Through Cody’s eyes
By Eliza Jordan | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Blind student Cody Kirchner, a Flagler College history major, talks about navigating his way around college in this FCTV Journal report.
Stories
Freshman golfer overcomes adversity to win first tournament
By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
In the fall of 2007, freshman Flagler College men’s golf player Spencer Schindler’s mother severely injured her leg while working on a fairway mower at a golf course in Savannah, Ga.
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.
New studies give heads up to female soccer players
By Teaira Marque | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When playing soccer, heading was just another technique to Marisa Strawn. She had never considered that there could be consequences until she suffered her first real concussion during a game her sophomore year.
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.
A daughter stands up for the right to love whomever you want
By Natalie Merante | gargoyle@flagler.edu
A year ago, I sat in a COM 101 public speaking class and listened to a girl give a speech on gay rights. She was gay and presented one the greatest arguments that I have ever heard. She asked us what we would think about people being discriminated against because of their hair color? Would that be fair?
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.
Flagler celebrating 125th anniversary of Ponce with year of events
By Tiffanie Reynolds | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Flagler College’s 125th anniversary of the former Hotel Ponce de Leon didn’t begin and end on Jan. 12, but will be celebrated on campus all year.
The show must go on: Ringling Bros. Circus protested in Jacksonville
By Sarah Williamson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photos by Sarah Williamson
Nearly 50 animal rights activists greeted circus goers this past weekend in protest of the Ringling Brothers arrival at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.
Students, local activists and law professors lined the sidewalk silently, allowing their signs to gain people’s attention: photos of elephants locked in moving trailers, bulls being dragged and beaten by “bull hooks” and tigers behind bars.
Flagler’s Hugh Marlowe pays tribute to movie star father at St. Augustine Film Festival
By Ashley Goodman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The St. Augustine Film Festival will pay special tribute to actor Hugh Marlowe on Jan. 18. And who better to to do it than his son, Hugh Marlowe II, who is also an associate professor of philosophy at Flagler College. Marlowe will share stories of his father, and there will be a showing of one of Marlowe’s most recognized films, “The Day The Earth Stood Still.”