by Ally Doty Leah Drury, the Pensacola State College women’s head basketball coach, and the lady pirates endured another loss of the season against conference rivals Gulf Coast State College on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Lou Ross Center. In Drury’s first season as coach, the pirates have played with only nine girls for...
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Men win by two
by Ally Doty “It was a tale of two halves,” said Pensacola State College Basketball Coach Pete Pena after his pirates put away the Gulf Coast State College Commodores on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Lou Ross Center. The pirates went into Wednesday’s game with an 18-10 overall season record and a 4-6 conference record....
“Rabbit Hole” adresses issues of grief
by Danielle Storley [youtube id=”P0pze9X0QxE” width=”600″ height=”350″] Pensacola State College’s Performing Arts Department will present the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Rabbit Hole” by David Lindsay-Blaire as this year’s spring production. The play centers on a couple’s struggle with grief after losing their four-year-old child. “Why do bad things happen to good people and how do...
Studio Amped returns for season five
by Danielle Provau WSRE’s Studio Amped returns for its fifth season of the free live songwriters’ concert series on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The concerts will be held at the Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio. Doors open at 6 p.m. nightly and the concerts start at 7 p.m. The eight-night event kicks off with...
Student Veterans learn, network at national convention
by Rebecca Byers Students from Pensacola State College’s Student Veterans Association recently spent four days at the Fifth National Student Veterans of America Conference in Orlando, Fla. The January conference included colleges and universities from across the country, including the University of Arizona, Florida State University, the University of Florida, Auburn University, Yale, Harvard and...
Student center hosts fat tuesday party
by Danielle Provau & Lionel Haynes Jr Today, Pensacola State College’s Student Leadership and Activities hosted a Fat Tuesday celebration in the student center with free red beans and rice, moon pies, and beads.
Pirate softball shuts out SMCC
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College softball team played their first home, double header of the season Friday, Feb. 8, against Southwest Mississippi Community College. Coming into Friday’s games the Pirates were 1-4 this season and were looking to add a couple more wins to their record. In the first game of the...
Lady Pirates’ Basketball loses five players to violations of PSC policy
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State women’s basketball team is currently under re-construction after the recent loss of five players, not only from the basketball program, but also from the college as well. “They were all very good basketball players; one was an all-American, four of them were SEC-type players,” said Pensacola State Athletic Director...
Column: Pensacola offers vegan variety
by Holly MacNaughton How do you know if someone is a vegan? They tell you. So, I’ll tell you. I’m a vegan. I haven’t always been a vegan, and sometimes I do miss a good ‘ol juicy steak. Most of the time, we vegans are completely at ease with our food intake choices and we...
Baseball home opener closes with loss
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College baseball team faced Faulkner State Community College for their home opener of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and lost 8-4. After creating a 3-1-1 record on the road to begin their season, the Pirates created numerous opportunities to score runs in each inning but were only successful...