Lisa Cobb Published: April 13 2004 More than 100 PJC students will be honored at the annual Student Excellence Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in the Pensacola campus Student Center. PJC’s vice president of academic affairs, Dr. David Sam, will be the guest speaker. The ceremony is “a very positive culmination of...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived News
Smart shopping saves big on textbooks
Jim Ellis Published: April 13 2004 The rising cost of textbooks has some financially strapped college students looking outside the traditional walk-in retailer, and online bookstores are willing to meet that need. The Corsair recently compared the prices of several core textbooks at local and online bookstores (including the PJC Bookstore and Lemox Book Co.)...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived News
Mentors light the path to success
Meg Murphy Published: April 13 2004 Whether just out of high school or taking their first college class at age 65, most students have questions throughout their first semester at PJC. New students must deal with scheduling, books, and perhaps most distressing, parking spaces. The first week of college can be confusing, even traumatic, if...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived News
Writers’ Workshops free, open to public
Staff Reporters Published: April 13 2004 The Learning Resources Center will present its second annual Writers’ Workshops and Meet the Author on Sat., May 1. The workshops will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Center on the Pensacola campus. The day’s workshops are 45 minute sessions beginning at 9 a.m. and...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived News
Disney to interview students for internships
Jennifer Smith Published: April 13 2004 The Walt Disney World College Program will discuss its fall internship program and conduct interviews on the Pensacola campus at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 22. Students of all majors are invited to attend the meeting in building 5, room 509 (the Student Center) after they have registered with the...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived Sports
A Place To Play:
Meg Murphy Publsihed: March 24 2004 Its 9 p.m. and the academic day at PJC is coming to an end. But out on the tennis courts the night is just beginning. Four people stand on each side of the tennis net waiting for the action to start. A half-dozen other people stand on the side...
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January 6, 2009January 6, 2009Archived Opinion
Thanks and see you on down the road
Jim Ellis Published: March 24 2004 The day before I applied to become a student at PJC, I was an out-of-work truck driver looking for a driving job. I had been laid off from my job in Atlanta and decided to move to Pensacola to be closer to my family. I didn’t think it would...
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January 6, 2009January 6, 2009Archived Opinion
Get drafted and go to ‘Vietnam’
James Hagan Published: March 24 2004 Players have the option of jumping into any vehicle and turning on the radio, which plays up to 20 different songs from the 60s-CCR, Jefferson Airplane, the Kinks-definitely cool! The weapons are really sweet, sound effects realistic, and the jungle is very…uh…jungley (is that even a word?). At least...
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January 6, 2009January 6, 2009Archived Opinion
Courtney Love is no ‘Sweetheart’
James Hagan Published: March 24 2004 Best known over the past few years for her tawdry, tabloid exploits and various legal troubles than for her music, Courtney Love is back with her long in-production solo debut ?America?s Sweetheart.? The former ?grunge? goddess has spent the last few years since the break-up of her band Hole...
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January 6, 2009January 6, 2009Archived Opinion
Ask Toady
Toady Worm Published March 24 2004 Toady, I am a lesbian and my girlfriend wants to elope to San Francisco, Calif. to get married. I don?t want to get married yet. I am only 22. How do I let her down easy?</b> You can do what I always do when women try to tie me...