Category: <span>Archived News</span>

Jim Ellis Published: April 13 2004 The rising cost of textbooks has some financially strapped college students looking outside the traditional walk-in retailer, and online bookstores are willing to meet that need. The Corsair recently compared the prices of several core textbooks at local and online bookstores (including the PJC Bookstore and Lemox Book Co.)...

Meg Murphy Published: April 13 2004 Whether just out of high school or taking their first college class at age 65, most students have questions throughout their first semester at PJC. New students must deal with scheduling, books, and perhaps most distressing, parking spaces. The first week of college can be confusing, even traumatic, if...

Staff Reporters Published: April 13 2004 The Learning Resources Center  will present its second annual Writers’ Workshops and Meet the Author on Sat., May 1. The workshops will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Center on the Pensacola campus. The day’s workshops are 45 minute sessions beginning at 9 a.m. and...

Jennifer Smith Published: April 13 2004 The Walt Disney World College Program will discuss its fall internship program and conduct interviews on the Pensacola campus at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 22. Students of all majors are invited to attend the meeting in  building 5, room 509 (the Student Center) after they have registered with the...

Staff Reporters Published: March 24 2004 The Spring Break calendar in the March 3 issue incorrectly stated a discount for college students. The Corsair regrets any inconvenience to the Gulf Breeze Zoo and PJC students. Also, the name of Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity Gael Frazer was misspelled. The Corsair strives for accuracy and...

Staff Reporters Published: March 24 2004 August 6, 1885 – The United Kingdom The British Parliament votes to make homosexual acts a criminal offense. 1930’s – Europe Adolf Hitler takes power and launches a campaign against Jews and other groups. Thousands of homosexuals are sent to concentration camps. Gay men are identified with pink triangles...

Staff Reporters Published: March 24 2004 Milton campus holds health fair The Milton campus will host its sixth annual Health Fair from 8 a.m. – noon on March 24 at the Lifestyle Improvement and Fitness Education (L.I.F.E.) center. The L.I.F.E. center at the Milton campus provides instruction and state-of-the-art facilities for improving fitness and well-being....

Staff Reporters Published: March 24 2004 Registration is set to kick off on April 26 and a new session in addition to the previous three sessions that are usually  offered will be made available.  Session C, the new session, will run from June 1- July 26. Fees must be paid for sessions A, B, and...

Joshua Wilks Published: March 24 2004 While hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world March 20, protesting the U.S. presence in Iraq on the first anniversary of the war, about 40 to 60 protestors assembled across from the Federal Courthouse in Pensacola to express their anti-war beliefs, as well. The anti-war protest ranged...

Staff Repoters Published: March 24 2004 PJC students and faculty now can access the student newspaper, the Corsair online.  Campus news, sports, features and the Scallywag from the current issue can be viewed via the Web site www.eCorsair.com. “We expect that our online presence will be everything that the Corsair is and so much more,”...