Category: <span>Archived News</span>

Cody Cook Published: April 13, 2005 U.S. efforts in Iraq appear to be succeeding after a tough two years of occupation, but problems in three “wild-card” countries could spoil everything, according to CNN conservative political analyst Bay Buchanan. Buchanan spoke to a group of about 50 people in the Ashmore Auditorium on April 5 as...

Jim Ellis Published: January 21, 2004 Before the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) ruled that low power radio stations were legal on Jan. 20, 2000, FM stations broadcasting as “low power” were considered pirate stations and illegal to operate. Since that ruling, though, hundreds of “mom and pop” low power FM (LPFM) stations have been cropping...

Wynonia Barrows Published: November 26, 2008 Smoking within 50 feet of classroom buildings is no longer allowed on Pensacola campus, according to a campus-wide e-mail directive sent Nov. 18. College administrators reacted with the directive after receiving “a number of complaints from the campus community,” according to Dr. James Martin, vice president for student affairs....

Ashley Thompson Published: November 26, 2008 Will you be spending less on gifts this holiday season? If so, you won’t be alone. A recent survey by The Consumer Federation and the National Credit Union Association reveals that about 32 percent of Americans will be spending less and nearly 50 percent will spend about the same,...

Ansley Zecckine Published: October 29, 2008 Students and employees of Pensacola Junior College may soon have the chance to go public with their film-making skills as the Theatre Department pushes in a new direction. It all started last fall when Lance Brannon, PJC’s theatre light designer, produced a short film and asked Rodney Whatley, program...

Terry Strickland One windy morning, on a remote trail in Point Washington State Forest in Northwest Florida, Anita Page saw something remarkable. As she rode her mountain bike down the forest path, she caught more than a glimpse of a creature so extraordinarily rare, she said it had to be a Florida panther. “I rounded...

From Staff Reports November 14, 2008 PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Pensacola Junior College Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to pursue the offering of baccalaureate degrees. “This is an expansion of our mission that will allow us to serve our community better, especially in some areas of critical workforce shortage,” said Board of Trustee Chair...

Kristin Martin Published: Monday, October 27, 2008 Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, spoke at an “Early Vote for Change” rally around noon on Oct. 11 at the Pensacola Civic Center, and encouraged a crowd of about 6,500 people to vote early and for Barack Obama. “We want you...

Katie Coseo PJC employees and students from all three campuses attended the American Heart Association Heart Walk hosted in downtown Pensacola on Nov. 1. The team captains Butch Branch, from Milton, Dr. Marilyn Coseo, from Warrington, Sheran Noles and Sharon Richards, from Pensacola, gathered co-workers, friends and students to participate. Donations were accepted for the...

Ashley Thompson Published: Friday, September 19, 2008 Culinary students at Pensacola Junior College are celebrating their recent win of a bronze medal award they received while participating in the annual Florida State Championship Team Skills Competition. The competition was held two weeks ago at the Orlando Convention Center coordinating with the National Restaurant Association’s Food...