
By Lillian Jaeger | gargoyle@flagler.edu Even though the town of St. Augustine did not get a direct hit from Hurricane Irma earlier this month, there was still major damage that occurred and can still be seen even 4 weeks after the storm. As I walked…
By Elise Kolmer | gargoyle@flagler.edu Walking into the exhibit and looking over the railing into the Dressing Downton event was like stepping back in time. The event on October 3 at the Lightner Museum served as an opening reception for the new Downton Abbey exhibit…
By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu On October 6, The Kookaburra hosted their first “Throw Down Under” latte art competition. Contestants came from as far as Miami, Florida, to compete. The latte art was judged by a panel of three coffee connoisseurs, two of whom have…
By Tiffany Coelho | gargoyle@flagler.edu Walking aimlessly around in Barnes & Noble as a 12-year-old, I remember trying to find something to catch my attention in the magazine racks. I hadn’t discovered my true love for books yet and, really, had no place being in…