Corey Reese Published: January 9, 2006 The PJC Lady Pirate basketball team played Okaloosa-Walton College in the third conference game of the season losing 84-73 at the Lou Ross Center Wednesday. Ida Edwards lead the Lady Pirates with 16 points and 9 rebounds, and Shontel Johnson had13 points and 6 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived News
Senator Nelson Visits PJC
Erika Wilhite Published: January 9, 2006 At 9.45 am on Thursday, Jan. 11, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) held a town hall meeting at Pensacola Junior College. The meeting was relaxed and relatively informal. Nelson began by expressing his appreciation to those in attendance and his desire to connect with them on a personal level, saying...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived Sports
Pirates fall to #2 Chipola 103-77
Corey Reese Published: January 9, 2006 The PJC men’s basketball team opened conference play at home against #2 Chipola losing 103-77 at home. Julian Allen led the Pirates with 18 points and Clinton Kilbert chipped in 15 points but Chipola was just too much. PJC trailed at half 42-35, but was never was able to...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived Sports
Lady Pirates Lose Conference Opener 90-70
Corey Reese Published: January 9, 2006 The PJC Lady Pirates opened their conference season against Chipola on January 11th, losing 90-70 at home. Ida Edwards had 17 points and 8 rebounds but it wasn’t enough to help power the Lady Pirates past the Lady Indians. The game was close at the half with PJC leading...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived News
PJC looks for expansion possibilities outside of Pensacola
Erika Wilhite Published: January 9, 2006 PJC has been buying up property in Pensacola and South Santa Rosa County, but administrators say expansion could still take years. “We’ve been buying property on Underwood [Avenue], north of the [Pensacola Campus] for several years now,” said Carolyn Phillips, chief information officer. “We’re still in the process of...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived News
Defendants plead not guilty
Kersten White Published: January 9, 2006 Last year, faculty and students alike were taken aback when two separate arrests were made on PJC’s Pensacola campus. As previously reported in the Corsair, arrested were Brian Nephi McLellan, 19, PJC student and former Corsair staff member, and Peter Jacob Smith, 48, who was not a PJC student...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived News
Pool re-opens after being closed for 15 months
Moria Dailey Published: January 9, 2006 After being closed for nearly 15 months, the PJC pool has reopened with a new paint job and a brand new roof. “The worst of the damage by far was that large portions of the roof that were gone – gone to the point that you could see through...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived Sports
Flag football team wins Nationals
Corey Reese Published: January 9, 2006 The PJC flag football team won the American Collegiate Intramural Sports National Championship on Dec 31. The team ended its season with an 11-3 record. Click on the Sports section for more on the flag football game.
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Features
College Eating Habits
Erika Wilhite Published: January 9, 2006 The semi-mythical Freshman 15 – the number of pounds supposedly gained during the freshman year of college- may be a real concern for incoming students. While it’s not true that everyone experiences such a drastic weight gain, studies have shown that most students do gain weight within their first...
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January 22, 2009January 22, 2009Archived Opinion
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Published: January 9, 2006 It’s been my experience that the most common answer to the question “What kind of music do you listen to?” is “A little bit of everything”, which is a pretty grand statement, if you ask me. No one – and I mean no one – listens to a little bit of...