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Dr. Wayne Wooten Published: February 8, 2006 Appropriately for Valentines, red Mars (top center) is approaching the beautiful Pleiades cluster, to pass just south of it on Valentine’s night. Use binocs to see this superb cluster at its best, with over 200 member stars, not just the seven brightest naked eye ones.  Took this photo...

Erika Wilhite Published: February 8, 2006 From 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, PJC’s Pensacola Campus will host “College Goal Sunday” in the Student Center, located in Building 5. The goal is to assist students in filing the 2006-07 FAFSA (Federal Application for Student Aid). Everyone is welcome, whether they attend PJC or...

Lucretia Brown Published: February 8, 2006 Every year thousands of students, ranging in age from elementary school to senior citizens, attend PJC.  Although the college’s annual report says the average age of students is 28, in fact, age varies depending the types of classes students take. The reason there is such a broad age group...

Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 Less than 25 percent of two-year college students and less than 40 percent of four-year college students lack proficient literacy skills, according to a recent study conducted by the American Institutes for Research. Along with college students, the study also tested average American adults.  Two-year-college students scored significantly below...

Michael Rutschky Published: February 8, 2006 High school students who excel in high school and plan to attend Florida colleges have found a way to pay for tuition and supplies.  The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, funded by the Florida State Lottery, has been providing for students’ educations since 1997.   In the 2005 fall semester...

Melissa Brown Published: February 8, 2006 By a vote of 216-214 on Feb. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that will cut roughly $12.6 billion from federal student aid programs, making loans more expensive for students and parents, as part of  S. 1932, The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. More than 313,000 borrowers...

Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 On the annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day, Feb. 7, PJC, along with the Florida Department of Health, offered human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS testing, as well as syphilis screening, in the student center on the Pensacola campus.  Drug and alcohol counselors were also available, as well...

by Troy Lambert With 2008’s historic election now in the record books, local students are looking to the future and speaking out about what they want from the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama will assume the nation’s highest office on Jan. 20, 2009, and faces high expectations after a long-running campaign in which he emphasized...

by Erin Smallwood Poor lighting and lack of communication have had students and teachers in Building 1 concerned about their safety for several years now. “My faculty has voiced concerns to me about safety issues in the building when they teach evening classes since I came here in 2000,” said Department head Wanda Cook. There...

Erika Wilhite Published: January 25, 2006 (Feb. 3) Tonight Dr. Wayne Wooten will host a star-gazing session at the Warrington Campus, focusing on the Cassini mission to Saturn and including a presentation on the same. Wooten says he expects upwards of 200 attendees. (Feb 7) Update: Becaues of the weather on the 3rd, said Wooten,...