Diverse group of students at eCorsair studio during Season Five of Studio Amped.

Studio Amped returns for season five

by Danielle Provau WSRE’s Studio Amped returns for its fifth season of the free live songwriters’ concert series on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The concerts will be held at the Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio. Doors open at 6 p.m. nightly and the concerts start at 7 p.m. The eight-night event kicks off with…

Group of student veterans wearing SVA shirts at a networking event.

Student Veterans learn, network at national convention

by Rebecca Byers Students from Pensacola State College’s Student Veterans Association recently spent four days at the Fifth National Student Veterans of America Conference in Orlando, Fla. The January conference included colleges and universities from across the country, including the University of Arizona, Florida State University, the University of Florida, Auburn University, Yale, Harvard and…

Pirate softball player catching a ball during game at Pensacola State College.

Pirate softball shuts out SMCC

  by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College softball team played their first home, double header of the season Friday, Feb. 8, against Southwest Mississippi Community College. Coming into Friday’s games the Pirates were 1-4 this season and were looking to add a couple more wins to their record. In the first game of the…

Young baseball player swinging at a pitch during a game at eCorsair sports complex.

Baseball home opener closes with loss

by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College baseball team faced Faulkner State Community College for their home opener of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and lost 8-4. After creating a 3-1-1 record on the road to begin their season, the Pirates created numerous opportunities to score runs in each inning but were only successful…

Fresh herbs and produce at Palafox Market, including apple mint and Cuban oregano.

Perks of palafox market

by Lionel Haynes Jr With prices within any student’s budget, the Palafox Market offers a variety of local produce and  products most Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., in downtown Pensacola. More than 70 vendors provide everything from homemade food to local art. The market is located at the Martin Luther King Plaza on…

Female basketball players competing for the ball during a game at eCorsair.

Ladies still in hunt for a win

by Ally Doty Pensacola State College’s Lady Pirates fought Chipola College Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Lou Ross Center, but they could not keep it together long enough to pull off their first conference win. The pirates lost 53-52. With a 0-6 conference record going into Saturday’s game, the Pirates exposed their exhaustion to losing…

Player shooting basketball at free throw line in a gym.

Men are short by four, lose 66-62

by Ally Doty Pensacola State College lost another conference game Saturday, Feb. 2, against Chipola College 66-62. Three minutes in the game Denzel Richardson, a PSC freshman guard, fouled which resulted in two more points for Chipola. Not long after, a technical foul was called on Chipola’s Mistor Thomas that allowed PSC’s Dawud Salaam to…