Corey Reese Published: November 9, 2005 On Nov. 2, Dr. David Sam, vice president of academic affairs, held an interactive workshop on the learning-centered college. About 25 students attended this workshop focusing on how to make PJC more of a center for learning. “I wanted to involve students in the process and let them know…
Melissa Howard Published: November 9, 2005 “In theory, the method works by a redox reaction of phenolphthalin into phenolphthalein via a Tetracyano Copper (II) (Copper in the paper came from solid Copper (II) Sulfide) to Tetracyano Copper (I), in a solution of pH > 9.3” (Cacace). Sound a little confusing? To most people this sentence…
Heather Adams Published: November 9, 2005 Rodney Whatley, the new PJC theatre director, makes his debut with “The King and I.” It is ambitious to try to put on such an involved production as “The King and I,” after only five weeks of rehearsal, but that doesn’t seem to faze Whatley in the least. “With…
Kristen Bailey Published: November 9, 2005 The only thing better than lounging around PJC’s student center eating pizza, is lounging around the student center eating pizza for a cause. The PJC Zookeepers club provided students an opportunity to purchase pizza for a cause, Oct. 31 and Nov.1 in the student center. Selling the pizza donated…
Erika Wilhite Published: November 9, 2005 After years of struggling, the PJC Health Department finally has the funding necessary to offer a full load of nursing and paramedic courses. PJC has received a $1.3 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration. It is one of many grants being awarded…
Morgan Gates Published: November 9, 2005 Nov. 4 and 5 marked the opening of the 2005-2006 PJC Basketball Season for both the men’s and women’s teams. The teams played in tournaments – the CiCi’s Tip-Off Classic for the Pirates and the Okaloosa-Walton Tip-Off Classic for the Lady Pirates. The Pirates tipped off their tournament in…
Joshua Kinser Published: November 9, 2005 The weekend of Oct. 23, Hurricane Wilma brought to the Gulf Coast what some are calling the greatest surf in 30 years. Along with perfect waves came world class surfers, the Quicksilver surfing team, photographers and journalists from “Surfer Magazine,” and recognition from the global surfing community that may…
Ashley Carter Published: November 9, 2005 Saw II is a continuation of the previous movie Saw, in which a “jigsaw” serial killer traps his victims in extraordinary circumstances where they have to figure out a puzzle that they’ve been put in to save themselves from a horrible death. This continuation follows basically the same kind…
Moria Dailey Published: November 9, 2005 Tattoos have become an ever-growing form of body decoration everywhere, including PJC. Monica Cutler, who has one tattoo, said all of her friends were tattooed, and “my boyfriend is the only person I hang out with regularly who doesn’t have tattoos.” The tattoo process begins with picking out a…
Heather Adams Published: November 9, 2005 Baptist Collegiate Ministries hosted Schmack, an annual cookout with music and prizes, on Oct. 26. It was a good turnout for the group with approximately 490 students coming to get a free hamburger and to listen to the music from Takin Back, a local band. Tony Olesky, director of…