JASON BASS – The Corsair The Pensacola State Pirates Men’s Basketball program has a new face this year, Head Coach Pete Pena. I sat down with Coach Pena earlier this week to get some insight on his expectations for the coming season. “Whether we deal with success or whether we deal with adversity, we want...
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Modern Day Slavery Museum will visit UWF
MATTHEW LEIGHT – The Corsair The Modern Day Slavery Museum will be making a scheduled stop at the University of West Florida on October 27. This portable museum is housed in a replica of a truck that was used in a 2008 slavery-related incident. According to its website the purpose of the museum is to...
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Representing the West Side
Matthew Leight-The Corsair The classic recreation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has arrived here in Pensacola and will be featured at our Ashmore Auditorium compliments of the Pensacola State College Theatre Department. Under the direction of Mr. Rodney Whatley, a cast comprised of approximately half students and half community members, will be presenting their...
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Dead Rising 2
Wade Manns- The Corsair Dead Rising 2 By Capcom and Blue Castle Games Genre: Third-person action/exploration Raing: M (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Use of Alcohol, Intense Violence, Language, Sexual Themes Players: 2-player co-op; up to 4 competitively Back in 2006, a game was released by Capcom, makers of one of my favorite series as...
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Local poetry group losing attendance
Travis Noonan-The Corsair “End of the Line [Café] was often packed with a wide variety of people coming to respect art on honest terms,” Barrett White, who recently moved to Tallahassee to attend FSU, said. “Our differences united us into something greater.” But now the group has been cut down to a bare...
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Fox News and MSNBC near end
MATTHEW LEIGHT – The Corsair And they wonder why we do not take them seriously anymore? Approximately 30 years ago, CNN hit the ground running as America’s first and only network devoted entirely to providing news on a 24 hour cycle. This was a monumental event that had “news junkies” clamoring at the bit. News...
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Getting around campus with disabilities.
REBECCA BYERS – The Corsair Have you ever walked around campus and noticed a disabled student or faculty member? Do you wonder how they are able to get around campus with all the stairwells and steps? Without the assistance of others, disabled people have a hard time negotiating steps. That’s why Pensacola State College’s campus...
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Jazz and Wind Ensemble plays to a full auditorium
Rebecca Byers – The Corsair Ludwig Von Beethoven once said “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” The first Brass and Wind Ensemble at Pensacola State College performed Thurs night, Oct 7, at a full Ashmore Auditorium in Building 8. “This was a very hard and challenging program,” Conductor Don Snowden, Director...
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BP: Too little, too late
CHERYL ERICKSON – The Corsair I was really hoping to write a positive follow-up to retort my last, rather opinionated, column on the BP claims process. Although the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) has made some very positive progress, I still find myself saying it’s too little, too late for many affected. The GCCF along...
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Pensacola Celebrates its 51st Greek Festival
Dustin Toney – The Corsair Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church held its 51st Annual Greek Festival of Pensacola October 15th-17th at its Downtown location. Each year a portion of the proceeds are donated to a local charity and the remaining funds go to help the church with future improvement projects. This year the money went to...