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…
By DJ Simmonds Published on November 7, 2007 Note to readers: Hello everyone, I must apologize for last week’s missing column. As you all have heard in the past, XBOX 360s have a history of “red rings,” in which the system locks up and shows a full red ring on the power button of the…
By Nathan Deen Published on November 7, 2007 The Pensacola International Film Festival, which took place Oct. 26-28, is not just an event that encourages people to view independent films, but an opportunity for the area’s best and brightest filmmakers to showcase their talent. Tom Roush, who manages the festival each year, says the films…
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…
By Michael Rutschky Published on November 7, 2007 Three students of PJC’s Adult High School department received awards at the Greater Gulf Coast Arts Festival, which was held November 2-4. Three AHS students were awarded a total of four awards. Haley Jacks won both a ribbon of honorable mention from the festival and a Merit…
Heather Madden Sep 27 2006 12:00AM This Saturday, Sept. 30, from noon to 8 p.m., the Gulf Coast Bluegrass Music Association is sponsoring “Fall Bluegrass Day” at the Student Activity Center on the PJC Milton campus. Tickets for the show are $3, and are free to people 16 and under. Support your local musicians, and…
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…
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…
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…
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…