Category: <span>Archived News</span>

Katie Coseo Published: January 8, 2006 Not many are a stranger to cancer. It is a disease that takes away loved ones and leaves husbands, wives, and children behind in its wake.  Though cancer is now a condition patients can sometimes live with and even survive, there is still no cure. Relay for Life is...

Heather Madden Published: January 8, 2006 What goes in must come out – that is, out of the student activity money pot. Do you care?  You should, it’s your money. “The general rule of thumb is that the total amount money that’s available for the student activity fees is dependent on the enrollment,” Dr. Martin,...

Gina Nespoli Published: December 6, 2006 “Has everyone signed the pineapple?” asked Dana Muck, hospitality management major, a student in Dr. Lyn Pickeral’s hospitality class. Frantic, the class prepared for the guest speaker to arrive.  At any given moment Fred Simmons, owner of Paradise Inn, was to waltz into the room.  To welcome Simmons, the...

Ricky Di Published: December 6, 2006 A new program may be on the horizon at PJC for students interested in getting into the gaming industry.ÿPlans for a new gaming degree to be implemented next year are in the works.ÿAlthough the degree has not yet been approved, the buzz surrounding the prospective program has students in...

Leilani Alim Published: December 6, 2006 When people purchase an older home, they often find much that needs to be repaired. Plumbing may not work as expected, paint may be faded, landscaping may need improvement. The PJC administration faces many of the same challenges as they continually struggle to keep the aging Pensacola campus in...

JESSICA MILUS The Corsair PJC’s basketball coaches are looking forward to a great basketball season. Head coach of the men’s basketball team, Paul Swanson, is excited for this year’s team. He has 10 new scholarship players and believes this year’s new players are the most he’s ever had at one time. “This is going to...

Kay Forrest – The Corsair Police are trying to catch a murder suspect in the woods by the UWF campus. The entire UWF campus is on lock down until further notice. Students are told not to leave their classrooms. All buildings are being locked, and vehicles searched as they leave campus. All night classes have...

JUSTIN OTTO The Corsair PJC will soon offer a limited number of baccalaureate degrees in addition to continuing to offer associate degree programs as they have offered for 61 years. “I think to meet the needs of the local service area we will have to look at a limited number of bachelors programs as demand...

MADELAIN TIGANO The Corsair The Lawton Chiles Foundation entered the Clyde H. Hagler Legislative Auditorium, on PJC’s Pensacola campus Wednesday Sept. 23, to speak to the Student Government Association (SGA) about their Worst to First pledge. “As Florida’s 41st governor, my father, Lawton Chiles, understood that any investment made in Florida’s children, investment in education,...

Cynthia Munoz Published: November 22, 2006 The number of marijuana arrests has doubled since 1993. In fact, according to an FBI report, last year there were at least 786,545 marijuana arrests alone (88 percent possession only), and the largest in history.  This makes an outstanding record of one marijuana conviction every 40 seconds. As a...