Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: Oz: The Great and Powerful

By Diana Eales | gargoyle@flagler.edu

I expected Oz: The Great and Powerful to be an entertaining prequel to the original 1939 The Wizard of Oz, but despite impressive graphics I was disappointed in the characters’ lack of, well, character.Oz (James Franco) himself is a lying, cheating and arrogant charmer. What a poor example for a child of a worthwhile suitor. It’s like saying, “Ok, kid, lying is okay if it helps you succeed, and if you make sure your pride is overflowing you can have anything.” Right. Oz is assumed to be the Wizard and takes on that role knowing that his “great and powerful” is just a flashy carnival act. I guess it all works out in the end and good wins. But good wins at what cost? Dishonesty? Faking it until making it?



Don’t freak out: coping with stress in college

What do you do when you’re stressing about school?

Do you chug obscene amounts of caffeine and stay up all night trying to finish everything at once? Do you order a pizza and eat it cold and chewy piece-by-piece for breakfast, lunch and dinner because you have no time to go to the grocery store?






Mumford and Sons to invade St. Augustine in September

By Elizabeth Thabault | gargoyle@flagler.edu

St. Augustine residents and fans across the country were shocked and excited to hear that popular English folk band Mumford and Sons added St. Augustine to their 2013 tour. Mumford and Sons are scheduled to play in a two-day music festival coming up Sept. 13-14 on Francis Field in downtown St. Augustine. This will be the closing concert of their summer “Gentlemen of the Road Stopover” tour.