Renowned poet Donald Hall is coming to PJC’s Pensacola campus on Sept. 17 and 18. Hall was the 14th United States Poet Laureate and this is the first time a former poet laureate has visited PJC. He will meet with students and others for an informal question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17,…
Michael Rutschky Published: October 25, 2006 I hope you bleed. No offense or anything. One pint of blood can be used to save up to three lives. The platelets and plasma can be separated from it and put to use, or the whole of your blood can be used. The nearest blood clinic to the…
Published: October 25, 2006 The annual PJC Volunteer Fair will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, and is open to anyone wanting to lend a hand. The fair is scheduled to take place on the front lawn of the Student Center, Bldg. 5, on the Pensacola campus. Enjoy complementary food,…
MADELAIN TIGANO Starting Sept. 1 PJC’s volleyball team will make its home with a new court in the Ed Hartsell Arena on the Pensacola campus. Volleyball Coach, Pete Pena, is “looking forward to it.” For the past 12 years the volleyball team drove by bus to the Milton campus for practices and games. “Many nights…
Katy Ferguson The Corsair PJC implemented a reduction in force as well as retirement incentives, resulting in a net reduction of 46 positions at the end of the fiscal year in June. The reductions were due to losses in state funding as well as program closures and grant funding. More than half of these employees…
MADELAIN TIGANO Students with a “C” in English and/or Math courses will have to take additional tests to earn a degree at Pensacola Junior College. In Florida, college students are required by the state to maintain an average of 2.5 (C+) in two of these courses: ENC1101, ENC1102, or any general education literature course. Students…
by Paul Smith Everyone knows healthcare in America is a bloated, chaotic, diseased nightmare in dire need of massive overhaul and reform. We have almost 50 million without insurance, and millions of those with insurance are constantly dropped or denied coverage for absurd reasons like “preexisting conditions” (as though life itself was not a preexisting…
Ronald Kotulak – Chicago Tribune Published: October 11, 2006 CHICAGO _ Vaccines, the most potent medical weapon ever devised to vanquish deadly germs, are now being called on to do something totally different and culturally revolutionary _ inoculate people against bad habits like overeating, cigarette smoking and drug use. Whether this new era of vaccine…
Eric Goodwin – McClatchy-Tribune News Service Published: October 11, 2006 National Geographic magazine offers access to some of its vast resources on its Homework Help Web site (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/homework/index.html). While it has its shortcomings, the site has a few things going for it that could help you out in a crunch. One Homework Help’s best features…
Kevin G. Hall – McClatchy Newspapers Published: October 11, 2006 WASHINGTON _ Worried that falling fuel prices might lead consumers to draw the wrong conclusion, a trade group for the nation’s natural-gas utilities said Monday that home heating bills should be lower this winter but warned against expecting them to plunge anywhere near as much…