Hedrick Smith: Partially right about the American Dream
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and esteemed author Hedrick Smith was the guest at the Flagler Forum Thursday, March 27 to promote his new book, “Who Stole the American Dream.”
Opinion
Bad Hair Life
Six years later, it’s time to tell the truth about my life with trichotillomania.
Facing my childhood, leaving behind the bottle
I stared into the darkness all night, waiting in a rental car outside a sterile, almost vacant building. Slumped over, restless, I couldn’t even guess what time of night it was, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep.
Challenging the SAT
If College Board really wanted to improve the SAT, they would get rid of it.
Looking back: my last semester at Flagler
As graduation approaches, waves of emotions crash over me as I reflect on my past four years here at Flagler.
Breaking down the last barrier in sports
By Brian Schaffnit | gargoyle@flagler.edu Sports have meanings that go beyond the playing field. The world just witnessed the closing ceremony at the Winter Olympics which is a celebration of the cultural melting pot that is our world with the common bond of competition at…
The friendship between Buddha and Allah
By Cassie Colby | gargoyle@flagler.edu I live in a world where I am surrounded by western religions and relics: crosses, “I love Jesus” t-shirts and paintings of well-fed baby angels. In the end, all of that is fine with me, since a huge pet-peeve of…
Looking for fairness in gay rights
I walked through the doors of Tampa General Hospital, and began looking for my dad.
Racism is not a thing of the past
Reading chapters about racism towards blacks in American history textbooks, I thank God that I did not live in an era in which the worst occurred.
Hate must end with Fred Phelps’ death
After Fred Phelps, the founder of Westboro Baptist Church, died on March 19, the immediate temptation was to respond to the death of a man who represented so much hate with hostility.