Gemalie Perez The Corsair Every week Florida’s Community College Activities Association (FCCAA) names one athlete as Player of the week. The player of the week for the second week in November was PJC’s Deanna Allen. “All game stats are reported to FCCAA Scoreboard after each game. The player in Florida with the best stats (points,...
Author: Becca Carlson (Becca Carlson)
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The other side of Bristol’s life: What he does while off Duty as a Guide Dog
Since this blog is also about my guide dog Bristol, I would like to share with you some of the fun that he has been having since May of this year. I have been really busy with school this semester and Bristol has had some challenges and adventures of his own. Bristol has had...
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MMA plans in the works for Silva, Pensacola
MADELAIN TIGANO The Corsair Mixed Martial Arts is taking charge in popularity all over the world, and Desiree Cicale believes “Pensacola is going to produce fighters like nowhere else.” Cicale and her partner, Alex Silva Ruas, own a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA, and Muay Thai training camp on West Gregory Street in downtown Pensacola. As...
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Simmons found competent to stand trail
ASHLEY THOMPSON The Corsair After spending the last three months in Florida State Hospital, Jaworski Lee Simmons was found competent to stand trial during a hearing yesterday in Pensacola. Simmons faces charges of battery, sexual assault and kidnapping/false imprisonment after he allegedly forced a female student into PJC’s Pensacola campus restroom stall and strained sexual contact...
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Suspect in PJC sexual assault faces competency hearing
ASHLEY TOMPSON The Corsair The suspect in a sexual assault on the Pensacola campus last spring will go before a judge on Nov. 30 to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial, according to the state attorney’s office. Jaworski Lee Simmons, 28, was charged with forcible sexual battery, battery and kidnapping/false imprisonment...
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Ft. Hood tragedy ‘terrorism’ debate is irrelevant
by Paul Smith The recent tragedy at Ft. Hood in Texas where Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a Palestinian-American and Army psychiatrist, senselessly killed 13 people and wounded 30 others has inspired a ridiculous national debate of over the definition of terrorism. Fox News (of course) recently ran a poll on its website asking whether the...
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Whatever happened to manners?
by Justin Otto As I live my life day to day, I am faced with this question. This is an especially perplexing question as I am from Pensacola, FL – which, in case you aren’t up to date on your geography, is in the Southeastern United States. The reason I bring this up is because...
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What am I doing at Sluggo’s?
by Timm Schowalter I was trapped in a room full of 50 or so other kids that would look like aliens compared to the button-down oxford-type so typically exemplifying our species. I could find no way to escape, which was incredibly ironic because the only thing I could focus on was the filthy half-glowing “exit”...
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PJC plans to build in Gulf Breeze
ASHLEY THOMPSON The Corsair PJC, in conjunction with the Santa Rosa School District is set to begin building a new facility in the Midway area of Gulf Breeze. This facility, called PJC South Santa Rosa Center, will house multiple areas of study and will include labs and classrooms, as well as an administrative area, and...
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Women ranked No.2 in the state
DAVID CLARK The Pensacola Junior College Women’s basketball team has high hopes coming into the 2009-2010 season. Judging by the way they have been playing pre-conference (5-1), PJC fans have reason to be excited too. The Lady Pirates beat the fifth-ranked junior college team in the nation, Trinity Valley Community College (Texas), Nov....