By Katie Garwood | gargoyle@flagler.edu For Alan Woolfolk, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, being “average” isn’t an option for Flagler College. Efforts to strengthen and improve the academic program at the college are part of the latest strategic plan, which will…
By Liz Browning | gargoyle@flagler.edu Like most Floridians, my wardrobe mainly consist of shorts, tank-tops, and flip-flops. Occasionally, I will wear a scarf, but only to accessorize — rarely for warmth. I bought my first pair of boots when I was 15 and I’ve never…
By Carie Levy | gargoyle@flagler.edu My heart raced as I stood atop the tiny platform attached to a tree 60 feet in the air. I had a bungee chord on and I knew it would catch me and keep me safe. Despite this, however, freely…
By Jeff Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu The idea of playing professional basketball for many Division II players tends to be a fantasy. But for former Flagler basketball player Ante Gospic it has become a reality in his home country of Croatia. Gopsic plays for BC Cibona…
Daytona, Fla. – Three time Daytona 500 champion and four time Sprint Cup series Champion Jef Gordon is making the jump from NASCAR to broadcast television with the Fox NASCAR broadcasting team. Gordon spoke about the move at this year’s Daytona 500 in February. “I’m…
Coming so close to reaching the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in Surprise, Arizona, was the storyline coming out of 2015 for the women’s tennis program. In 2015, the Saints took their Cinderella story into the NCAA Regionals as they were faced with the overwhelming task of…
By Jared Talbot | gargoyle@flagler.edu For the second year in a row the annual Academy Awards had no African-American actors up for an Oscar, and this year it created an uproar. Each year a total of 20 possible actors can be up for an Oscar,…
By Shelby Gillis | gargoyle@flagler.edu St. Johns County has one of the strongest economies in Florida and continues to outpace the nation in unemployment and median household income. The unemployment rate is 3.5 percent, lower all of the state’s 67 counties except Monroe County, home…
By Alanna O’Rourke | gargoyle@flagler.edu When it comes to helping young people, Stephanie Postell isn’t looking for some newfangled, unproven approach. “The thing that makes us different is that we haven’t tried to reinvent the wheel,” said Postell. “We’re perfecting the wheel. We’re perfecting it,…
By Brianna Kurzynowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu The Toms River Chemical Plant was a source of pride in one New Jersey town until investigators discovered that toxic chemicals from the plant had likely caused a spike in childhood cancers. The plant had remained in operation for more…