Sep 11 2006 12:00AM It’s now Sept. 11, 2006, five years after the fateful day that drastically changed our nation. The Corsair staff teamed up with Julie Ruengert’s Reporting class and blanketed the Pensacola campus, soliciting memories of Sept. 11, 2001.
Cynthia Munoz Sep 11 2006 12:00AM Since 9/11, America has developed some dramatic changes. One of them is our attitude or our point of view on the subject. We constantly dump on our President, we singled out Middle Easterners, and suddenly we think we’re experts about the war. If you ever paid the slightest attention…
Sep 11 2006 12:00AM Pensacola Junior College is hosting the 25th Gulf South History and Humanities Conference Oct. 5-7 at the Hilton Garden Inn on Pensacola Beach. The conference is an annual event sponsored by the Gulf South Historical Association, drawing researchers and scholars from colleges and universities in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.…
Sep 11 2006 12:00AM The Visual Arts Gallery at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola Junior College, is kicking off its 2006-2007 Lyceum Exhibition lineup with Pinky Bass and Jan Black. The exhibit runs Sept. 11 through Oct. 23. The opening reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 21. Bass’ pinhole photography…
Ricky Di Sep 11 2006 12:00AM PJC will receive more than $4 million in federal and state grants in upcoming years, including funding for several new programs. SUCCEED Florida!, a program founded in 2005 by the state legislature to fund workforce education programs, is giving $810,000 to PJC during the 2006-2007 term. The money will…
Lindsey Chavers Sep 11 2006 12:00AM Renovated PJC Planetarium caters to all ages Astronomers are redefining what it actually means for an extraterrestrial object to be a planet. Pluto is no longer a planet, and it is only a matter of time before other objects are added to the list of planets that have been…
Melissa Brown Sep 11 2006 12:00AM Friday marks the beginning of fall with the autumnal equinox, so this week’s recipe is a take on the classic banana nut bread, spiced up for the fall. It’s a moist, cake-like quick bread that’s great for breakfast, an afternoon snack or dessert. No matter when you serve it,…
Melissa Brown Sep 11 2006 12:00AM One of my mom’s favorite sayings is, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Apparently she’s got something there, because my parents were unhappily married for 29 years before they divorced. must’ve been her excellent cooking that kept them together so long. At any rate, I…
Ricky Di Sep 11 2006 12:00AM For years, the world of video gaming was ruled by Nintendo, but after the release of the Playstation and later the X-Box, the hardcore gaming community was split into three groups: Playstationites, X-Boxians, and smart people. With the next generation of video game consoles well into effect, the war…
Michael Rutschky Sep 11 2006 12:00AM I still think about it every time I fly. As I’m writing this, I’m flying back to Pensacola after spending a week up in Connecticut where my family lives. In the five years since 9/11, I must have flown a dozen times, and I have never had any real…