The Lady Pirates continue their winning ways with a 30-point win over Malcolm X College, Chicago in the first round of the NJCAA Women’s National Basketball Championship. Pensacola won 80-50. The win was the first national tournament win for the school’s women’s basketball program. Two players had double-doubles – Jessica Merritt was high point...
VERONICA DAVIS – The Corsair The Pensacola State Lady Pirates proved once again that they can’t be stopped with another big win over Northwest Florida State College in the finals of the FCCAA state basketball tournament Saturday night. Struggling for a lead in the beginning, the Lady Pirates stepped up their intensity on defense and...
REBECCA BYERS – The Corsair French classical guitar player Florian Larousse played to a sold-out crowd, Jan, 15.at the Ashmore Auditorium. The playlist included music written by 16th Century English renaissance composer John Dowland. Larousse, 22, began to study guitar at the age of 8 and was taught by Philippe Vanderstiche. He continued studying at...
BENJAMIN HENDRIX – The Corsair The Pensacola State College Jazz Ensemble’s members got an early start this semester by traveling to New Orleans Jan. 6 to perform in the annual Jazz Education Network Conference or JEN Conference. The conference was held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans this year, and the Jazz Ensemble was...
BRIANNA EDLER – The Corsair State and community colleges all around Florida are flying their flags at half staff in honor of Clark Maxwell, Jr. Maxwell, a former Brevard County school board member, state representative, state senator, and leader of Florida Community College System, passed away at the age of 76 on January 18th, 2011...
BRIANNA EDLER – The Corsair Pensacola State College is getting a new look as workers have extracted the pear trees along College Boulevard. These trees will be replaced with white flowering crape myrtle trees. The pear trees that once divided College Boulevard’s streets have reached their life expectancy, according to an e-mail from college president Ed....
TRAVIS NOONAN – The Corsair Saturday, December 11, 8 pm – 9 pm In The Vault, Artel will present “Straylow”, a play written, directed and performed by William D. Tucker. Mr. Tucker has created a dystopian sci-fi saga that tells the story of one man’s journey from drug gangster, to international mercenary, to the U.S....
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Lady Pirates basketball team is No. 1 in the nation for the second straight week in the National Junior College Athletic Association poll, released Dec. 1. The team is also the top ranked Florida community college team. “We are grateful to be No. 1 in the nation,” Head Coach Chanda Rigby...
AMANDA NELSON – The Corsair Imagine being blind and trying to cross a busy street. Using your hearing and white cane as your guide, you step out onto the street. Honk! Your heart is pounding, knowing that you almost got hit again. Many motorists do not understand the law requires that they stop their vehicles so...