Written and Photographed by Phillip C. Sunkel IV gargoyle@flagler.edu For Carl Halbirt, finding hidden treasures isn’t only his passion, it’s his job. As the city archeologist of St. Augustine— the nation’s oldest permanent European city — Halbirt has a passion for finding the treasures which lie…
By Lauren Belcher | cbelcher@flagler.edu
Photo Illustrations by Josh Weaver
The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization is funding a comprehensive St. Augustine bicycle study.
“The plan is three major intended outcomes,” said Chris Fellerhoff, a hired consultant of the TPO from Sprinkle Consulting. “The first, and probably the most substantial is, a recommendation of bike routes that could be signed throughout the city of St. Augustine.”
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photos By Aaron Beasley
Rane Harrington’s favorite method of travel doesn’t involve shelling out gas money or cash for an expensive plane ticket. Instead, Harrington hops trains.
Harrington packs an extra set of clothes into a big bag, in case he gets covered with the filth from the dust of the box car or the airborne debris flying past the train. Popularized in the Great Depression by hundreds of hobos looking for out-of-state work, train-hopping still has a loyal following of people across the country.
By Nick Cardoso| gargoyle@flagler.edu
When playing with a group of people for so long, there is a time when a sports teams stops being a team and becomes a family. Senior women’s soccer midfielders Erin Buning and Caleigh Hodgkins can both relate.
Hodgkins has played on the women’s soccer team since she was a freshman but said that she was familiar with the team even before she began attending Flagler.
By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Over $240,000 worth of drugs have been retrieved after the Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida succeeded in performing two busts and several smaller ones.
Each bust was obtained through tips – information of people growing marijuana in their homes that the police would not have known if they had not been given the information.
By Isabella Pazmino | gargoyle@flagler.edu
From swords and daggers to simulated canon firing, The Pirate and Treasure Museum invites tourists and residents aboard this November, on a historical journey.
By Isabella Pazmino | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Students at Flagler walk the grounds of a city that holds unlimited historical events and archaeological sites, and yet, their participation to uncover history in St. Augustine is less than expected.
Sarah Bennett, an intern at Florida Public Archaeology Network feels Flagler students, particularly students majoring in archaeology, are unaware of all the opportunities this city offers archaeologically and historically.
By Colleen Drew | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Many individuals are embarrassed to tell people that they listen to country music; I used to be one of them. Being from New York it wasn’t the coolest thing to listen to or a great way to make friends. As soon as you tell people, they assume it is hillbilly country and you are a redneck.
At home there was one country station and it was aired out of Connecticut; obviously country isn’t too popular by me. When I was with my friends we would always listen to the popular radio stations, which played rap and pop music. When listening, I couldn’t understand what the rappers were saying and even if it did come out clear I didn’t know what half of it meant.
Flagler sophomore Kelsey Hammell was paddling out for an afternoon surf by the pier on Saturday, Sept. 18. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon on 4th street when Kelse found herself in a scary situation.
“I was surfing in the outside break. I was pretty far out and it was in between sets,” Hammell said. “It got really calm for a little bit and I could see there was something under the water circling around. I couldn’t see it, but I could feel it.”
By Victoria Van Arnam | SIFEMedia@flagler.edu Counter Clockwise, Victoria Van Arnam, and Renée Chiaverini pose with the Loci Design interns Walter Woods and Clayton Dodd in front of the TEDx sign. On Friday, Flagler SIFE and Loci Design exhibited at the TEDx sponsored by Creative…