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Perks of palafox market
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Perks of palafox market

by Lionel Haynes Jr With prices within any student’s budget, the Palafox Market offers a variety of local produce and  products most Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., in downtown Pensacola. More than 70 vendors provide everything from homemade food to local art. The market is located at the Martin Luther King Plaza on...

Ladies still in hunt for a win
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Ladies still in hunt for a win

by Ally Doty Pensacola State College’s Lady Pirates fought Chipola College Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Lou Ross Center, but they could not keep it together long enough to pull off their first conference win. The pirates lost 53-52. With a 0-6 conference record going into Saturday’s game, the Pirates exposed their exhaustion to losing...

Men are short by four, lose 66-62
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Men are short by four, lose 66-62

by Ally Doty Pensacola State College lost another conference game Saturday, Feb. 2, against Chipola College 66-62. Three minutes in the game Denzel Richardson, a PSC freshman guard, fouled which resulted in two more points for Chipola. Not long after, a technical foul was called on Chipola’s Mistor Thomas that allowed PSC’s Dawud Salaam to...

Men fall by 35 to NWFSC
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Men fall by 35 to NWFSC

by Ally Doty Wednesday, Jan. 30, was a losing night for the Pensacola State College men’s basketball team. They fell hard, 99-64, to the leaders of their conference, Northwest Florida State College.  The game was coarse from the beginning even though PSC scored the first six points. It wasn’t long before NWFSC responded and made...

Ladies lose to ranked NWFSC, 51-29
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Ladies lose to ranked NWFSC, 51-29

by Alloy Doty “Here we go White!” Coach Leah Drury, of Pensacola State College, cheered as she watched her Lady Pirates fall to the Northwest Florida State College Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the Lou Ross Center. With a 0-5 record, Wednesday’s double header began with PSC’s women still fighting for their first conference win this...

Nearing the end of his career, Rowe still brings art history to life
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Nearing the end of his career, Rowe still brings art history to life

by Ben Sheffler It’s difficult to imagine, but when Dr. Patrick Rowe started teaching Art History in 1983 at Pensacola State College (then Pensacola Junior College), there were no personal computers at the school.  There were no copiers in the Visual Arts Department.  There wasn’t even a phone in his office. “I was surprised that...

Book Review: “Twilight” series is guilty pleasure
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Book Review: “Twilight” series is guilty pleasure

by Danielle Provau The “Twilight” series is a guilty pleasure for adults. Readers love this series, but no one wants to actually admit it. Author Stephanie Meyer has a knack for writing for teens.  She took an unobtrusive, average teenage girl and changed her life forever. She made sure that her main character Bella could...

Men take home conference win
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Men take home conference win

by Ally Doty “You have him in the right spot! Now make him take that shot!” Coach Pete Pena roared across the court to the Pirate’s Denzel Richardson, during the Saturday, Jan. 19 game at the Lou Ross Center against Tallahassee Community College. It was the Pirate’s  fourth conference game this season. The Pirates took...

Ladies lose to TCC 72-58
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Ladies lose to TCC 72-58

by Ally Doty Pensacola State College’s Lady Pirates faced Tallahassee Community College on Saturday Jan. 19 at the Lou Ross Center for their fourth conference game of the season. Both teams came into the game without a conference win and both teams were looking for their first victory. PSC started the game with great focus,...

Lyceum: Flamenco group wows audience at Ashmore
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Lyceum: Flamenco group wows audience at Ashmore

by Danielle Provau The Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company lit the Ashmore Auditorium on fire with their passion for the fiery Flamenco dance style on Jan. 14, 2013. The group performed two sets, showcasing the dancers and musicians respectively, in front of a sold out audience. Before the show, the beautifully dressed dancers were practicing their...