ANDREA MCMILLIAN The Corsair On Friday, September 25th, WSRE-TV hosted a Health Care Reform Community Forum. The special presentation titled “Getting the Facts Straight” was featured as part of the “Aware” program. The first half of the program aired live on WSRE-TV. About 50 mostly older people showed up to the Jean & Paul Amos…
KIMBERLY SWEETMAN The Corsair Mannequin heads and bicycles lined the sides of the gazebo in front of Building 6 at the PJC Found Property Auction, on Wednesday, Sept. 30. PJC students and members of the community searched through the 855 lost and found items to find their desired objects. After writing down the red numbers…
KIMBERLY SWEETMAN The Corsair Students from the Drawing II class taught by Paula Takahashi were able to exit the classroom and practice their artistic skills upon the sidewalk. Two separate groups worked for hours to draw a giant T-Rex and ball pit outside the art building. “Five to six students worked on the ball pit out…
TIMM SHOWALTER The Corsair The Literary Round Table is a small group of PJC students who meet throughout the school year to discuss and critique each other’s literary works. They also work on the production of their award winning magazine, ISSUE. “The magazine is a student run organization that proposes a creative outlet for students…
KIMBERLY SWEETMAN The Corsair There is a sanctuary on campus for injured PJC students and faculty. This sanctuary is the Select Physical Therapy training room, located in Building 3. In this 1,400 plus square-foot facility, the injured receive treatment in many forms: from work-outs to ice baths. “We work with athletes, PJC faculty and staff,…
WADE MANNS The Corsair In 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, and thus made life easier for disabled people in the United States. The law basically made it illegal for employers or owners of establishments to discriminate based upon disability, just as similar protection existed against discrimination based…
AMANDA NELSON The Corsair Blindness sounds frightening doesn’t it? Imagine that one day your eyesight has been lost to an illness or an accident and now people have to cook your meals, do your laundry, or read your e-mails to you. Does that sound like a very independent life? There are 1.3 million Americans in…
KELCI PASCOE The Corsair College students are constantly being bombarded with information. They have to learn how to juggle the stresses of everyday life with the worries of school. Don’t you ever just wish you could have some way to get away from all of this, a temporary relief? Well now you can! BLAST is…
NEIL CLARK Biology Club Advisor If you’re into camping and other outdoor activities, like kayaking, canoeing, repelling, hiking, orienteering, bird watching and traveling to interesting and sometimes exotic places, then the PJC Biology Club is for you. During Spring break of 2008, our club made the trip to Ft. Payne, Ala. for four days and…
KIMBERLY SWEETMAN The Corsair Some PJC students may wonder who speaks for them on campus. Some may wonder how they can make their voice be heard. The Student Government Association of PJC’s Pensacola campus, which meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. under the pavilion, is a club devoted to being the voice of the students.…