Stories

Freshman year: The folly of ambition

By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu I’ve made a freshman mistake. One that only an overly ambitious student can make during their first year of college. So many opportunities were thrown my way. Instead of taking the road less traveled, I took both roads at the…



The college experience as a married student

By Roxanne Steward | gargoyle@flagler.edu I started out this article wanting to write about the idea of “the college experience.” I’m not sure what I thought I would find, but I assumed, wrongly so, that we all entered into college expecting a thriving social life. I…


End of an Era: Bo Clark moving on from Flagler basketball

By Jared Talbot| gargoyle@flagler.edu Coaching 31 years at the same college is no small feat. Yet for recently-retired Flagler Men’s Basketball coach Bo Clark, it was almost easy. “Flagler is such a great institution,” Clark said. “The people here are so great and between that…


Top 5 motivational study spots for the chronic procrastinator

By Katherine Hamilton | gargoyle@flagler.edu Few things measure up to the amount of dread that fills my entire being when I hear that I must spend my free-time studying. Annoyance, procrastination, anxiety: the cycle repeats rhythmically, drumming like Chinese water torture, driving me mad. When I…


Is success only by chance?

  By Ethan McAlpin| gargoyle@flagler.edu Now that the hype and allure of the Grammy Awards have settled, let’s reassess why so much attention was given to Chicago native and independent hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper. The world watched on TVs, live Facebook streams, and Snapchat stories as Chance the Rapper,…




Oysters: more than what meets the eye

By Courtney Cox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Marine mammals like dolphins, whales and other large aquatic species receive most of the attention when it comes to favorites of the sea. However, a smaller, harder and completely motionless “rock” is responsible for sustaining the lives of such large,…