Month: <span>May 2010</span>

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Global Warming: is it fact or is it fiction?

Kimberly Sweetman – The Corsair The debate continues to rage over global warming. Is there cause for alarm? Does the condition even exist? If so, are mankind’s activities responsible for climate change? Those are the questions researched and debated by 14 members of science teacher Jeff Wooters’ introduction to environmental science class during a presentation...

PJC alumnus leads Discovery
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PJC alumnus leads Discovery

Madelain Tigano – The Corsair The color of dawn begins to tint the sky, though the moon still lingers as everyone faces east, waiting. The countdown reaches 10, with every second thereafter a tease until the launch begins. At first there is no sound. Smoke rises from underneath the space shuttle and begins to fill...

SGA students visit Tallahasee for Rally in Tally
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SGA students visit Tallahasee for Rally in Tally

Wade Manns – The Corsair Twenty-one PJC Student Government Association leaders joined 325 other community college student leaders from across the state April 7-8 to lobby legislators on bills currently being considered.  The annual Rally in Tally, staged by the Florida Junior/Community College Student Government Association, included a rally on the steps of the old...

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Brain Bowl team goes all the way

Kyra Wood – The Corsair PJC’s Brain Bowl team placed fourth out of eight competing teams assembled from all over the country to participate in the Brain Bowl Nationals, Feb. 26-27. Nationals took place at Chipola College in Mariana, a frequent National Academic Quiz Tournament host. PJC has attended nationals a total of five times...