Stories


ContraVerse stands out through their message

By Kathleen Quillian | gargoyle@flagler.edu

In the Burro Bar in Jacksonville, the sounds of top 40 pop songs fill the room along with the eclectic group of drunken businessmen and hard-core bikers. The ContraVerse rap duo played a game of pool waiting for the opening act of the 50-year-old DJ to be done so they could take the stage and preform their lyrical and controversial rhymes.




Thinking pink: Women’s basketball helps raise breast cancer awareness

By Matthew Pagels | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Pink is here to stay! Flagler College women’s basketball gives a helping hand in raising breast cancer awareness by hosting the Think Pink Event.

The Think Pink Event was created to raise awareness for breast cancer and to receive donations for those who are diagnosed with the disease. This year, all the money raised will be given to Unity Outreach Inc., a local organization in St. Augustine, Fla., that helps families through the process of a breast cancer diagnosis.



Flagler artist blends love of literature with painting

By Kristyn Pankiw | gargoyle@flagler.edu

In less than a year, Brianna Angelakis has gone from amateur art student to a rising name in the art world. A senior English and fine arts double major with a minor in illustration at Flagler College, Angelakis has recently landed exhibits nationwide.
That’s pretty impressive for someone who only began experimenting with oil painting in September 2011 — a medium she had never tried before and knew nothing about.



I’ve got it: Let’s give everyone guns and get rid of the police

By Joshua Santos| gargoyle@flagler.edu

Hello world, I’m here to ask you to stop this madness.

The recent tragic episodes of mass murders by violent people with violent weapons has got to stop. I have the solution.

I propose that instead of increasing the number of men and women in blue in our nation’s wondrous public school systems, or arming teachers and lunch ladies with a 9mm, we just arm everyone in America and teach them all how to use them at school.