Yonit Shames Published: December 7, 2005 One of the most memorable campaign ads from the last presidential election was one run by the Bush campaign on the subject of healthcare. The chilling female voiceover warned viewers of ominous healthcare reform plans advocated by the liberals: “Big government in charge. Not you, not your doctor.” Some…
Corey Reese Published: December 7, 2005 The PJC men’s basketball team opened conference play at home against #2 Chipola losing 103-77 at home. Julian Allen led the Pirates with 22 points and Clinton Kilbert chipped in 15 points but Chipola was just too much. PJC trailed at half 42-35, but was never was able to…
Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 At around 1 p.m. on December 14th two cars were involved in a collision at the intersection on 9th Avenue and College Boulevard. An ambulance was called to the scene, but it appears that no one was seriously injured. More details will follow.
Lucretia Brown Published: December 7, 2005 There is a bumper sticker that reads, “Fish swim in fear at the sound of my name.” Fishing is exactly what Officer Cliff Disney will be doing after he retires on Jan. 27, 2006. Disney has been a police officer at PJC for nearly seven years. He spent four…
Moria Dailey Published: December 7, 2005 After having to cut enrollment due to lack of faculty, PJC’s nursing department is back, Department Head Janice Ingle said. “We wanted to focus on students already enrolled in the program,” Ingle said, explaining that current classes had not been cut, but new enrollees had not been accepted. In…
David LaRock Published: December7, 2005 Black Friday is notorious for being the busiest day for holiday shopping. The week after exams is the same for college bookstores across the country. Students are in a rush to sell back their used textbooks and purchase their new ones for the upcoming semester. This system has been in…
Heather Adams Published: December 7, 2005 One of the first things a person notices when visiting the Pensacola Junior College Warrington campus is that it is very clean, which is fitting since it is host to 26 different health programs. The buildings are all white, similar to building 17 on the Pensacola campus, and the…
Lucretia Brown Published: December 7, 2005 After four years, the Adopt-A-School Mentoring Program is back at PJC in full force, according to Student Service’s Specialist Lynne Butcher. Adopt-A-School Mentoring Program is under the Educational Talent Search program. This is a program that is federally funded and has been in existence for 20 years. It is…
Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Sheila Thomas will walk in December with honors, but this isn’t her first time at PJC. In 1970 she graduated from the college’s Adult High; now, 35 years later, Thomas has returned to pursue a new career. Soon after finishing at the Adult High, Thomas got married and had…
Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Enrollment at PJC has fallen again this semester. While there has been much conjecture that this could impact the budget, the administration says that it has no plans to cut any vital programs or lay off any full-time faculty. “[We] have made no official decisions for programs to cut,”…