Stories

Colleges downplay GPA importance

By Katy Bass | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Watch out college students: that dreaded word “GPA” will haunt you even after high school.

Now, I don’t know what the rest of college students were told within their first two years at a college, but for me, I remember very distinctly that my cumulative college GPA would matter to potential employers as much as what my degree was and where I attended.






CAB features Pink Floyd Dome

The Pink Floyd Dome took over the Flagler College student center on Monday, Feb. 15.

The dome, set up between the pool room and the Gamache-Koger room, played a series of Pink Floyd music complete with a view of psychedelic imagery to accompany it. The Campus Activities Board featured albums including The Dark Side of The Moon, The Wall and Entranced as well as music from artists such as Audioslave, U2 and Coldplay.


SGA approves attendance policy changes

Also approves club grants, Adventure Club
By Lindsay Imwold | gargoyle@flagler.edu

On Tuesday, the Student Government Association meeting focused on the attendance policy. SGA president David Matulewicz declared that the current attendance policy proposal will be sent to the Faculty Senate Feb. 24.


CD REVIEW: The Sea

By Ashley Wermick | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Listening to Corrine Bailey Rae’s voice reminds me of someone you could find in a jazz club in the 1930s, with the perfect mix of blues and soul.

The British singer/songwriter’s second album The Sea, was released last month and departs from the bubbly and carefree feel of her first self-titled album. It is only natural that this album has a slightly melancholy feel, as Rae’s husband tragically died in 2008. Rae does not dwell on the sadness though– this album also has a lot of mentions of hope and love.


Last week’s post office package gives campus bomb scare

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu

The St. Augustine Police Department confirmed a “suspicious” package left outside the post office on Friday, Feb. 12 was not a bomb and contained clothing and personal effects.

The SAPD had blocked off parts of King Street, MLK Boulevard and Markland Place, and evacuated the Flagler College student center as a precaution.


Tech Chic: CCleaner

Today’s amazing free download for windows is CCleaner by Piriform.

Continuing on with the “make your computer run happier” theme CCleaner is a three in one fixer-upper. It is available for download from www.CCleaner.com. This program has three great attributes, it can clean out old files, similar to the Disk Cleaner already on your windows machine, it can uninstall programs much faster and easier than the windows uninstaller and it can clear out your registry. Go ahead and head over to CCleaner.com To download this free program, then follow the install wizard through the installation.