Category: <span>Archived News</span>

Kristen Bailey Published: August 23, 2005 The new semester brings a new staff to PJC’s Corsair. Here are a few of the people that will diligently bring us the news through these next couple of months. Q  Who are you and what does your job entail? Rachel Strehlow: I’m a staff writer, I mainly cover...

Monica Moody Published: August 23, 2005 He builds ham radios, talks to astronauts, and globe-trots around the world on his quest to expand his international subway ticket collection. This one-time New York City cab driver is none other than Dr. Jeffrey A. Cantor,  Pensacola Junior College’s new provost, and he is here to rebuild the...

Matt Foster Published: August 23, 2005 A former Corsair sports editor has been charged with “possession of [a] photograph of [a] sexual performance by a child.” Brian Nephi McLellan, 19, was arrested by PJC campus police and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 12 The offense, a third degree felony, is punishable by up...

Yonit Shames Published: August 23, 2005 Editor’s note:  This is the first of several articles concerning learning-centered colleges and the impact for PJC. PJC administrators began promoting an active shift to a learning-centered college last week as a workshop was conducted for the board of trustees Aug. 16.  Faculty was welcomed back Aug. 19 with...

Matt Foster Published: August 23, 2005 The patient lying on the stretcher moans something about an attack. The electrocardiogram relaying the patient’s heartbeat drones monotonously in the background, an eerie accompaniment to the drama unfolding. Three paramedics hover over the convulsing form. One of them bends down to the stretcher. “Sir, what’s wrong.” The victim...

Lynn Franey, Knight Ridder Wire Service Published January 21 2004 It’s back-to-school time last August, and Katie Danahay frets over decorating her first classroom, creating a cozy reading nook, posting the alphabet above the blackboard. She is so stressed she doesn’t catch a mistake in her first letter to the parents of her Kansas City...

Jim Ellis Published: January 21 2004 According to the National Association of Broadcasters’ (NAB) website, www.nab.org, Michael Powell, FCC commissioner, opposes Low Power FM (LPFM) radio. Powell believes the quality of programming suffers when LPFM stations dilute the airwaves. NAB also believes that the, “decision to legalize LPFM stations will cause massive interference problems for...

Jim Ellis Published: January 21 2004 Jon Arthur, PJC alum, has worked in radio for the past 13 years as a DJ in Pensacola before striking out on his own to establish the first and only low power FM (LPFM) radio station in Crestview.  According to Arthur, his station, WXEI 95.3 FM, is “conservative talk...

Kristen Bailey Published: April 27, 2005 Beginning May 9 and continuing through August 3, summer semesters A, B, C and D take the same amount of course work from a regular fifteen week semester and compact them into a mere six weeks. This provides students with an opportunity to graduate more quickly, also providing more...

 Samantha Smith Published: April 27, 2005 Any student may enter Honors courses with a letter of recommendation from a teacher, preferably someone  from a field that is relevant to the class the student is interested in taking. Students with an overall 3.5 GPA or better may also enter an Honors course by going to the...