Same court, different sport

  I’ve always heard buried treasure is found where “X” marks the spot, but finding a head basketball coach on a volleyball court sounds a bit more farfetched. However, PJC athletic director Bill Hamilton did just that, filling the men’s basketball head coaching vacancy with current Pirate volleyball coach Pete Pena. Now, if you know…

Award-winning author comes to PJC

Kay Forrest – The Corsair Rheta Grimsley Johnson has a simple piece of advice to offer aspiring journalists. “Learn to write a short declarative sentence, learn the basics, and all the rest is just gravy,” she said. “You cannot name a great American writer who was not first a newspaper person, with the exception of Faulkner……

Pensacola campus offers motorcycle safety course

Register now for the Pensacola Junior College Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider course that provides complete instruction to develop safe, street-riding skills and obtain a motorcycle endorsement. The three-day course is held 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on the Pensacola campus. Starting dates for upcoming courses…

More credits mean more fees

Madelain Tigano–The Corsair Thinking about changing your major?  You might be penalized for that decision under a new state law that went into effect this school year. The Florida Legislature passed a 2009 state law (FS 1009.286) stating that students who enter a community college or state university for the first time in the 2009-2010…

Burton delivers a 3-D ‘Alice’

Jeremy Torres – The Corsair Tim Burton’s new 3-D version of “Alice in Wonderland” is absolutely visually dazzling. This is the sequel to the 1951 Disney film of the same name that featured characters whose purpose was to tease, puzzle, and torment a young girl named Alice. “What a child’s film,” I thought of the…

Find your career at Medical Expo

Check out exciting health career choices at Pensacola Junior College’s Medical Career Expo.The event is 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, in Student Affairs, Building 3600, on the Warrington campus, 5555 W. Highway 98. PJC’s Medical Career Expo features more than 20 health careers including Surgical Technology, Medical Assisting, Health Information Management, Dental Hygiene,…

Pete Pena, PJC's new basketball coach, speaking at a campus event.

Pete Pena is PJC’s new basketball coach

Pensacola Junior College selects one of its own, Pete Pena, to head the men’s basketball program. He replaces head coach Paul Swanson, who stepped down March 11. “We are glad to announce the hiring of Pete Pena as the new men’s basketball coach,” said PJC Athletic Director Bill Hamilton. “Although Pete is not really ‘new,’…

Hope to Harvest: Consuming Compassion

Ansley Zecckine – The Corsair With all the recent natural disasters occurring all around us, some people begin to question what God has been doing, and others quickly proclaim these disasters as being nothing other than God’s judgment on sinful nations that deserved what they had coming. The time has come, however, that we should…