Opinion

Stripping heroes of their rightful honor

In May of 1997, a young police officer was on his first day of the job following training. In the afternoon, he had gotten a call about a suspicious drunk man at a bus terminal. When he arrived to speak with him, the man pulled out a gun and pressed it against the officer’s forehead. In training, the officer had been taught what to do in a situation like this. He could swing his arm around in order to hit the man’s hand away from his head; however, doing so would endanger the young children who stood directly behind him.


Body Shaming in Modern Culture

By Carie Levy | gargoyle@flagler.edu It wasn’t until I heard it from my seven year old sister that it really hit me. “Carie, does this shirt make me look fat?” At first I was puzzled. Here she was, a little girl, flawless in all the…



What a T-Shirt Made Me Realize

By Jordan Puyear | gargoyle@flagler.edu Once I bought my new shirt, I couldn’t wait to show it off. I walked around all day, went to five classes, and my club meetings, but nobody acknowledged my shirt. It wasn’t until that very night, I was in…






The Realities of Being a Cooking Channel Extra:

By Jordan Puyear | gargoyle@flagler.edu It might be every food-lovers dream, including myself, to be on a Cooking Channel show. Surprisingly, I had the pleasure of appearing last January as an extra on a new Cooking Chanel show, Junk Food Flip. For those who don’t…


A New American Boxing Hero

By Will Sandman | gargoyle@flagler.edu   In an age of boxers and not fighters, it’s rare to see classic knockouts. The bone chilling, eye popping, haymaker shots that boxing fans pay their hard earned money to see are being replaced by smarter, quicker boxers. Not…