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Distinguished artists’ exhibit continues

Published on January 8, 2008 Pensacola Junior College is presenting the Switzer Distinguished Artists exhibit which began on Jan. 21 and will be continued to be showed through March 14 at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts gallery, Building 15 on the Pensacola campus. The honored artists are photographer Jerry Uelsmann and digital...

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Wrong major, failed job interviews lead to ‘Living the Map’

Kristin Martin By traveling the country one job at a time and having a different job each week, Daniel Seddiqui is “living the map.” Seddiqui is a 26-year-old California native who graduated from the University of Southern California with an economics degree, but no life direction as far as a permanent career goes. Although he...

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Del Sherburne: PJC student, volunteer firefighter

Kristin Martin Click here to see photos of Del Sherburne. You won’t find many 24-year-olds with as much responsibility on their shoulders as Del Sherburne. The Pensacola Junior College pre-engineering student must balance his school work, a landscaping business and his job as a volunteer firefighter for the Ferry Pass Volunteer Fire Department, which serves...

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Satellite radio gains in popularity

Daniel Rubin Published: February 18 2004 When Joe Clayton, CEO of Sirius satellite radio, talks about what’s next for his company, it’s easy to see why traditional broadcasters are listening carefully. Starting in August, the service that’s playing catch-up to market leader XM Radio will air every NFL game, live. By year’s end, subscribers, who...

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Culinary Arts:

James Hagan Published: February 18 2004 In the past 10 years, interest in food preparation and management in this country has exploded. “The Food Network,” has 24-hour programming of cooking, food-oriented shows such as “Emeril” and “Iron Chef” abound and TV shows such as NBC’s “The Restaurant,” show the inner workings of a New York...

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Gran Folklorico de Mexico ballet wows sold-out crowd

Cynthia Munoz Oct 11 2006 12:00AM Colors on top of colors, fluttering dresses, flirtatious kisses, and gritos of “­Viva M‚xico!” took over the Ashmore Auditorium Friday night, when the ballet Gran Folklorico de Mexico twirled its way in.  On Oct. 6, the Ashmore Auditorium hosted Mexico City’s “Mexican Ambassadors of Song and Dance” ballet Gran...

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No excuses: don’t blame the couch for sucking you in

Kathy Manweiler – McClatchy Newspapers Sep 27 2006 12:00AM WICHITA, Kan.  – Did you work out today? No? Don’t bother racking your brain for an excuse. If you don’t feel like exercising, just admit it – or get over it. The staff at your gym truly does not want to hear that you can’t work...

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Exercise mistakes you should avoid

Harry Jackson Jr. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Here are some of the mistakes that Keath Hausher, owner of Shark Fitness, a boot camp training company, and other folks who teach exercise and physical rehabilitation say they see: Starting a core-concentrated fitness program without knowing what you need to do or what...

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Nutrition: You have better things to worry about!

Heather Madden Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Before he changed his habits, Thomas Hale, 19, skipped breakfast for a cup of coffee.  Between classes he would indulge in the powdered donuts at the snack machines, and for lunch he enjoyed cheeseburgers and fries.  Pumped full of soda and carbohydrates all day, he would go to both...

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PJC hosts regional history conference

Lindsey Chavers Sep 27 2006 12:00AM The Gulf South History and Humanities Conference will be hosted this year by PJC, the only community college represented in the Gulf South History Association. The conference will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn on Pensacola Beach, Oct 5-7. Admission is $20 for students and $35 for general...