I’m a 20-year-old virgin
In 2009, Tim Tebow stepped in the spotlight and announced to the public that he is in fact a virgin, saving himself for marriage.
Stories
Somebody to lean on
It had been only a week since they last saw each other, but Bobby squeezed Flagler College sophomore Rachel Singer in a hug for nearly a minute. It was like he hadn’t seen her in years.
Peril in the heavens?
By Alanna O’Rourke and Richard Zarrilli | gargoyle@flagler.edu Planes streak across the Florida skies every day, leaving cloudy exhaust trails in their wake. They’re called contrails and they form “when water vapor condenses and freezes around small particles that exist in aircraft exhaust,” according to…
Students want to explore world despite terrorist attacks
By Susan Boswell and Taylor Long | gargoyle@flagler.edu Three major terrorist strikes in the past year, including the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris which left 130 dead and 368 injured, have shaken travelers worldwide. But many college students are undeterred and want to study abroad…
Visa trouble threatens basketball dream
By Montana Samuels | gargoyle@flagler.edu It was Dec. 1 on an unusually warm day in St. Johns County in northeast Florida. The Pedro Menendez High School gym was near empty at 6:20 p.m., 20 minutes after the game’s scheduled start time. The other team, the…
Rising tension over terrorism, refugees
By Murphy Stidham and Kathleen Bajalia | gargoyle@flagler.edu President Obama today plans to deliver a prime-time address on how his administration will defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIL. “He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United…
Full-time student, part-time author
By Brianna Kurzynowski | gargoyle@flagler.edu Imagine, writing and publishing your own novel before you graduate high school. Allison Struck, junior at Flagler College, did just that. Struck began writing her novel, Love’s Beach, when she was in the sixth grade. While in middle school, she…
Meet Flagler Student and Filmmaker Alexa Wint
By Joshua Noel | gargoyle@flagler.edu Filmmaking may be one of the most stressful, yet rewarding career of all time. Film directors are expected to know and endure every step of the craft, whether that be writing out the concept to a screenplay, finding and casting the…
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…
Four-Legged Friends Reduce Stress
By Julie Householder | gargoyle@flagler.edu The pressure of final exams and end of semester chaos was a heavy weight on the shoulders of Elena Mercadante and Megan Williams. That was immediately gone as soon as they began petting Brady. Brady is one of the therapy…