Joshua Wilks Published: February 18 2004 When we talk, we expect other people to observe certain rules of behavior. The same is true online. In the age of Internet communication, the following guidelines are the dos and don’ts for proper etiquette on the Internet, or Netiquette. <b>DO NOT DO THIS.</b> THIS IS SHOUTING! IT IS...
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December 11, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Opinion
Feels like home’ feels just right
James Hagan Published: February 18 2004 One of the most anticipated albums of 2004 finally has come out. Norah Jones, off her 2002 multi-million selling and multi-Grammy winning debut “Come Away With Me,” is back with “Feels Like Home.” Many of the 13 songs on the album follow the same jazz-influenced formula as her previous...
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December 11, 2008August 13, 2025Features
Wrong major, failed job interviews lead to ‘Living the Map’
Kristin Martin By traveling the country one job at a time and having a different job each week, Daniel Seddiqui is “living the map.” Seddiqui is a 26-year-old California native who graduated from the University of Southern California with an economics degree, but no life direction as far as a permanent career goes. Although he...
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December 11, 2008August 13, 2025Features
Del Sherburne: PJC student, volunteer firefighter
Kristin Martin Click here to see photos of Del Sherburne. You won’t find many 24-year-olds with as much responsibility on their shoulders as Del Sherburne. The Pensacola Junior College pre-engineering student must balance his school work, a landscaping business and his job as a volunteer firefighter for the Ferry Pass Volunteer Fire Department, which serves...
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December 10, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Opinion
Ask Toady
Toady Worm Published: February 18 2004 Toady, my boyfriend is always late. He is driving me crazy. Isn’t the girl the one who is supposed to be late? He primps in front of the mirror like he is getting ready to compete in a pageant. It is ridiculous. When we met he was rough around...
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December 10, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Opinion
What reality show would you be in? Part one
Staff Published: February 18 2004 “Joe Millionaire. At the end, I’d be able to choose between the guy or taking the money.” Sehondra Spencer, English A.A. “Street Smarts. I always know the answers to the questions they’re asking.” Padricia Wagner, Criminal Justice “The Bachelorette. I’d get to have a big, fancy wedding for free.” Cristina...
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December 10, 2008August 13, 2025Archived Opinion
Porn program was unacceptable
Staff Published: February 18 2004 Many believe that Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) programming on stations like PJC’s WSRE-TV is among the last safe havens for family viewing. When PBS re-aired the “Frontline” episode “American Porn” Feb. 5 at 9 p.m., the network tested that long-held notion. “American Porn” is a documentary that gives viewers an...
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December 10, 2008August 13, 2025Archived News
Police Log
Staff Reporters Published: February 18 2004 * More than $1,000 in camera equipment, clothing and art supplies were stolen from a car parked on the Pensacola campus Jan. 23. The victim’s 1993 Jeep Cherokee SUV was parked in lot 15 on the Pensacola campus. Between ll:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., while the victim was attending...
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December 10, 2008August 13, 2025Archived News
Incomplete policy now requires a contract
Lisa Cobb Published: February 18 2004 Beginning this semester, students and faculty will be required to complete and sign contracts before incomplete grades are processed. This change requires that both an instructor and student agree upon what percentage of the course has been completed, the student’s last date of attendance, the remaining requirements, and a...
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December 10, 2008August 13, 2025Archived News
Kid’s House gives abused kids a chance
Lisa Cobb Published: February 18 2004 In the transom above the door are the words, “Small voices heard here.” Indeed, as one walks through the front entryway the warmth of pastel painted walls scattered with artwork of whimsical animals and playing children continues to draw one further in. With each new corner that is turned,...