Tim Ajmani The Corsair Ah… A one final weekend to this year’s NFL season… On New Year’s Day! What a better way to start the new year than to watch several key football games for playoff positions. In the NFC, five of the six playoff positions are taken; Green Bay, San Francisco, New Orleans, Detroit,...
Month: <span>December 2011</span>
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Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 16
Tim Ajmani The Corsair There are two weeks left in the 2011-2012 NFL season. At last, every team finally has a victory. I got my second upset pick right last week, when I picked the Colts to beat the inconsistent Tennessee Titans. However, with that win, the Colts are faced with a bit of a...
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Death To Civil Liberty: The National Defense Authorization Act Passes
In a stunning display of disregard for civil liberties the United States House of Representatives have passed H.R. 1540, also known as the National Defense Authorization Act. The bill passed last night at a stunning 283 – 136, and the worst part is President barrack Obama has retracted his promise to Veto the bill. The...
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Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 15
Tim Ajmani The Corsair I predicted that there wouldn’t be too many upsets in the NFL last week. I did say, however, that Cam Newton and the Panthers would upset Atlanta. They did – for a half. What is becoming more and more apparent in this NFL season is that the most important position in...
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College serving up new tennis courts
Brian McLellan The Corsair New tennis courts are nearing completion at the main campus of Pensacola State College. The renovations to the courts, located next to the Lou Ross Center at the 12th Avenue entrance to the college, were commissioned earlier this fall. Despite the appearance of delays in construction, the courts are still on...
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Unemployment Part II: The solutions
Tim Ajmani The Corsair In October’s issue of The Corsair, I talked about how unemployment is one of the biggest issues not only in the United States, but the rest of the world as well. The unemployment rate is rising day-by-day and something needs to be done to halt it. The last time the American...
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Louis CK – “Just give me 5 bucks.”
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Louis CK is a funny man. He gets paid to share his special form of bitter cynicism with the world. He has a hit show on FX, was a long time writer for Conan O’Brien, and directed and wrote the undervalued gem Pootie Tang. Love or hate the man’s comedic perspective, he...
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Major Lazer’s “Original Don” Video of the Week(Decade?)
Raymond Knott. Corsair. Between playing an amazing show at De Luna Fest, sharing a tour with Sleigh Bells that will be stopping at our very own Vinyl Music Hall, and co-producing one of my favorite collaborative DJ projects, Major Lazer, I can’t really seem to get away from Diplo lately. Major Lazer is one of...
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College expands to South Santa Rosa County
Adora Goff The Corsair In Gulf Breeze, a new addition to Pensacola State College is opening in January of 2012. The South Santa Rosa Center is being constructed off Nantahala Beach Road in Midway. According to a press release from the college, the architectural firm of Bullock Tice Associates Inc. and Greenhut Construction Co. Inc....
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Darren Goodson: a changed man
Shauna Cook The Corsair Sophomore Darren Goodson faced a lot of trials and tribulations growing up. The 6-foot-5 forward for Pensacola State’s men’s basketball team grew up in the Winton Terrace Projects in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was exposed to crack dealers, robbery, and murder. “It was hard but my mother always found a way...