By Annika Minton | gargoyle@flagler.edu Alyssa Peters does not carry the weight of the world on her shoulders: rather a tattoo of the world on the back of her neck. To her friends and family, this is her trademark. The outline of all of the continents…
By Susan Boswell and Taylor Long | gargoyle@flagler.edu Three major terrorist strikes in the past year, including the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris which left 130 dead and 368 injured, have shaken travelers worldwide. But many college students are undeterred and want to study abroad…
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photos contributed by Liz Lang
Flagler College senior Liz Lang was wrapping up her first Saturday night on the town in Chile when an earthquake struck at 3:34 a.m. on February 27.
“Two of my friends were outside skateboarding,” Lang said. “That was the scariest thing…we didn’t know where they were.”
Liz, a political science and Spanish major, was beginning the spring semester of her junior year studying abroad in Viña del Mar, Chile when an earthquake of an 8.8-magnitude hit.
By Jill Houser | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College sophomore Veronica Spake is trying to save the lives of 300,000 North Korean refugees.
By Michael Strasburger | mstrasburger@flagler.edu
For Kathy O’Keefe, Director of Alumni Relations and Flagler Class of 1980, a journey to a genocide-ravaged country began with a letter that came in the mail.
By Michael Strasburger | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by Jackie Werboff
While the semester is settling into a routine for most students, one Flagler student is breaking from tradition and getting her education on the high seas.
Selfless doctor gives life, dreams to unfortunate youth in Peru with Hogar clinic
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Four or five of the children were covered in third-degree burns. One boy was missing a leg. Some were in wheelchairs. One was missing his ears. An older girl stared off into space unable to see, but she was smiling. They all were. They were happy, dancing and singing children.