Troy Lambert Short Fiction When Tony woke up, it was still dark outside. April was gone, but her clothes, still scattered across his bedroom floor, told him that she hadn’t gone far. When he found her she was standing on the front porch, wrapped in a small flannel blanket, smoking a cigarette in the company…
Julia Traylor Note: This essay is one of the first place winners of the 2009 Walter F. Spara Writing Competition. In today’s literary world, birds have become symbolic ambassadors of Romantic connotation. From the immortal freedom of Keats’ nightingale to the esoteric purity of Shelley’s skylark, students have been conditioned to view birds as the…
Paul Smith ENC1102 Note: This essay is one of the first place winners of the 2009 Walter F. Spara Writing Competition. On November 16th, 1965, William F. Buckley’s influential conservative rag, National Review, reprinted the Kurt Vonnegut short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” as a prime example of where the ills of socialism could lead, and in…
William Gilley ENC1101 Note: This essay is one of the first place winners of the 2009 Walter F. Spara Writing Competition. For those of us who grew up roaming the forest around the Escambia River in the north end of Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, Hurricane Ivan was a life altering event. While a 20…
Wade Manns The Corsair Resident Evil 5 by Capcom Rating: Mature (17+) for, from what I’ve observed so far, blood and gore and violence. Genre: survival horror Players: one or two over Xbox Live The Resident Evil series, since 1997 has been one of the leading and scariest survival horror series ever. First released on…
Erin Smallwood The Corsair Long live the libraries! Now more than ever students are turning to Internet search engines instead of entering the doors of the library to complete their term papers. NetLibrary, a provider of eBooks, conducted a study of the online habits of 2,000 college students. Ninety-three percent claimed that finding information online…
Erin Smallwood The Corsair Prior to World War II most European villagers relied largely on a single communal wood-fired oven to cook their daily meals, rotating different types of food throughout the day. Once the war had ended, more than lives and landmarks were lost. Many of the communal ovens were also destroyed, leaving villagers…
Sarah Marie Thompson The Corsair The building was packed with Pensacola’s finest at downtown Seville Quarter for Couture for a Cause. It was a rare chance for designers and models to strut their stuff as they went “green” down the runway. Couture for a Cause was presented with models showcasing nifty wearables from recycled items.…
By Danica Spears PJC police arrested a man late April 24 they think sexually assaulted a PJC female student April 22 in the women’s restroom of Building 1 on the Pensacola campus. Jaworski Lee Simmons, 28, was arrested by Escambia County deputies after several female students, including the victim, identified him as the man who…
Left 4 Dead by Valve Genre: First-Person Shooter Rating: Mature (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language) Release: 11/18/08 The concept of the Zombie Apocalypse has been fodder for many movies and video games, and this most recent one draws from several inspirations to create a wonderful and very fun experience. Through four campaigns made up…