What Does Pensacola’s Jazz Festival Have to Do with Ron Desantis?

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The arts are important to Pensacola, that’s for sure. Things like Gallery Night, the Arts Festival, and our Jazz Festival all represent the culmination of our town’s collective interest and passion for all things creative. Specifically, the Jazz Festival is the community event where well-known and local jazz talents would show off and entertain the festival attendants. Unfortunately, this year’s Jazz Fest has been cancelled due to budget cuts. Where did these cuts come from? Ron DeSantis. 

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Men’s Basketball Team: Improvement and a Ticket to the FCSAA Tournament

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The Pirates’ performance granted them the right to the play-in game to qualify for the FCSAA tournament. They played against St. Petersburg College in the play-in and emerged victorious with a final score of 72-64 to guarantee their first appearance in the tournament in a decade. Pirates’ center Dimitri Clerc stood out against St. Petersburg as he recorded 19 points and 12 rebounds to help the Pirates book their spot in the tournament, which will be held at Niceville, FL, from March 13th to 15th.

Lady Gaga Mayhem album cover featuring her portrait with orange text overlay.

MAYHEM: A Lady Gaga Review

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Lady Gaga, an American singer, songwriter, and actress is best known for hits like Bad Romance and Poker Face. She has won fourteen Grammys, two Golden Globes, and one Academy Award. Less than six months after the release of Joker: Folie à Deux, in which Gaga played Harley Quinn, “Mother Monster” is back for more with her seventh studio album labeled MAYHEM, released on March 7, 2025. 

Movie poster for Mickey 17 featuring Robert Pattinson and a futuristic background.

Film Review: Mickey 17

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There is a popular philosophical critique about the concept of sci-fi teleportation that has existed for quite a minute now. The idea goes a bit like this: imagine a Star Trek style teleporter that could take every molecule in your body and transfer it over to a completely different place. Now, when that occurs, are you actually teleporting a person or are you killing that person by deconstructing their molecules and then creating an exact clone with the same memories at another place?