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MTV Dating Star Visits Pensacola State College
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MTV Dating Star Visits Pensacola State College

By: Ally Doty “Give anyone five minutes of your time,” was one of MTV dating coach Adam Ladolce’s favorite pieces of advice to give during his one-hour presentation on ‘Being the Life of the Party: Alcohol Free.’ Ladolce visited Pensacola State College’s main campus to give students and staff advice of how to grab the...

Pirates Basketball Wins First tournament Game Since 1998
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Pirates Basketball Wins First tournament Game Since 1998

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State College men’s basketball team headed to Ocala, FL on Monday, March 3 to compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association State Tournament for the first time since 1998, when they defeated Dayton State College 102-79, but lost their second game, being bumped out of the tournament and went...

Long-running Lumberjack Festival educates with side of competition
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Long-running Lumberjack Festival educates with side of competition

by Savana Morie The sun shined bright on Pensacola State College’s Milton campus last Saturday, March 1, making it a seemingly perfect day for people of all ages to come enjoy the 26th annual Northwest Florida Forestry Conclave and Lumberjack Festival, with events running from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entry was free and open...

AmeriCorps VISTA program Joins Forces with Mayor for Blanket Drive
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AmeriCorps VISTA program Joins Forces with Mayor for Blanket Drive

By Rebecca Juntunen You don’t have to walk too far in Pensacola to find a homeless man or woman standing on the roadside. It isn’t uncommon, either, to see them huddled on park benches or sleeping in other temporary shelters around the city. Pensacola State College’s AmeriCorps VISTA program is taking strides to change this...

‘The Great Gatsby’ Student Performance at Ashmore
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‘The Great Gatsby’ Student Performance at Ashmore

By: Rebecca Juntunen Viewing the world through rose-colored glasses is one thing, but viewing it through a kaleidoscope creates a whole new outlook of the people in it. Be prepared to confront this outlook if you plan to attend this weekend’s showing of “The Great Gatsby”. The production, staged by the Pensacola State College Theater...

PSC Softball Finally Plays Home Game
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PSC Softball Finally Plays Home Game

By: Ally Doty The Pensacola State College Softball Coach, Brenda Pena, and her squad of fourteen ladies hosted a double header with Bishop State Community College Tuesday, Feb. 25 on a rare day in Pensacola where the sun shined brightly and temperatures reached mid-sixties to early seventies. PSC softball rarely had games at home due...

2014 Pirate Invitational
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2014 Pirate Invitational

By: Ally Doty The 2014 Pirate Baseball Invitational took place Saturday, Feb. 22 through Monday, Feb. 24where the Pensacola State College baseball team welcomed four out of city teams and battled their way through the weekend. PSC first played on Saturday morning against the Rend Lake Warriors from Illinois. Rend Lake scored two early runs...

Artist Jo Stealey visits PSC; work on display at Switzer Center
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Artist Jo Stealey visits PSC; work on display at Switzer Center

by Savana Morie Students and faculty of Pensacola State College came together last Thursday, Feb. 20, to honor this year’s Switzer Distinguished Artist Jo Stealey, who considered the honor an “absolute thrill.”  The reception, which began at 6 p.m in the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts on the Pensacola campus, was free to...

PSC Women’s Basketball Head Coach to Resign
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PSC Women’s Basketball Head Coach to Resign

    By: Ally Doty Leah Drury, the women’s head basketball coach for Pensacola State College, announced her resignation today, Feb. 26, at the Hartsell Arena, which has been her home for the last two years of her coaching career. The event started out lightly, when Bill Hamilton stepped up to the podium and knocked...

SGA Presents ‘Catching Fire’ to Student Body
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SGA Presents ‘Catching Fire’ to Student Body

  By: Rebecca Juntunen On Thursday, February 20th, PSC’s main campus student center offered a free mini movie theater experience to students, complete with free drinks, popcorn, and snacks.  Students settled down at tables and couches in front of a huge projector screen, to watch “Catching Fire”— a film adaption of the second book in...