Joe Elder Published: April 13 2004 Despite a 13-17 record last year, Lady Pirates volleyball coach Pete Pena is still very proud of his team for their efforts. “A record doesn’t always measure a team’s ability,” he said. Character was the main part of last year’s team, Pena said, and he hopes that this year’s…
Brandi Gottlieb Published: April 13 2004 Blood. Betrayal. Affliction. Hope. Inspiration. Love. These are elements that can make us “feel.” “I want to inspire and make people feel,” said Mel Gibson of his film, “The Passion of the Christ,” during his ABC primetime interview with Diane Sawyer. While watching Gibson’s shocking, extreme, over-the-edge passion depictions,…
James Hagan Published: April 13 2004 The Milton Student Government Association (SGA) was awarded second place for community colleges in “Florida Leader” magazine’s annual “Best Student Government” competition. Finishing behind Miami Dade College-Wolfson, the SGA was praised by the magazine for not only boosting membership by 500 percent over the past year, but also for…
Jim Ellis Published: April 13 2004 PJC is accepting applications from students to serve as official college ambassadors next year. Everyone who applies must fill out an application, submit an essay and have a letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member. Possible candidates are selected for an interview. Once a student is chosen…
Lisa Cobb Published: April 13 2004 More than 100 PJC students will be honored at the annual Student Excellence Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in the Pensacola campus Student Center. PJC’s vice president of academic affairs, Dr. David Sam, will be the guest speaker. The ceremony is “a very positive culmination of…
Jim Ellis Published: April 13 2004 The rising cost of textbooks has some financially strapped college students looking outside the traditional walk-in retailer, and online bookstores are willing to meet that need. The Corsair recently compared the prices of several core textbooks at local and online bookstores (including the PJC Bookstore and Lemox Book Co.)…
Meg Murphy Published: April 13 2004 Whether just out of high school or taking their first college class at age 65, most students have questions throughout their first semester at PJC. New students must deal with scheduling, books, and perhaps most distressing, parking spaces. The first week of college can be confusing, even traumatic, if…
Staff Reporters Published: April 13 2004 The Learning Resources Center will present its second annual Writers’ Workshops and Meet the Author on Sat., May 1. The workshops will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Center on the Pensacola campus. The day’s workshops are 45 minute sessions beginning at 9 a.m. and…
Jennifer Smith Published: April 13 2004 The Walt Disney World College Program will discuss its fall internship program and conduct interviews on the Pensacola campus at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 22. Students of all majors are invited to attend the meeting in building 5, room 509 (the Student Center) after they have registered with the…
Meg Murphy Publsihed: March 24 2004 Its 9 p.m. and the academic day at PJC is coming to an end. But out on the tennis courts the night is just beginning. Four people stand on each side of the tennis net waiting for the action to start. A half-dozen other people stand on the side…