Kristen Bailey Published: November 9, 2005 The only thing better than lounging around PJC’s student center eating pizza, is lounging around the student center eating pizza for a cause. The PJC Zookeepers club provided students an opportunity to purchase pizza for a cause, Oct. 31 and Nov.1 in the student center. Selling the pizza donated...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Archived News
Health program receives $1.3 million
Erika Wilhite Published: November 9, 2005 After years of struggling, the PJC Health Department finally has the funding necessary to offer a full load of nursing and paramedic courses. PJC has received a $1.3 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration. It is one of many grants being awarded...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Sports
Basketball teams win season openers
Morgan Gates Published: November 9, 2005 Nov. 4 and 5 marked the opening of the 2005-2006 PJC Basketball Season for both the men’s and women’s teams. The teams played in tournaments – the CiCi’s Tip-Off Classic for the Pirates and the Okaloosa-Walton Tip-Off Classic for the Lady Pirates. The Pirates tipped off their tournament in...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Sports
Wilma brings best surf in 30 years
Joshua Kinser Published: November 9, 2005 The weekend of Oct. 23, Hurricane Wilma brought to the Gulf Coast what some are calling the greatest surf in 30 years. Along with perfect waves came world class surfers, the Quicksilver surfing team, photographers and journalists from “Surfer Magazine,” and recognition from the global surfing community that may...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 20252008 archive, Arts and Entertainment
Saw II uses same plot line as first movie
Ashley Carter Published: November 9, 2005 Saw II is a continuation of the previous movie Saw, in which a “jigsaw” serial killer traps his victims in extraordinary circumstances where they have to figure out a puzzle that they’ve been put in to save themselves from a horrible death. This continuation follows basically the same kind...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Archived News
Tatoos
Moria Dailey Published: November 9, 2005 Tattoos have become an ever-growing form of body decoration everywhere, including PJC. Monica Cutler, who has one tattoo, said all of her friends were tattooed, and “my boyfriend is the only person I hang out with regularly who doesn’t have tattoos.” The tattoo process begins with picking out a...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Features
College ministry recruits through lunch and music
Heather Adams Published: November 9, 2005 Baptist Collegiate Ministries hosted Schmack, an annual cookout with music and prizes, on Oct. 26. It was a good turnout for the group with approximately 490 students coming to get a free hamburger and to listen to the music from Takin Back, a local band. Tony Olesky, director of...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Features
Day care children have fun while learning
Lucretia Brown Published: November 9, 2005 Students and instructors who wish for their small children to have a head start in education may want to sign them up for enrollment in the PJC Child Development Center, according to Director Sheila Banks. Camp Fire USA PJC Child Development Center is a learning based facility. There is...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 20252008 archive, Arts and Entertainment
Roscoe Danza fuses styles without losing groove
Joshua Kinser Published: November 9, 2005 On Oct. 2, DJ Radar and Raul Yanez brought their “Concerto For Turntable” to Carnegie Hall and a standing ovation. The blending of traditional orchestra composition with electronic hip-hop beats and turntables not only validated the turntable as a legitimate instrument, but also pushed the boundaries of live orchestral...
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December 29, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Sports
Lady Pirates Bound for State Tournament
Lindsay Spencer Published: October 26, 2005 “So you want to go to Lakeland, huh?” Coach Pete Pena asked after the Lady Pirates dominated over Gulf Coast Community College. Lakeland is where the girls will travel in a couple of weeks to compete at the state level. “The first game was the hardest and most intense,”...