Yonit Shames Published: March 8, 2006 It seems to be the trend nowadays to reduce extremely complex issues to black-and-white terms- to widespread public applause. Most notably, President Bush received a great boost in public approval when he said, “Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,” after the Sept. 11, 2001…
Published: March 8, 2006 Things That Piss Me Off: You’ll find them in almost any class. Perfectly primped hair, make-up that took forty-five minutes to apply, brand name clothes, high heels, and no books or backpacks. They don’t pay attention in class. They never turn their cell off, and they text message in class. Now…
Erika Wilhite Published: March 8, 2006 Several days ago I was informed by an acquaintance that “the U.S. is selling terminals in port cities to Saudi Arabia” and assured that this was a “terrorist threat” of extreme nature. So, my initial reaction was a mixture of bewilderment and outrage – bewilderment because such a move…
Moria Dailey Published: March 8, 2006 Senate Bill 246, sponsored by Senator Lee Constantine (R – Altamonte Springs), if passed, would require students to pay 75 percent more than the in-state tuition price after taking 120 percent of the required credits for their program of study. At PJC, this would mean students who have more…
Melissa Brown Published: March 8, 2006 “Four walls!” Jake Haynie, a television production major at PJC, exclaimed. Haynie would like to see the LRC’s quiet areas enclosed in the new addition scheduled for construction in 2007. Haynie complained that the existing two-walled glass partitions don’t keep nearby conversations from seeping out into the surrounding area. …
Moria Dailey Published: March 8, 2006 “Our students here, as well as community college students in Florida, have roughly the same, if not better, GPA’s than native university students after they get A.A. [Associate in Arts] degrees and transfer,” Dr. David Sam, vice president of academic affairs at PJC, said. However, Sam explained, skills math…
Michael Rutschky Published: March 8, 2006 This semester PJC has taken the initiative to bring in new students. Recently, the student advisors were relocated to Bldg. 5 from Bldg. 2 to allow them the chance to better accommodate the needs of currently enrolled students. As the advisors moved out, they were replaced by a completely…
Moria Dailey Published: March 8, 2006 PJC is going through the reaccreditation process with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Part of that process requires PJC to institute a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), said Dr. June Linke, a member of the QEP team and the head of the behavioral sciences department. According to…
Erika Wilhite Published: March 8, 2006 As minority enrollment in U.S. colleges continues to increase, the number of male students enrolling is on the decline. This gender disparity is most evident among African American students. In 2004, American Council on Education found that only 25 percent of all black men of traditional college age (ages…
Published: March 8, 2006 The work of Anna Tomczak, the 2006 Anna Lamar Switzer Distinguished Artist, is now being exhibited in the gallery in Bldg. 15. Tomczak is a nationally recognized artist famous for her Polacolor image transfers.