Year: <span>2011</span>

Home 2011
Post

Dance and cheer teams prepare for upcoming season

A-mila West The Corsair Efforts are still under way to recruit more members for the cheer and dance squad that will support this season’s Pensacola State College men and women’s basketball teams. Coach LaRita Carter has held four auditions since the beginning of fall semester to search for talent. While currently there are only six...

Post

College football not in PSC’s future

Brian McLellan The Corsair The Pensacola area has always worshiped college football like a religion.  Yet somehow it has taken until 2011 before talks of having a college football program actually exist in the area. Though the closest Division-1 program is in Tallahassee, and another is soon going to be in Mobile, there are no...

Post

Breakfast: Fuel for Thought

Torie Hutchinson The Corsair The sunrise is a signal for most people to wake up for the new day. Grabbing a bite to eat after waking up has become a normal tradition. According to Better Health Magazine, “Breakfast is considered an important meal because it breaks the overnight fasting period, replenishes your supply of glucose...

Post

Arts at the Anna and Ashmore

Rabecca Rogers The Corsair Pensacola State College seeks high praise for their arts and theatre performances this semester.  Hoping to fall nothing short of a standing ovation and honorable review, Don Snowden, the department head of music and theatre and Vivian Spencer, gallery director for the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, have planned...

Post

Food on campus (or lack thereof)

Bradley Campbell The Corsair Do you find yourself tired of eating the same old food on campus day after day? Do you find yourself yearning for something different? Well, you may have to keep dreaming about that for quite some time. Students and faculty wanting a broader range of food options are going to have...

Post

Unemployment – Part 1: The Issues

Tim Ajmani The Corsair One of the biggest issues today in the world is the unemployment rate. According to the United States Department of Labor, the unemployment rate “represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force.” Dealing with a high unemployment rate is harmful to the production and existence of any country,...

Post

Survivors’ Stories

Nuavia Stewart and Jamequa Davis The Corsair Being diagnosed with breast cancer can elicit many emotions; panic, depression and disbelief, are a few. And while no two women will have the exact same experience, the men and women sharing their stories have two things in common: They either have had breast cancer or know someone...

Post

Why choose a major?

Lauren Mabrie The Corsair The word “major” in college is probably known to be one of the scariest words in college, or is it? What is all the hype about? According to Dictionary.com, the definition of a major is “a subject or field of study chosen by a student to represent his or her principal...

Post

Cell phones off!

Tabatha Fields The Corsair Cell Phones  are  a  part of  our  daily  life. They can be used for texting, checking e-mail, and  talking. However, students who use cell phones in the classroom may suffer consequences. Pensacola State College policy regarding cell phones is as follows: Electronic devices, such as cell phones, cell phone cameras,  ipods, ...

Post

New lab means more help for students

Terrance Lacey The Corsair The mathematics department at Pensacola State College has redeveloped its mathematics laboratory in consideration for its increasingly large student body. According to supervisor Casey Williams, much more space as well as computers was needed to support an increasing amount of students in and out each day using the laboratory for study...