By Kristin Martin Published on November 21, 2007 Gossip, entertainment and school woes is the common conversation heard among students in the Student Center. Although most students claim to “not know anything about politics”, they still have their opinions on what they do know. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seem to receive the most attention...
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December 8, 2008December 8, 2008Archived News, Features
Students can aim for top jobs at PJC
By Diana Poist Published on November 21, 2007 PJC students who have yet to decide upon a career path might find the results of a recently released survey by global staffing company Manpower, Inc., worth a look. Recently released results of an annual talent shortage survey of 2,407 U.S. employers show that the top three...
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PJC Foundation makes dreams come true
By Shelley Austin Published on November 21, 2007 “Helping Make Dreams a Reality.” That’s The PJC Foundation’s motto, and it is doing all it can to live up to it. Established in 1965, Pensacola Junior College Foundation is a private non-profit tax deductible corporation. The Foundation encourages, solicits, receives and administers gifts and bequests of...
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December 8, 2008December 8, 2008Archived News, Features
Change activists call for students to get involved
By Shelley Austin Published on November 7, 2007 Two combined PJC classes of about 60 students listened attentively to what Movement for Change guest speakers Leroy Boyd, Jeffrey Humbles, and Francis Tolbert had to say about the death of Martin Lee Anderson. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, students in Mr. Bill Fisher’s African American Literature class...
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Professor collects and preserves 19th Century art
By Joshua Encinias Published on November 7, 2007 Dr. Patrick Rowe, Pensacola Junior College professor, is preserving art history one illustration at a time. Recently retired from his 27-year summer job excavating Etruscan artifacts in Italy, Rowe has run his hands through enough Italian dirt to know what it takes to preserve artifacts, and now...
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December 8, 2008December 8, 2008Features
‘Angel’ will offer more online opportunities
Sahara Locke Sep 11 2006 12:00AM For about the past eight years, PJC staff, faculty and students have been using a program called WebCT. But, by next year that program will make way for a new system called Angel. The purpose of such a program, according to Dr. Bill Waters, director of distributed learning, is...
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December 6, 2008December 6, 2008Features
Once Upon A Darkened Night
By Diana Poist Published on November 7, 2007 Sometimes, in the wee hours of the morning when PJC night security guard Mike Nelson arrives to make his rounds, a little girl is peering out the window. Other times he finds the professor keeping watch over a deserted hallway. After nine years Nelson is well acquainted...
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December 6, 2008December 6, 2008Archived News, Features
Bioethics discussions
By Lance Hayes Published on November 7, 2007 Abortion. Euthanasia. Stem cell research. In vitro fertilization. Drug testing. Organ donation. Cloning. Embryo research. What do these issues have in common? All of the above issues, and hundreds more, are part of the larger concept of bioethics, a field of study concerned with the ethical and...
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December 6, 2008December 6, 2008Archived News, Features
Classes mix it up to teach tolerance
By Lorrain Ogan Published on November 7, 2007 On Nov. 13, about 80 students among three classes will not be attending their normal classroom settings or even be learning their usual material. Instead, these students will be involved in Mix It Up Day, sponsored by the Teaching Tolerance division of the Southern Poverty Law center...
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December 6, 2008December 6, 2008Archived Sports, Features
Players find friends while giving back to community
By Nathan Deen Published on October 24, 2007 As part of getting involved with community events, the PJC women’s basketball team volunteered to participate in the Miracle League of Pensacola this year. The Miracle League gives mentally and/or physically disabled people of all ages, though most are children, a chance to play the sport of...