College Goal Sunday Coming Feb. 22

Corsair Staff Reports It doesn’t matter where you want to go to college, Pensacola Junior College will help you on College Goal Sunday – a national and Florida initiative that helps students get financial aid. The free event is 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at PJC’s three campuses. Designated locations: · Pensacola campus, Baroco…

Presenting “The Night of the Iguana”

Corsair Staff Reports The Pensacola Junior College Lyceum series presents “The Night of the Iguana” Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 27-March 1 at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. Distinguished American playwright Tennessee Williams won his fourth New York Drama Critics Award for “The Night of the Iguana” – the last…

Roll Some Logs at the Forestry Festival

Corsair Staff Reports Pensacola Junior College presents the 21st annual Northwest Florida Forestry Conclave & Lumberjack Festival Saturday, March 7, at the Milton campus. The exciting free event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features fun for the whole family including adult forestry skills competitions, all day; children’s events, 9 to 11 a.m.; bluegrass…

PJC vs. Northwest Florida

By Sam Meyers Published: January 28, 2009 The Lady Pirates were ranked No. 1 in the state, but after Wednesday night’s game the women’s basketball team fell in the ranks. The PJC team came up short to Northwest Florida State College 70-58. The Pirates have made it through the season with 23 wins and 2…

The Heat Is On

By: Sam Meyers Published: January 11, 2009 The Lady Pirates pulled in another win Jan. 4 and are now ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 6 in the nation. The team defeated Tallahassee Community College by 13 points, 69-56. Jasmine Payne, top scorer of the night, frightened some Eagles with her striking talent…

Lady Pirates vs. L.B. Wallace

By: Sam Meyers Published: December 10, 2008 The PJC women’s basketball team racked up another win Dec. 9, but the effort fell short of their usual intensity. The nationally ranked team won 57-38 against L.B. Wallace Community College. “I am excited about the win,” said Coach Chanda Rigby. “They played hard and it’s always a…

Movies – Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th Directed by Marcus Nispel Studio/producer: New Line Cinema, Paramount/Platinum Dunes Rated R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material. I must admit, I’m not really into horror movies.  But I am aware of the great three franchises of horror classics: Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street,…

Picture of Video game box Fallout 3.

Gaming – Fallout 3 (short form)

Fallout 3 By Bethesda Softworks Genre: RPG/First-person shooter Players: 1 Rating: Mature (17+) Downloadable Content: Available, 1 pack released so far, out of 3 planned Distribution Model: Retail or over the content delivery system Steam; interfaced with Microsoft’s Games for Windows – LIVE Release Date: October 31, 2008 How would you survive in a world…

Sitting Down With Hoobastank

by Troy Lambert Everyone at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio was rocking-out noon Tuesday February 3, 2009. Multi-platinum recording artists, Hoobastank, were featured on WSRE-TV’s Studio Amped. Studio Amped is a music series that features local and regional musicians. However, while gearing up for there tour with fellow multi-platinum artists, 3 Doors Down,…