Stories

Scared of the screen

By Jordan Puyear| gargoyle@flagler.edu It was 7:45 at night, and other than the light from the movie screen, the room was pitch black. The classroom was filled with other students, and it was there that I almost started crying with The Exorcist playing in front of…


The 5 best food trucks in St. Augustine

By Sarah Glynn | gargoyle@flagler.edu Big Island Bowl https://www.facebook.com/Big-Island-Bowls-671148476255058/ Favorite: Mana Kea Bowl with Dragonfruit This health-conscious food truck can be found just a short walk across the Bridge of Lions. Never tried an Acai bowl? You’re missing out. This nutrient-packed frozen treat is the…



Nomophobics anonymous: A day without my phone

By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu Some people are addicted to alcohol, some to gambling and some to smoking. But me? I’m addicted to using my phone. And the first step to solving an addiction is admitting you have a problem, so let this be just that….


Breaking Bad and the rise of meth labs

By Lindsay Tahan | gargoyle@flagler.edu St. Johns County sheriff’s deputies say they have seen a rise in meth labs as they shut down pill mills. One of the biggest meth labs they’ve seen in recent years was located at a manufactured home along Ravenswood Drive,…


Catching waves on the way to heaven

By Jamie Coulson and Jeff Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu Christian Surfers has a simple mission: Connecting surfers to Jesus. “The people at CS are the best in the world at loving surfers,” said Dean Plumlee, national director of Christian Surfers USA. “They do a great job…


Jacksonville’s stubborn fight over LGBT rights

By Alanna O’Rourke and Shelby Gillis| gargoyle@flagler.edu Jacksonville is most populous city in Florida. It spans more than 874 square miles, making it the largest city by area in the United States. And until recently, it was the largest American city that did not offer…


Love, via YouTube

By Nikki Ross and Shelby Gardiner| gargoyle@flagler.edu A man and a woman meet. It starts out casual, but pretty soon it happens: they fall for each other. There’s just one problem. He lives on the other side of the world. This kind of thing happens…


Mom, apple pie and performance enhancing drugs

By Will Sandman| gargoyle@flagler.edu Our national pastime is doing everything it can do prevent players who cheated from being memorialized, and for good reason. However, many believe that thinking may be incorrect. Steroids have drawn a line in baseball. Over the past 30 years, performance enhancing…


Families mourn victims after shooting

By Troy MacNeill and Alex Strom| gargoyle@flagler.edu A man accused in the April 5 murder of the mother of his child and a teen-ager in West St. Augustine is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. Johnny Lawrence Williams Jr., 36, was arrested without incident…