Sarah Bahari Published August 23 2004 FORT WORTH, Texas — On a busy weeknight, Travis the bouncer stood protectively at the doorway of The Library, a popular bar in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. His job sounds simple enough: Keep underage drinkers out. But it’s not always easy. On a busy night, about 10 fake identification…
Joshua Wilks Published August 23 2004 Although hurricanes are among the most destructive and deadly of all natural disasters, they always provide the most amount of warning before striking. As the storm swirls and residents crowd to the grocery stores, you can be prepared in advanced. The following information, collected from the American Red Cross…
Staff Reporters Published August 23 2004 The burden of rebuilding after a hurricane always has a high price tag. This is no exception for victims of Hurricane Charley in Central and South Florida. As Charley cut his path of destruction through Central and South Florida in mid-August, employees at other state community colleges, including Edison,…
Karalee Miller Published: August 23 2004 The first real test for most college students isn’t in the classroom. It’s figuring out how to turn those cramped dorm rooms into something they can call home. Sure, schools throw in a couple of desks and bunk beds, but students are left to their own devices to create…
Staff Reporters Published: August 23 2004 Gerald McKenzie, an attorney at the law firm of McKenzie & Allen, has been elected chairman of the Pensacola Junior College district board of trustees for the 2004-2005 school year. McKenzie replaces Carol Carlan, who served as the PJC board chairwoman for two years. Dona Usry, a homemaker and…
Lisa Green Published: Auguest 23 2004 There are some people who equate success with winning, and there are those who do not. This past summer, Samuel Bearman, a local attorney in Pensacola and former PJC Booster Club member, along with Booster Club member Clyde Anderson, asked the Board of Trustees to adopt a policy that…
Veronica Walker Published: Auguest 23 2004 PJC enrollment of African-Americans, especially black men, has shown little growth for more than 13 years, reflecting nationwide trends, but PJC leaders are vowing to reverse the trend here. African-American men accounted for only 13.7 percent of 11,534 male enrollees last year. The head count of black males was…
Aline McKenzie Published: April 28 2004 In the early morning, it’s as if humans had never set foot here. Pristine sand dunes rise to 70 feet high amid the scrubby West Texas vegetation. Damp with dew, they’re marked with the tracks of nightly visitors, insects, birds of various sizes, the resident mammals: skunks, jackrabbits, coyotes,…
Steve Kuchera Published: April 28 2004 Scalping a press pass to the Frozen Four cost a University of Minnesota Duluth senior his positions as a college newspaper reporter and Duluth News Tribune intern. The UMD Statesman fired Chris Voigt on Thursday after learning that he had sold his press credential to the NCAA Division I…
Joe Elder Published: April 28 2004 Champ: The Minnesota Timberwolves. They won the #1 seed in the West and they look like they will advance past the first round finally. Champ: The New England Patriots. They traded and got RB Corey Dillon. Dillon is a good back that will give the Pats the running game…