By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu After dedicating her life to figure skating, five-time World Champion and two-time Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan, 36, is dedicated to a new cause: getting Hillary Clinton in the White House. Kwan made a campaign stop at Flagler College’s Markland House Wednesday…
By Max Charles and Ariel Thomas| gargoyle@flagler.edu No matter who wins this year’s presidential election, it’s clear that 2016 will be remembered as one of the most politically charged. When asked this week about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, voters don’t hesitate to blast them both….
By Wesley Wilcox | gargoyle@flagler.edu In the music industry there is an expression that has been thrown around for decades about having one shot at making an impression. A band is given one opportunity to differentiate their sound from others that have come before them….
By Wesley Wilcox | gargoyle@flagler.edu The imagery of rock and roll is one that has been redefined over the past few decades. Long before today’s rock bands there was a time when one genre of music stood alone. With it a community was created, as…
Like most little girls, coloring in coloring books was my favorite thing to do! On my fifth birthday, I received a Disney Princess coloring book, it was the greatest gift anyone had ever given me at the time. I colored each page as neatly as…
The Gargoyle, Flagler College’s online-only student newspaper, wasa finalist in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2015 National Mark of Excellence Awards in two categories: Best Independent Online Student Publication and Best Digital-Only Student Publication. National Mark of Excellence award judges could select one national winner…
By Wesley Wilcox | gargoyle@flagler.edu There are events that occur annually that have the capability of uniting a community desperate to express themselves. The last weekend of April for Jacksonville natives and fans of rock and roll is the opening weekend to what is known…
By Brianna Kurzynowski Living in the dorms has its perks and disadvantages. One disadvantage, the students living on campus would mostly agree on, would be having to eat the food in dining hall. Flagler College’s student handbook states, all incoming resident students are required to…
By Jewell Tomazin | gargoyle@flagler.edu The manatee is widely known to be an endangered species, but recent signs of recovery could change their status on the Endangered Species List. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed in January to reclassify the West Indian manatee to threatened….
By Jordan Puyear| gargoyle@flagler.edu As I stuffed the Goodwill bags in my scooter, I was feeling good after my successful shopping trip. I hopped on my scooter to head back home, and I noticed the cars streaming by. As I pulled out into the traffic,…