PJC’s Student Job Services helps with unemployment

-Ashley Thompson- Pensacola Junior College’s Student Job Services (SJS) offers students an opportunity to explore and prepare for life outside of college. Any person who is currently enrolled or has ever attended PJC can use the services offered to find a job. SJS offers assistance building a resume and posting a resume online for potential…

Tea Party Protests Brew Nonsense

by Paul Smith On April 15, “tax day,” I drove by University Mall in Pensacola where I saw a handful of people holding protest signs. I steered closer to get a better view only to realize what looked like a handful was actually throngs of hundreds of people carrying signs, some of which read “Obama…

Movies – Knowing

Knowing, by Escape Artists and Summit Entertainment Starring Nicolas Cage Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language. Genre: Disaster Thriller If someone were suddenly whispering to you something that you were compelled to write down, that you could not immediately discern, what would be your reaction? It would probably be to…

Gaming – Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5 by Capcom Rating: Mature (17+) for, from what I’ve observed so far, blood and gore and violence. Genre: survival horror Players: one or two over Xbox Live The Resident Evil series, since 1997 has been one of the leading and scariest survival horror series ever. First released on the original PlayStation, with…

Movies – Watchmen DVDs

At the beginning of last month, I reviewed the movie Watchmen, the interpretation of the graphic novel written by Alan Moore in the late 80s. I noted that several things were taken out or changed to enhance its cinematic quality, but in the end it did not affect the movie, and it turned out to…

Movies – Watchmen review

Watchmen, by Warner Brothers, Paramount, and DC Comics. Genre: action-adventure, crime thriller, superhero fantasy. Rating: R for nudity, lots of bloody violence, language and adult situations. Review by Wade Manns I really liked Watchmen, based on the graphic novel of 1986 and 87 by Alan Moore and masterfully converted into a stunning motion picture by…

Pirates Fall in Extra Innings

Corey Reese Published: March 8, 2006 PJC’s baseball team, trying to avoid a sweep, pushed Chipola to extra innings but ultimately fell short losing 7-6 in 12 innings.  Chipola swept the three game weekend series with the win. Jared Grace had 2 hits and 3 RBI and Nick Francis added 2 hits.  Jimbo Bunch went…

Pirate Baseball Sweeps weekend series

Corey Reese Published: March 8, 2006 The PJC baseball team continued its winning ways and improving their conference record, sweeping North Florida in their three games this weekend. The sweep gave PJC their first three conference wins of the season and the Pirates ended the weekend with a strong statement. In the 11-1, 5-inning win…