Category: <span>Features</span>

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Gina Nespoli Sep 27 2006 12:00AM On Sept. 20, Pensacola Junior College hosted “Relating, Dating, and Mating.”  The presentation was about healthy relationships with family, friends, and that special someone.  Ellen Gootblatt, a nationally known speaker, spoke sternly to her audience.  Her main motto to the audience was to treat themselves well and make themselves...