This Healthcare Reform Makes Me Sick

by Paul Smith Everyone knows healthcare in America is a bloated, chaotic, diseased nightmare in dire need of massive overhaul and reform.  We have almost 50 million without insurance, and millions of those with insurance are constantly dropped or denied coverage for absurd reasons like “preexisting conditions” (as though life itself was not a preexisting…

Should I buy my books online or in a store?

ANSLEY ZECCKINE The Corsair Forty percent—that’s about how much a student can save by buying “The Bedford Handbook” (a text required for English composition classes) online instead of buying it in a bookstore. Students planning to take Elements of Nutrition to fulfill their science requirement can save about $60 on their required text, just by…

Student Center temporary Adult High home

SAMANTHA BOOKER The Corsair The student center has relocated to Bldg. 6, room 610, until further notice. The new location is due to the Adult High school being moved into Bldg. 5. “This leaves us with no room to have meetings or plan special events,” said Angie Jones, assistant coordinator. The move has left her…

PJC police buy Segways

VERONICA DAVIS The Corsair PJC Police are patrolling the campus in a new and interesting way.  They purchased two Segways or personal commute vehicles, at the beginning of June, Officer James Wilbum said. The Segways are used by police officers to help them maneuver easily around the campus. The large knobby tires on the Segways…

Two students lifeguard at Pensacola Beach

KAY FORREST The Corsair “Swim near a lifeguard,” warns Pensacola Beach lifeguard and PJC student Alex Johnson, 17. Johnson and his friend Luis Berrios, 20, are just two of 44 lifeguards that work at Pensacola Beach, keeping their eyes on swimmers and saving lives. Johnson has been a lifeguard for two years and is the…