By: Katie Coseo Published: January 8, 2009 Robinson Honors Scholar Lorraine Ogan won first place in the Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Two Year College and presented it in Daytona at the Florida Philosophical Association’s annual conference. Ogan’s paper was an argumentative essay concerning whether an argument can come from just using a visual...
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January 13, 2009January 13, 2009Features
Professor Jeff Wooters gets 5-month ‘paid vacation’
By: Terry Strickland Published: January 8, 2009 This month, after 17 consecutive years of service, science professor Jeff Wooters of Pensacola Junior College will get a much-needed vacation – a paid vacation in fact — to the sunny coast of the Land Down Under. This vacation is referred to in the academic community as a...
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January 13, 2009January 13, 2009Features
Meet Dr. John Wooten, chief astronomy professor
By: Troy Lambert Published: January 8, 2009 Dr. John Wayne Wooten, chief astronomy professor at Pensacola Junior College, has had an extraordinary career peering at the heavens and sharing his knowledge with those of us on Earth. From a young age, Wooten knew what he was going to do with his life. Back in mid-August...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived Opinion
Lily the Insomniac
Published: January 9, 2006 Did all of you chumps have a nice break from school? Gorge yourselves on turkey, stuffing, and throw presents at each other? Yeah, I did the same thing. Still, since I am poor and Husband doesn’t want to buy a tree or anything festive, I depend on other people to have...
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January 8, 2009February 9, 20172009 Archive, Arts and Entertainment
The community celebrates Black History Month
From Staff Reports Published: January 9, 2006 Pensacola Junior College presents jazz icon Roy Ayers along with his band Ubiquity and legendary jazz saxophonist Bill Saxton 8 p.m. Friday Jan. 27, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. The concert kicks off PJC’s observation of Black History Month and celebrates...
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January 8, 2009February 9, 20172009 Archive, Arts and Entertainment
A look into the life of student Sandi Danielson
Brandi Snodgrass Published: January 9, 2006 At first glance, Sandi Danielson might look like a wild child, but upon looking closer one can see that she is a genuinely sweet and caring girl who just so happens to express herself through fashions using lots of colors and textures. Danielson is a first year photography major...
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January 8, 2009February 9, 20172009 Archive, Arts and Entertainment
White Stripes break though confines of earlier albums
Erika Wilhite Published: January 9, 2006 Get Behind Me, Satan is, without a doubt, the White Stripes’ most confounding, bewildering record yet, and possibly their boldest. The Stripes, industry darlings and the poster children for the Detroit garage punk movement, have a track record of bizarre, unorthodox albums, each one different from the last but...
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January 8, 2009February 9, 20172009 Archive, Arts and Entertainment
Jackson brings more emotion to ‘King Kong’
Kristen Bailey Published: January 9, 2006 Director Peter Jackson successfully brought the “eighth wonder of the world” back to the big screen over the Christmas holidays. Having a more emotional slant than its 1933 predecessor and much better graphics, “King Kong” proves that beauty really does tame the beast. In this recreation of the 1933...
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January 8, 2009February 9, 20172009 Archive, Arts and Entertainment
They’re back! Cowboy boots are no longer just for cowboys
Brandi Snodgrass Published: January 9, 2006 Those boots were made for walkin’ and that’s what they’ll be doing this spring. Cowboy boots are back and there is no denying the fun and flirty style they offer to those who are bold enough to wear them. They are coming in all styles from simple everyday casual...
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January 8, 2009January 8, 2009Archived Sports
Lady Pirates play in series of road trips
Morgan Gates Published: December 7, 2005 The Lady Pirates, now 7-2, were on the road over the Thanksgiving Holidays, participating in the Okaloosa-Walton Thanksgiving Classic. On Nov. 25, they played Central Florida Community College in Niceville where they had a close win of 73-70. Women’s Head Coach Chanda Rigby said they were down by 1...