Dr. Wayne Wooten Published: February 8, 2006 Appropriately for Valentines, red Mars (top center) is approaching the beautiful Pleiades cluster, to pass just south of it on Valentine’s night. Use binocs to see this superb cluster at its best, with over 200 member stars, not just the seven brightest naked eye ones. Took this photo...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived News
Student Center to offer FAFSA assistance
Erika Wilhite Published: February 8, 2006 From 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, PJC’s Pensacola Campus will host “College Goal Sunday” in the Student Center, located in Building 5. The goal is to assist students in filing the 2006-07 FAFSA (Federal Application for Student Aid). Everyone is welcome, whether they attend PJC or...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived Opinion
“The Mall Ball”
Published: February 8, 2006 Before I go into the surreal experience that is Les Petites Enfant (a.k.a. – The Mall Ball), let me give you some background. I work at the mall, and I’m the only one at my store who is over 21 and had Saturday night free. So when our store received complimentary...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived Opinion
Lily the Insomniac
Published: February 8, 2006 Yeah, so, I have gotten into techno lately. Most of it is from that game, Dance Dance Revolution (and don’t try to tell me that you’ve never played it! (IF YOU WERE EVER DRUNK AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE, YOU HAVE PLAYED IT). I went out and danced in the...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived News
Statistics don’t tell whole story of PJC students
Lucretia Brown Published: February 8, 2006 Every year thousands of students, ranging in age from elementary school to senior citizens, attend PJC. Although the college’s annual report says the average age of students is 28, in fact, age varies depending the types of classes students take. The reason there is such a broad age group...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived News
Study says students lacking in literacy skills
Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 Less than 25 percent of two-year college students and less than 40 percent of four-year college students lack proficient literacy skills, according to a recent study conducted by the American Institutes for Research. Along with college students, the study also tested average American adults. Two-year-college students scored significantly below...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived News
Bright Futures paves the way for success
Michael Rutschky Published: February 8, 2006 High school students who excel in high school and plan to attend Florida colleges have found a way to pay for tuition and supplies. The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, funded by the Florida State Lottery, has been providing for students’ educations since 1997. In the 2005 fall semester...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived News
House approves $12.6 billion in student aid cuts
Melissa Brown Published: February 8, 2006 By a vote of 216-214 on Feb. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that will cut roughly $12.6 billion from federal student aid programs, making loans more expensive for students and parents, as part of S. 1932, The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. More than 313,000 borrowers...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived News
College sponsors AIDS testing
Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 On the annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day, Feb. 7, PJC, along with the Florida Department of Health, offered human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS testing, as well as syphilis screening, in the student center on the Pensacola campus. Drug and alcohol counselors were also available, as well...
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February 11, 2009February 11, 2009Archived Sports
Eating healthy, the Mediterranean way
Melissa Brown Published: February 8, 2006 Cabbage Soup Diet. Jenny Craig. Raw. Atkins. The Zone. Medifast. The Biggest Loser. South Beach Diet. With the list of diet styles increasing daily, it can be a painstaking process finding the one that works best for you. Eating the Mediterranean way, however, isn’t a fad that comes and...