Kristen Bailey Published: August 23, 2005 PJC’s student newspaper, The Corsair, has revamped its online component, adding multimedia and breaking news and sports to eCorsair.com. Rather than being confined to a print paper, eCorsair.com will attempt to bring stories to life for PJC’s students through a combination of audio and video stories as well as...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived News
Corsair staff gets a few new members
Kristen Bailey Published: August 23, 2005 The new semester brings a new staff to PJC’s Corsair. Here are a few of the people that will diligently bring us the news through these next couple of months. Q Who are you and what does your job entail? Rachel Strehlow: I’m a staff writer, I mainly cover...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived Sports
Men’s basketball 2-2 in conference play
Joe Elder Published: January 21 2004 The Pirates basketball team suffered its second loss in conference play Saturday to Gulf Coast Community College 86-74. The team is off to a 17-5 start overall this season and 2-2 in conference play. On Jan. 7, the Pirates played Okaloosa Walton Community College in the Lou Ross Center...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived News
PJC welcomes new provost to Pensacola campus
Monica Moody Published: August 23, 2005 He builds ham radios, talks to astronauts, and globe-trots around the world on his quest to expand his international subway ticket collection. This one-time New York City cab driver is none other than Dr. Jeffrey A. Cantor, Pensacola Junior College’s new provost, and he is here to rebuild the...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived Sports
Rose should get Hall nod
Joe Elder Published: January 21 2005 ‘m sure everyone is tired of hearing it, but it needs to be settled. The Pete Rose controversy has been going on since his lifetime banishment from baseball in 1989. Should Pete go to the Hall or not? I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and lived there the first...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived News
Porn found on computers, staffer charged
Matt Foster Published: August 23, 2005 A former Corsair sports editor has been charged with “possession of [a] photograph of [a] sexual performance by a child.” Brian Nephi McLellan, 19, was arrested by PJC campus police and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 12 The offense, a third degree felony, is punishable by up...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived Sports
Women’s basketball 18-game win streak over
Joe Elder Published: January 21 2004 The Lady Pirates record-breaking winning streak is over with a loss to the nation’s No. 2 ranked Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City Saturday. The teams were tied with just more than a minute left in the game but the Lady Pirates missed two shots and the...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived News
PJC to continue shift toward learning college
Yonit Shames Published: August 23, 2005 Editor’s note: This is the first of several articles concerning learning-centered colleges and the impact for PJC. PJC administrators began promoting an active shift to a learning-centered college last week as a workshop was conducted for the board of trustees Aug. 16. Faculty was welcomed back Aug. 19 with...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived Sports
Baseball set to start season
James Hagan Published: January 21 2004 The PJC Pirates baseball team kicks off its season Jan. 31 in Palm Beach against Broward Community College with high expectations of a winning season and continuing academic excellence from its players. Head Coach Bill Hamilton, entering his 14th season at PJC with a win-loss record of 383-274,...
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December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Archived News
Paramedic Students learn to respond to terrorist attacks
Matt Foster Published: August 23, 2005 The patient lying on the stretcher moans something about an attack. The electrocardiogram relaying the patient’s heartbeat drones monotonously in the background, an eerie accompaniment to the drama unfolding. Three paramedics hover over the convulsing form. One of them bends down to the stretcher. “Sir, what’s wrong.” The victim...