Published: October 25, 2006 The PJC Social Sciences club will be placing boxes around the Pensacola campus for food donations that will benefit families in our community and help replenish the supply at the Manna Food Pantry. Boxes will be available for donations on Oct. 27 and will be picked up Nov. 17. Please bring…
Published: October 25, 2006 There is a twist on this year’s popular fundraising event, the 18th Annual WSRE Wine & Food Classic. A highlight of this year’s event will feature a Top Chef Competition among 12 of the Gulf Coast’s best chefs. They will be given basic ingredients but must add their own signature seasonings,…
Published: October 25, 2006 The PJC Social Sciences club will host a bake sale, beginning at 9 a.m., Dec. 3rd in front of the Wal-Mart on Hwy. 29. The proceeds from the bake sale will go to the Salvation Army to purchase gifts for the less fortunate children of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and…
Cynthia Munoz Published: October 25, 2006 A LionsGate film released on DVD this month is creeping out teens and adults alike. It is about a teenage girl who finally meets up with a hunky 30-year-old photographer at a coffee shop after months of online chatting. She convinces him to take her to his place to…
Gina Nespoli Published: October 25, 2006 On Oct. 11, PJC hosted Mark Doty, author of seven books of poems and three volumes of memoirs. I was ecstatic that I got to hear him read his poetry. I also had the opportunity to ask questions and hear about his influences for each poem. He opened with…
Starting September 3rd, Disability Support Services will have a representative on the Warrington campus every Thursday from 1-4 PM. It will be in Building 3600, in the registration area.
An interview with Larry Bracken, PJC’s executive director of government relations. What is the percentage increase in tuition at PJC? The increase, as set by the Florida Legislature in the state budget for all 28 community colleges, is 8 percent. The increase for all 11 universities is 15 percent. The old rule of thumb in…
Kay Forrest The Corsair President Ed Meadows has canceled his own inauguration ceremony, which was slated for Sept. 24. Meadows plans to take the money that was to be spent on the ceremony and use it for student scholarships instead. He made the decision to cancel the expensive event in light of the current economic…
Katy Ferguson The Corsair Rows of shelves are lined with books: some new, with stiff spines, crisp pages and ink so fresh it’s almost wet to the touch. Others are older, their covers softened by time and by the thousands of hands that have held them. These books and the library they belong to have…
Kay Forrest – The Corsair “People were walking, like, to Mecca,” Iris Shapiro recollects of her long tramp to Woodstock—the music festival of ’69, not Snoopy’s yellow companion. Depending on one’s point of view, the name “Woodstock” conjures up several different images: an open stage, Jimi Hendrix, intoxicated hippies, free love, the idea of “getting…