By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

When Reddit and Wikipedia blacked out in protest of SOPA and PIPA earlier this month, James Phillips decided to black-out too.

The freshman political science major changed his Facebook profile picture to completely black with the words, “This has been removed in violation of SOPA,” and he blacked out the pages that he moderates on Reddit, which is part of a larger network. Several of his friends also protested, using the same completely black image as their profile picture.

By Michael Newberger | gargoyle@flagler.eduBy

Hours before the Republican debate in Jacksonville, Florida Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told the grassroots organization Veterans For A Stronger America that he feels the most pressing threats against the United States are recent advancements in Chinese military strength and radical Islam.

By Stevie Schenk | sschenk@flagler.edu
Photo courtesy of Apple

Textbooks have always been a difficult part of classes for me. I’ve paid attention, taken notes, re-read material, but I always find the texts difficult to grasp. I’m not alone. Many students feel textbooks are necessary, but wish they could get more out of them. They don’t see the need for a book when a professor is just going to condense it into notes during class.

A young man in a black shirt with red and orange flames held a sign in his hand as he yelled at a crowd of Flagler College students, “You are all sinners!”

In December 2011 during fall finals, Zachary Tatter, 23, stood outside the Proctor Library and preached to students. Tatter, along with his followers, continue to return to the sidewalks of Flagler College’s campus and around downtown St. Augustine to preach their Christian beliefs.

By {Amber James} | gargoyle@flagler.edu

About 2,000 people made a stand against abortion on Saturday, walking a mile through downtown for the March for Life St Augustine. But one woman marched in her own way.

Barbara Trost sat comfortably in her wheelchair, overlooking the countless children playing on the Mission de Nombre’s grounds and the crowd that had gathered to hear speakers talk about the pro-life movement. The 77-year old Christian faithfully held a sign in her lap that read, “Abortion kills 8,000 babies every year in Jacksonville.”

By Sarah Williamson | gargoyle@flagler.edu

On this day, Martin Luther King Jr. would have celebrated his 83rd birthday. The city of Jacksonville celebrated it as school groups and organizations lined the streets with performances, costumes and signs covered with King’s most monumental quotes. There was both emotion and excitement running through the crowd as his dream continues to spread. Jacksonville’s first African American Mayor, Alvin Brown, was amongst them.

By Kara Duffy | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Internet has come to dominate the way people communicate and interact in today’s society. People use the Internet to get information easily and quickly to access anything online.

We take the Internet for granted like it is a necessity rather than a luxury, assuming that we can access and use the Internet whenever and for whatever we want.

By Kara Duffy | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Adobe plays an essential part in consumer, educational and professional technologies. As these technologies are changing, Adobe must stay as user-friendly as it has been in the past.

In 2007, Apple banned Adobe from its iPhone and from its iPad in 2010. As Apple began to expand its technologies, Adobe’s software became incompatible. Adobe Flash could not perform well on mobile devices, especially touch screen devices.

By Frank Mahoney | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The First Coast will be in the spotlight of the political world soon. CNN and the Republican Party of Florida will be hosting a republican primary debate on Jan. 26. The time and place for this event will be decided shortly by CNN.

By Frank Mahoney | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler College Model United Nations team attended its second Southern Regional Model United Nations (SRMUN) conference in Atlanta this month. This is also the second year that the Flagler team has been in existence.

Model United Nations (MUN) is an academic competition where students represent delegates from countries in the United Nations and organizations within the United Nations. These students research their assigned countries and organizations and work with other students to solve Geo-political problems.

By Amber James | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Rodderick Williams is a county sentenced inmate, in jail for violation of probation. But for five to six days a week, Williams gets to leave the jail and return to the free world, working at the Santa Maria restaurant downtown as a cook, preparing meals and prepping food, trying to turn his life around.

Williams has been part of the St Johns County work release program for the past five months.

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

On registration day, Heather Cribbs logged onto myflagler to find that the class she needed to take was no longer listed. It’s a scenario that has happened more than usual this semester, from seniors to freshmen finding more classes full or taken out all together.

“If you can’t get into it or your classes coincide, then you kinda have to choose your battle,” said Cribbs, a junior theater arts major.

Junior Johanna Falzone, a fine arts major, also had the same problem. The lack of class choice not only made it difficult to schedule her classes, but also made her feel under-appreciated as an upperclassman.

By Joshua Santos | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The city of St Augustine celebrated their 18th annual Night of Lights, Saturday, November 19th, 2011. City officials, citizens and tourist flooded the downtown area to witness the light up ceremony.

 
By Erica Carothers | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Luli’s Cupcakes, voted St. Augustine’s number one cupcake store in 2011, is introducing new seasonal flavors that have Flagler College student’s mouths watering.
“I like Luli’s Cupcakes because they are huge and …

By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu

A suspect matching the description of a man who robbed the Wells Fargo Bank downtown on Cathedral Place was found sitting on the fountain outside of the Kenan Hall parking lot by police, according to Flagler College Director of Security Kerry Davis.