Melissa Brown Sep 11 2006 12:00AM One of my mom’s favorite sayings is, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Apparently she’s got something there, because my parents were unhappily married for 29 years before they divorced. must’ve been her excellent cooking that kept them together so long. At any rate, I...
Author: TLambert
Who will claim the title of ‘Next Gen’ Supremacy
Ricky Di Sep 11 2006 12:00AM For years, the world of video gaming was ruled by Nintendo, but after the release of the Playstation and later the X-Box, the hardcore gaming community was split into three groups: Playstationites, X-Boxians, and smart people. With the next generation of video game consoles well into effect, the war...
VULTURES ON A CAROUSEL
Michael Rutschky Sep 11 2006 12:00AM I still think about it every time I fly. As I’m writing this, I’m flying back to Pensacola after spending a week up in Connecticut where my family lives. In the five years since 9/11, I must have flown a dozen times, and I have never had any real...
‘Angel’ will offer more online opportunities
Sahara Locke Sep 11 2006 12:00AM For about the past eight years, PJC staff, faculty and students have been using a program called WebCT. But, by next year that program will make way for a new system called Angel. The purpose of such a program, according to Dr. Bill Waters, director of distributed learning, is...
The new WiFi system provides convenience to students
Cynthia Munoz Sep 11 2006 12:00AM PJC has gone wireless! PJC has created a state-of the-art wireless system to cater to the needs of the Pensacola, Warrington, and Milton campuses. Pensacola Junior College is now the host of the largest Cisco wireless system in Northwest Florida. The system is set to help a number of...
Find your niche in a variety of campus clubs
Gina Nespoli Sep 11 2006 12:00AM Summer has come and gone. For incoming freshman and returning students at PJC, choices you are faced with can seem a bit overwhelming. Coming into a new environment with fewer friends then you are used to is not the easiest thing to deal with. Clubs are a great way...
Maritime Park plans ‘broad, varied, and exciting’
Melissa Brown Sep 11 2006 12:00AM On Sept. 5, Pensacola residents approved what some termed a controversial plan to build a public waterfront park just south of City Hall. In an e-mail interview, Miller Caldwell, of Caldwell Associates Architects and a Bush-appointed PJC Board of Trustees member, offered his history with the project and insights...
PTK orientations set at campuses
Sep 11 2006 12:00AM Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for community college scholars, is currently accepting new members. Phi Theta Kappa is dedicated to promoting scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship among honor students at two-year schools around the world. PTK is recognized by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges as the...
More than 130 colleges at College Fair
Sahara Locke Sep 11 2006 12:00AM The upcoming College Fair 2006 waits to begin the next chapter of a series of highly successful yearly events, according to Saundra Colville of Career Connections. The event takes place over a period of two days: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 11. at the Jean and Paul...
PJC designates areas on campuses to recyle paper goods
Sep 11 2006 12:00AM In an effort to control some of the paper volume across campus, City Waste has placed 96 gallon containers throughout the campuses. These bins are only for paper goods – no trash allowed. Cardboard boxes may also be recycled. Pick ups will be every Thursday and bins are located in Buildings ...