Michael Rutschky Published: August 23, 2006 Through the large screen holes in front of my face, I could see the crowd cheering for me as I stepped into the center of the makeshift arena. I was nervous, not because of the impending showdown, but because of possible health risks of attempting the rigors of combat…
Published: August 23, 2006 The Generation Next van stopped by PJC Aug. 17 to videotape students ages 16-25 about their beliefs about world events. Corsair Staff Photographer Sean Drain, right, completes consent forms while David Andrukonis prepares the camera. Video segments and a documentary are slated to air on PBS later this fall and in…
Published: August 23, 2006 The Florida Community College Activities Association in Tallahassee recently selected Pensacola Junior College student Jessica Costa as the 2005-2006 FCCAA Female Scholar Student Athlete of the Year/Volleyball and PJC’s female volleyball team as the 2005-2006 FCCAA Female Academic Team of the Year.
Published: August 23, 2006 Come experience the creativity and passion of award-winning pianist Jeri-Mae Astolfi, a headliner of the Pensacola Junior College Lyceum 2006-2007 series. Her performance is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Hagler Auditorium, Building 2, Pensacola campus. A native of Canada, Astolfi is an avid performer of repertoire ranging from the…
Published: August 23, 2006 Take a trip to Mars and see the planet’s spectacular polar ice caps, sprawling extinct volcanoes, vast meteorite craters and huge canyons. Go on a Voyager encounter, touring Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. Tune to WSKY: Radio Station of the Stars. All this and more is featured at the Pensacola Junior…
Published: August 23, 2006 Health screenings and massages will be available at the PJC/Santa Rosa Medical Center Health Fair from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 14, in the L.I.F.E. Center, Building 4000, on the Milton campus, 5988 Highway 90. The Santa Rosa Medical Center is offering cholesterol, bone density, glucose tolerance, prostate cancer and pulmonary…
Joi Popernack-Cowan Published: June 20, 2006 Going to Sam’s Club to purchase various household items is usually an ordeal. You fight through crowds of people who are surely polygamists. Who else would be buying creamed corn in 50 gallon drums? But our consumerist society tells us that buying toilet paper in huge tank size cubes…
Moria Dailey Published: April 26, 2006 As you may know, June 9 is the date the first match of the 2006 World Cup will be played. I’m ecstatic; the 2002 World Cup involved me having the weirdest sleep schedule for a month, as I was up at 2 or 4 a.m. to watch live matches. …
Jamie Dickerson Published: April 26, 2006 America’s favorite pastime, baseball, has its own distinctive flavor. The smell of freshly cut grass before a game, the scent of the concession stand full of hotdogs and burgers, the sound of a mitt popping, the cracking of the bat as a ball is crushed off the sweet spot,…
Moria Dailey Published: April 26, 2006 So, dahlings, it is the end; at least the end of this school year. So I have one final column with which to barrage you with my advice. I hope you’ve enjoyed it and gotten something useful out of my meanderings. The final issue I’d like to discuss with…