by Charles Davis Pensacola State College Welcome Week included several fun events for students, two of which were human bowling and bungee basketball. Human Bowling placed students into a big inflated ball and rolled them into life-size bowling pins. Bungee basketball consisted of two students racing each other with a bungee cord attached to them,...
by Ben Sheffler Despite protests and opposition from environmentalists and international celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Bo Derek, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has stopped a plan that would’ve prevented oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park in the Amazonian rainforest. President Barack Obama is due to make a decision about the Keystone XL pipeline...
by Ben Sheffler The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, building 15 on Pensacola State College’s main campus, will exhibit artwork by the prolific Native-American artist Neal Ambrose-Smith from August 19 to October 4. Ambrose-Smith is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor who is an outspoken proponent of using non-toxic printmaking techniques. By using these...
by Ben Sheffler The new Burlington Coat Factory store, located in University Town Plaza on Davis Highway, will have a hiring event August 15 and 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio in building 23 on the Pensacola State College main campus. An online application must be...
A PSC student was involved in a serious auto accident in front of the entrance to the Warrington Campus this morning. Amy Stone, a dental hygiene student, was partially ejected from her vehicle through the windshield. Stone was unconscious when paramedics arrived and has been taken by ambulance to Baptist Hospital. The crash occurred at...
by Ben Sheffler In a close but unsurprising ruling, the Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which ultimately defined marriage as being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. President Obama has been calling for equality for everyone for some time now, and both of the...
by Ben Sheffler Interest rates on new subsidized Federal Direct Stafford student loans increased yesterday from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent because Congress couldn’t agree on a plan before the deadline, affecting approximately 700 students every semester at Pensacola State College. And Congress is on a week-long recess for the Fourth of July. There was...
by Ally Doty The Blue Angels may be grounded for 2013 due to budget cuts, but that didn’t stop three members of the flight crew from spreading a positive message of working hard to achieve your goals to students from Pensacola State College’s Kid’s College program on June 20, 2013. Lieutenant Katie Kelly, the squad’s...
by Ben Sheffler In celebration of the Summer Solstice, the Pensacola State College Planetarium and Space Theatre, along with The University of West Florida Archaeology Institute, will present a free event on ancient perspectives of the night sky called “A Journey Along the Pathway of Souls” at 6 and 8 p.m. on June 20 in...
by Danielle Storley “Men are Dogs,” a realistic romantic comedy by playwright Joe Simonelli, was the most recent production by PSC’s Performing Arts Department. Director Rodney Whatley brought the somewhat adult-themed play to life, with the actors starring in roles that required wisdom way beyond their years. The play centers on a psychiatrist, Cecilia Monahan...