Category: <span>Archived Opinion</span>

Toady Worm Published March 24 2004 Toady, I am a lesbian and my girlfriend wants to elope to San Francisco, Calif. to get married.  I don?t want to get married yet.  I am only 22.  How do I let her down easy?</b> You can do what I always do when women try to tie me...

Staff Reporters Published: March 24 2004 On March 8, political and environmental activist Winona LaDuke spoke at PJC in front of about a 1/3 full crowd at the Ashmore Auditorium on the Pensacola campus. That?s the typical number of people attending most speeches, performances and events at PJC.  Such sparse crowds are an embarrassment. It...

Beatrice E. Garcia Published: March 24 2004 Jose Tillan composed “10,000 Meters High,” a short piece of instrumental music, literally 10,000 meters high, while on a plane ride returning home from South America. The MTV Latin American exec and songwriter couldn’t fall asleep, so he fired up his laptop and plugged in a portable keyboard...

Jim Ellis Published: March 3 2004 “College Dropout” is Kanye West’s attempt to cross over from producing top performers like Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Alicia Keys and Ludacris to becoming a performer himself. While many rappers, like Dr. Dre, have turned from rapping to producing and become hugely successful, the list is long of successful producers...

James Hagan Published: March 3 2004 A new local band is poised to bring an adrenaline shot of hard rock to the Gulf Coast.  ‘Jack’s Smirking Revenge’ (yes, it’s a reference to the movie ‘Fight Club’), comprised of John Swanger (guitar), Jason Strickland (guitar), Jason Urban (drums), Brent Condon (bass) and Joe Urban (vocals, guitar...

Jim Ellis Published: March 3 2004  Everyone has had a moment when things just go blank. It might be while someone is trying to remember where his or her car keys are.  Or maybe it is while playing “Jeopardy” all alone on the couch in underwear. A nutritionist once told me that I should eat...

Jim Ellis Published: March 3 2004 Feb. 27 a Black history exhibit was held in the Student Center with more than 30 inventions from African Americans.

Byron Tripp Published: November 9, 2005 Gay marriage has become a heated issue in recent years. Part of this is people’s general resistance to change. Without changing, however, people cannot grow as individuals, nor can they grow as a society. It is time that we reconsider the issue without letting fear of change obscure our...

Janson Thomas Published: November 9, 2005 In the United States Constitution, marriage is defined as a union between two members of the opposite sex as husband or wife.  In most societies, marriage is a religious, legal, and social bond between a man and a woman and is the sole foundation upon which a family is...

Yonit Shames Published: November 9, 2005 Free speech, one of the rights secured by the First Amendment, is more than a basic civil right. Free speech is the safeguard of democracy, particularly in the form of a free and uncensored press, because it forces those in power to be held accountable for their actions. This...