By Hannah Bleau | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As the American gun debate soars, many Americans are taking their fate into their own hands: Buying firearms fast.
The shockwave of the Aurora movie theater massacre and Sandy Hook school shooting has reached all the way to the White House, and the new debate about gun control is concerning many Americans.
By Justin Katz | gargoyle@flagler.edu
While the semester nears midterms, plans for Flagler College’s newest building are starting to come to fruition. Pollard Hall, named after its major donor, Nelson Pollard of Ponte Vedra Beach, will take the place of Flagler’s current Communication Building on Cordova Street.
By Allison Dickey | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Raw fruits and vegetables like kale, beets and spinach are not the typical foods associated with a college diet like a large cheese pizza and a double shot of espresso but juicing has recently become extremely popular around the nation – and in St. Augustine too.
On the last day of a three-day private meeting, the board members of the Boy Scouts of America decided to not vote on lifting a ban on gay scouts and leaders, moving the vote to the national meeting in May.
By Emily Topper| gargoyle@flagler.edu On Monday morning, the news that people had been anticipating for four years finally came to light—Fall Out Boy was back together. Speakers and stereos were blasted in celebration as people reminisced over their favorite band from their high school years….
By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu
As Facebook announced its new Graph Search in January, questions have come up about the company’s respect for privacy and user data. But the bigger question with social media, and not just Facebook, is if there is such a thing as privacy at all?
By Alexa Epitropoulos | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Every Saturday night, an unlikely group congregates at the Flagler Hospital. It isn’t the neighborhood watch, a study group or even a book club — it’s Alcoholics Anonymous.
By Catherine Pinyot | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Faded, spray-painted walls. A television that won’t turn on. A broken air-hockey table. Beanbag chairs with the stuffing oozing out. A brown, stained sofa.
The students at St. Augustine’s Sebastian Middle School don’t have much of a rec room. Christened the “Eagle’s Nest” (Sebastian’s mascot is an eagle), this space has been used since 1998 as a reward for students who tally up enough extra credit points. The “privileged” swarm in during recess—to a pile of disheveled board games on a dusty, laminate shelf.
By Haley Butler | gargoyle@flagler.edu Photo via http://phialphaomega.webs.com/ Phi Alpha Omega called all of Flagler’s single ladies last Thursday for their 24th annual Bachelor Bid. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, all who attended had the chance to bid on the eligible bachelors who danced,…