Matthew Leight – The Corsair On the corner of 12th and Gonzalez is where more than 75 artisans and vendors converged for two days of art, music and food. My initial reasons for writing about the New Beginnings Festival were less than virtuous. My mother had displayed an interest in attending the event and likewise...
Kyra Wood – The Corsair The Criminal Justice program set the stage April 22 with mock murder scenes on PJC’s Pensacola campus. Assembled by the program’s all-star faculty, with a little help from the Collegiate High School’s Art department, the scene provided the vocational training needed by the Criminal Justice students as well as shined...
Nick Alford – The Corsair Sandy Welch was hitchhiking down Kingfield Road in Cantonment when she was picked up by a passing motorist. When asked where she was going, she said she was on her way to a gas station. The driver told her that wasn’t a problem and signaled for her to hop in....
Adriana Dueck – The Corsair The Northridge Church’s Fusion 8 youth group is enthusiastically gearing up for an Aug. 8-18 overseas missions trip to Antigua, Guatemala. While in Guatemala the 19-member group of students and adults will take part in the Living Waters International Feed-a-Child program, staying at the Quiche Ministry Center and working as...
Andrea Mcmillian – The Corsair “I am going to have a house,” said Heather Molina. “It’s always been a dream to me but I didn’t think it would be possible.” A single parent, Molina and her two daughters are one of the many families in Escambia County who do not have proper shelter. Homelessness, historically...
Lauranne Stouder – The Corsair Like most professionals, Wallace Carter starts his day reading and sending e-mails. But unlike much of the rest of the working world, he wears a blue uniform and carries handcuffs as part of his job. Carter is a police officer on the Pensacola Junior College Warrington campus. The duties of...
Wade Manns – The Corsair Sometimes if you’re a gamer, a friendly multiplayer session of gunplay and death are all you need to de-stress after a long day. Such opportunities are commonplace at a LAN (local area network) party such as those hosted by the Panhandle Gamers. A community gaming organization founded in late 2006,...
Kimberly Sweetman – The Corsair The debate continues to rage over global warming. Is there cause for alarm? Does the condition even exist? If so, are mankind’s activities responsible for climate change? Those are the questions researched and debated by 14 members of science teacher Jeff Wooters’ introduction to environmental science class during a presentation...
Wade Manns – The Corsair Twenty-one PJC Student Government Association leaders joined 325 other community college student leaders from across the state April 7-8 to lobby legislators on bills currently being considered. The annual Rally in Tally, staged by the Florida Junior/Community College Student Government Association, included a rally on the steps of the old...
