Category: <span>Archived Opinion</span>

by Paul Smith “Belief is the death of intelligence.” – Robert Anton Wilson My fundamental approach to life, and with it, all matters of intellectual deliberation, is one of agnosticism. I do not mean this so much in the religious sense, but rather, I try to consider all of life’s pertinent questions with cautious hesitancy....

Moria Dailey Published: January 9, 2006 Welcome to the first installment of Cheap Tricks – a guide for college students to enjoy Pensacola on the limited budget most college students share. First order of business?  Food, a big concern of many college students I know (myself included).  Here’s cheap food that isn’t bad food. First...

Yonit Shames Published: January 9, 2006 New Year’s celebrations have come and gone, but millions of New Year’s resolutions remain to haunt us (at least for the next few months, after which many will be forgotten). Every year, millions of Americans grit their teeth, set their stopwatches, and swear that they will reach some spectacular...

Matt Worden Published: January 9, 2006 Well, another year has passed and we once again have weathered America’s most commercialized holiday. And again we’ve heard the same complaints as every other year, calling Christmas a “Hallmark holiday” and a “sellout celebration.” I understand these objections. But I also understand the need for the commercialization of...

Rachel Strehlow Published: January 9, 2006 “Happy Holidays!” “Happy Christmakwanzakuh!” “Season’s Greetings!” These are the politically correct terms that become more ridiculous every year. It’s no longer little baby Jesus in the nativity scene; it’s a “holiday infant.” Presents no longer lay under a Christmas tree; they lay under “multi-cultural trees.” It’s the annual assumption...

Corsair Staff Published: January 9, 2006 Privacy is a wonderful thing.  It’s nice to know that no matter how intrusive and stressful life can be, at the end of the day you can retreat to your home and be alone, far from the watch of the maddening crowd. Or, at least, you used to be...

Published: January 9, 2006 It’s been my experience that the most common answer to the question “What kind of music do you listen to?” is “A little bit of everything”, which is a pretty grand statement, if you ask me. No one – and I mean no one – listens to a little bit of...

By: Ben Johnson Published: January 8, 2009 One semester is over, another begins. For many of you, this is just another semester, but for others this will be a first or final step with PJC. One thing that I have observed, is the busy hustle and cramming of classes among students so they can get...

Published: January 9, 2006 Did all of you chumps have a nice break from school?  Gorge yourselves on turkey, stuffing, and throw presents at each other? Yeah, I did the same thing. Still, since I am poor and Husband doesn’t want to buy a tree or anything festive, I depend on other people to have...

Daniel Cecil Published: December 7, 2005 The other day while sitting in the student center, I happened to overhear a group of people talking about the ridiculous gas prices.  In the course of their conversation, I overheard someone say something to the effect that it was all President Bush’s fault.  I had to listen closer...