New Leaf: Waste of paper
By Stephanie Seltzer | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Advertisements take up space on the television, the radio, online, and newspapers, so why would a car sound like a good place to advertise?
Opinion
Armageddon and survival on the radio
By Will Sandberg | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Twenty seconds… my first live read on the radio.
No turning back now: A story of airline survival
By Christine Valentine | gargoyle@flagler.edu
I have flown before. I mean on an airplane.
Most of the time I was with my family or a friend, but occasionally I have flown to visit my uncle in New York all by myself. In fact, I had just flown to New York and back myself a few days before.
Democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
The midterm elections are over, and with them, the clamor for democratic participation.
In the run-up to what The New York Times proclaimed as the biggest Republican takeover of Congress since 1948, the American public was inundated with ads from both the GOP and the Democrats, urging their constituents to vote for one side or the other.
My very own Civil War
By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
The whole saga started on a chilly winter day in Short Hills, New Jersey, a charming and somewhat-snooty town nestled between the hundreds of suburbs of Metropolitan New York. I was in seventh grade, a time that not many girls would probably ever want to relive- at least I sure as hell don’t.
What Will We Do On Sundays?
By Danny Lombard | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Sunday morning, wake up eat breakfast, sit down on my couch, watch football, drink beer and eat all day long while watching football. This might not be happening next season.
War creates violent behavior in our veterans
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
My cousin – let’s call him “Bill” – is a piece of garbage. It’s hard to be the “black sheep” in a family of eccentrics, but Bill accomplished that feat. After years of drug abuse and a caustic marriage with his high school sweetheart that ended in divorce, Bill left his ex-wife and children and signed up for the Army National Guard.
He thought going to Iraq would transform him into a decent human being, but he ended up in Fallujah in 2007, when it was largely held by the Iraqi insurgency.
Why gun bans just won’t work
By Phillip C. Sunkel IV | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Picture yourself lying awake in bed one night. You hear a strange noise inside your home, so you go to inspect. What you find is a pill crazed maniac who broke in to steal your parents Meds. This situation is exactly what my two friends Paris and Austin Hornsby found themselves in.
The redhead got away
She asked me if I understood the problem. I told her no, I don’t understand. My eyes locked on hers and my heart wavering, I continued to lie.
Smokers: This is your warning
By Victoria Hardina | gargoyle@flagler.edu
I am not an aggressive person. I rarely raise my voice, and when I do, it is usually out of excitement, not anger. There is one thing that will light me on fire, though … smokers.
With the music blaring and windows down, I was speeding along I-4 last Sunday afternoon. I was in very high spirits after spending the weekend with my family. Weaving through traffic, my eye caught a blue minivan.