Category: <span>Archived News</span>

Cody Cook Published: March 30 2005 Approximately 100 students will be honored for their achievements and service at PJC during a ceremony April 12 in the Pensacola campus Student Center. The annual Student Excellence Awards ceremony recognizes students for their scholastic, service and leadership qualities throughout the year. This year’s theme will be “Tradition of...

Yonit Shames Published March 30 2005 The current vendor for the eatery at the Student Center, Pirates Galley, may not have its contract renewed at the end of this year, according to administrators. The eatery and the bookstore in the Student Center are both given contracts to run their businesses. At the end of each...

Matt Foster Published: March 30 2005 Security was tight as the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, spoke to a crowd in the Lou Ross Center on March 18. His visit, the latest in a series of “town hall meetings,” centered on Social Security, an area of increasingly hot debate in...

Moria Dailey Published: April 13, 2005 PJC student clubs run the risk of losing their share of student activities money for the following year if they don’t attend a presentation on rape risk education and training. Vice president of Student Affairs James Martin said it was decided the presentation was to be given to clubs...

Pam Hearney Published: March 30 2005 Every year, ardent sports fans eagerly scan the news to find which of the graduating high school hopefuls have been recruited to become players on their favorite college teams and which of the graduating college stars have been recruited to go on to the pros with the dream of...

Matt Foster Published: April 13, 2005 A crowd of people descended on Room 468, braving the dark and overcast weather April 6, to observe the final round of student speeches at the Student Speech Association’s district speech competition. Both students and faculty attended the event, packing the small class room. Fourteen speech students, one from...

Samantha Smith Published: April 13, 2005 Don’t drink and drive. These words are well-known to all drivers, but especially underage drivers. Obvious consequences aside, some may not realize what the minimum punishment for a Driving Under the Influence arrest could be. Young people in particular may be at risk. While youth are taught that they...

Kristen Bailey Published: April 13, 2005   A rainbow of gigantic flowers grown by PJC horticulture students greeted visitors to the Eighth Annual Emerald Coast Flower and Garden Festival on PJC’s Milton Campus.  The display was part of the students’ Colossal Container Showcase. “Students grow these [flowers] as one of their classes, and then we...

Published: April 13, 2005 Warrington campus suffers flooding on April 1 after a night of heavy rain. Water came all the way up past the breezeway, police said, and flooded several parking lots. Attendance was low because many students couldn’t make it to class. Campus police also reported that they had to move their patrol...

Yonit Shames Published: April 13, 2005 The local community got a little taste of the world on April 9 with PJC’s 18th Annual International Night, which featured culture bites from a distinct assortment of performers. Entertainment included informative displays about a variety of cultures and the night’s trademark array of diverse performers, who presented everything...