Nuavia Stewart The Corsair Have you ever been in a position where you were asked to speak in front of a crowd of people on the fly? Fear and anxiety sets in, and suddenly your thoughts go blank. Well, fear no more. Toast of the Coast, located on the Pensacola Campus, is part of Toastmasters...
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August 22, 2011August 13, 2025Features
Buying textbooks online may save money
Nuavia Stewart The Corsair Buying textbooks can be very costly and many bookstores are creating new ideas for college students to take advantage of those options. Buy, rent, and sell options are available and can save you lots of cash and allow you to stretch your budget. Online bookstores such as Barnes& Noble, Amazon.com and...
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August 22, 2011August 13, 2025Uncategorized
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Center For Advising and Career Services The Center for Advising & Career Services was formerly the“Academic Advising” and “Career Connection” offices. We combined our efforts June 1, 2011 to help consolidate services offered to students in a “one-stop-shop” for both academic advising and career planning. Services: CACS assists students with career exploration and academic planning....
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August 22, 2011August 13, 2025Features
The Rating Game
Students, faculty weigh in on popular professor rating site A-Mila West The Corsair It is one of the most famous (or infamous to some) Web sites among college students all over the United States, Canada and Britain. Rate My Professors is also very well known here at Pensacola State College. On the site, students can...
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April 18, 2011August 13, 2025Editorial & Opinion
One year later – Gulf oil spill revisited
TIM AJMANI – The Corsair April 20, 2010. People in Pensacola would probably remember exactly what they were doing when the news hit that day. I wasn’t living in Pensacola at the time. I can’t even remember what I was doing, or if I even knew what was happening. The only thing that was visibly...
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April 12, 2011August 13, 2025Editorial & Opinion
Butler – lucky or good?
TIM AJMANI – The Corsair So the college basketball season is over. March Madness provided us with rare performances, amazing finishes, and an unforgettable 10-0 run to a national championship. No one can tell me (except perhaps UConn fans) that they were rooting against Butler in the title game. For two years in a row,...
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March 26, 2011August 13, 2025Sports
New baseball coach combines hard work, fun
NATHAN HICKS – The Corsair Whether it’s the smell of freshly cut grass, grilled hotdogs, or the sound of a homerun crashing off the end of a bat, baseball season is here at Pensacola State. “We are looking to win this year, but we have fun too. One thing I like about this team is that...
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March 26, 2011August 13, 2025Editorial & Opinion
Will Ricketts: local developer and entrepreneur
WILLIAM BEARD – The Corsair You don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to start and grow a successful tech startup. Boston, New York, Austin, and even our neighbors over in Tallahasse, at Silicon Tally, are all trying to incubate the latest and greatest ideas in technology. Recently, I sat down with a local developer...
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March 26, 2011August 13, 2025Editorial & Opinion
March madness
The months between January and August are terrible for the majority of us sports fans. We rely on football, either pro or college, to give us our entertainment on the weekends, after a long week from work or school. We miss the thrills of week to week drama (and joke) that is the BCS in...
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March 26, 2011August 13, 2025Editorial & Opinion
Guns allowed on campuses? Laughable…
TIM AJMANI – The Corsair Florida state senators made a critical decision this past Wednesday to kill the proposal for firearms on college campuses. That is definitely good and all. But the bigger issue is this – why was this even necessary in the first place? Common sense should have prevailed here. To the normal...