Brian McLellan The Corsair Students wanting to save money on books for the upcoming summer and fall terms may be looking off campus. With the opening of Textbook Brokers across from the Pensacola State baseball field on 12th Avenue, along with the longstanding Lemox Books on Underwood Avenue, the Pensacola State College bookstore has more...
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May 24, 2011February 9, 2017Features
Baptist group offers fellowship and more
Nate Hicks The Corsair Students involved in the Baptist Collegiate Ministries from UWF and Pensacola State College plan on bringing new events as well as old ones to both campuses next fall. The popular BLAST (Believers Loving And Serving Together) series is just one event that will be returning beginning in the fall semester. BLAST...
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May 24, 2011February 9, 2017Features
College says farewell to Gonzalez
Rabecca Rogers The Corsair For years, Martin Gonzalez has been in the educational field. He has worked for many schools in the past, as a teacher, dean, and administrator. He has traveled to many cities for numerous jobs in the educational field. His latest position is the Vice President of Instructional Affairs at Pensacola State...
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May 24, 2011May 24, 2011News
Navy celebrates Centennial
Lauren Mabrie The Corsair On May 8, 1911, one of America’s protecting forces would be born and 100 years later a celebration is due. Philip McCollum, volunteer at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola said, “It is just odd to see how fast it [the Navy] has evolved.” The Navy first began with an...
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May 24, 2011February 9, 2017Features
Cool classes at summer kids’ college
PENSACOLA, Fla. – It’s time for parents to check out the offerings at Kids’ College, a Pensacola State College summer program that features fun classes and specialized camps on the Pensacola and Warrington campuses. Kids’ College runs June 6 to Aug. 12 and is geared for children 6 years old and up. Courses are offered...
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May 2, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Fast Five Review
RANDALL WILLIAMS – The Corsair By Universal Pictures PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, sexual content and language. Well, the boys who love the racing thrill are back in this fifth iteration of the infamous series; and this one stands to possibly be the best film to come from it. The story starts...
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April 25, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Portal and Portal 2
WADE MANNS – The Corsair By Valve Software Genre: First-person puzzler There haven’t been too many really, really original science fiction stories lately. Even fewer which put YOU, the reader (or in this case, the player character), in as the protagonist. In this pair of incredible games, you play Chell, who is never really given...
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April 18, 2011February 9, 2017Editorial & Opinion
One year later – Gulf oil spill revisited
TIM AJMANI – The Corsair April 20, 2010. People in Pensacola would probably remember exactly what they were doing when the news hit that day. I wasn’t living in Pensacola at the time. I can’t even remember what I was doing, or if I even knew what was happening. The only thing that was visibly...
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April 14, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Alien vs Predator Review
WADE MANNS – The Corsair By SEGA and Rebellion Genre: First-person shooter/sneaker Few things genuinely terrify me so much as the Xenomorphs of the Aliens franchise. It’s the look, as well as behavior, of the monstrous Xenomorphs, designed by surrealist artist H.R. Giger, which sets my heart pounding and adrenaline flowing when I watch the...
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April 14, 2011February 9, 2017Arts and Entertainment
Mass Effect Review
WADE MANNS – The Corsair By Electronic Arts and BioWare Genre: Epic Role-playing In the near future of the story of the human race, a strange weapons cache is discovered on Mars, one whose weapons employ a bizarre new technology involving accelerating the molecules in ordnance to very fast speeds via lowering their mass. This...