Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, two Communication students, Lauren Belcher and Kelly Gibbs, bring in a local resident and discuss important issues in St. Augustine. The show airs every Thursday morning at 7:30.

This episode we talked with Marisella Veiga about her Cuban heritage and what it was like to visit Cuba after being in exile for many years.

Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, two Communication students, Lauren Belcher and Kelly Gibbs, bring in a local resident and discuss important issues in St. Augustine. The show airs every Thursday morning at 7:30.

This episode we spoke with Flagler SIFE adviser Donna DeLorenzo about the “Containers for a Cause” project, which is geared to help with the homeless problem in St. Augustine, as well as create jobs for work release prisoners.

“Setting it Straight” is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM “Radio With a Reason.” Every week, Communication major, Kelly Gibbs brings St. Augustine locals in to discuss important issues.

The show is produced by Managing Editor of The Gargoyle Lauren Belcher. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.

This episode Kelly spoke with wildlife rehabilitator Melanie Stage about birds of prey and how to help our local wildlife.

Setting it Straight is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM Radio With a Reason. Every week, two Communication students, Lauren Belcher and Kelly Gibbs, bring in St. Augustine locals to discuss important issues. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.

This episode we speak with Present Moment Cafe owner Yvette Schindler about what it means to eat raw. We also found out that hip group Dead Prez is vegetarian!

By Ryan Buffa and Philip C. Sunkel | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photos by Philip C. Sunkel IV

Day 1
By Ryan Buffa

Once I arrived at Bear Creek I was in awe. The campground was covered with tents blocked off with tapestries with album covers like the Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix.

By Lindy Almony | gargoyle@flagler.edu

With the holidays approaching, it is time to begin purchasing gifts for family and friends. I encourage you this season to break away from your typical Target purchases and strive to make environmentally-friendly gift purchases. When you add in transportation, paper and packaging waste it increases our holiday environmental impact; so let’s counteract this by making our gifts environmentally conscious and friendly!

Contributed by Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

It’s amazing to see how easily they are bought by your blood-stained dollars. They’ll sell their soul for a measly $1,500.

Contributed by Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Confined by its fetus, it waits
beneath sight and sound, it bates.
It surfaces as anarchy, conflicting.
It attacks as poison, constricting.

Contributed by Emily Hoover | gargoyle@flagler.edu

I scrape the circumference of my brain. My acquired knowledge has been encoded and stored. I cannot seem to retrieve the debris from the plastic bag. The stationary monument remains that way. There is no life between the crooked, warped lines.

“Setting it Straight” is a radio talk show on Flagler College Radio WFCF, 88.5 FM “Radio With a Reason.” Every week, Communication major, Kelly Gibbs brings St. Augustine locals in to discuss important issues.

The show is produced by Managing Editor of The Gargoyle Lauren Belcher. The show airs every Thursday morning at 8:30.

This episode Kelly spoke with Elyse Brady, administrator of the St. Augustine Art Association.

By Colleen Drew | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Rocko, a Neapolitan mastiff, has recently become a local celebrity in the St. Augustine area after being rescued.

The dog’s previous owners allegedly abused him by shattering some of his vertebrae, cutting off his ears with scissors and making him stand in his feces, which created a fungus on his paws.

By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu

Last year, Zack Thomas Paull traded in his textbooks for camouflage and joined the United States Marine Corps.

After Paull’s unit, the Second Battalion, Ninth Marine Regiment [2/9], finished its training in Parris Island, S.C., the military brass shipped the unit off to Afghanistan. Paull has spent the past 6 months in Marjah, an agricultural district in the Helmand Province.

By Stephanie Seltzer | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Do you ever wonder what the black and teal flutter flags are for outside of the Pepsi Plaza in Jacksonville? Those mark the colors of the Jaguars and their tailgating event called Teal Town.

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 Angela Daidone | gargoyle@flagler.edu

If searching for a balance between school and social life, look no further than Flagler Team Trivia.

“For one, I think it’s a lot of fun and a break from studying. On the flip side you are still learning something,” Kristin Nelson, director of student activities, said.

Trivia night takes place Wednesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bugg’s Bistro. Questions vary from history to lost lyrics to pop culture.

By Colleen Drew | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) is a local non-profit organization that provides assistance dogs to individuals with disabilities. There is no fee for the dogs and they are highly trained to help the disabled with everyday activities.