Morgan Gates Published: November 9, 2005 Nov. 4 and 5 marked the opening of the 2005-2006 PJC Basketball Season for both the men’s and women’s teams. The teams played in tournaments – the CiCi’s Tip-Off Classic for the Pirates and the Okaloosa-Walton Tip-Off Classic for the Lady Pirates. The Pirates tipped off their tournament in…
Joshua Kinser Published: November 9, 2005 The weekend of Oct. 23, Hurricane Wilma brought to the Gulf Coast what some are calling the greatest surf in 30 years. Along with perfect waves came world class surfers, the Quicksilver surfing team, photographers and journalists from “Surfer Magazine,” and recognition from the global surfing community that may…
Moria Dailey Published: November 9, 2005 Tattoos have become an ever-growing form of body decoration everywhere, including PJC. Monica Cutler, who has one tattoo, said all of her friends were tattooed, and “my boyfriend is the only person I hang out with regularly who doesn’t have tattoos.” The tattoo process begins with picking out a…
Lindsay Spencer Published: October 26, 2005 “So you want to go to Lakeland, huh?” Coach Pete Pena asked after the Lady Pirates dominated over Gulf Coast Community College. Lakeland is where the girls will travel in a couple of weeks to compete at the state level. “The first game was the hardest and most intense,”…
Morgan Gates Published: October 26, 2005 PJC’s gym in the Lou Ross Center held this year’s annual Pensacola Basketball Coaches Clinic sponsored by the Andrews Institute on Oct. 13th. Each coach that attended the event donated $10 to United Way’s Hurricane Relief Effort Funds, in lieu of a fee. The event was hosted by PJC’s…
Erin Hammontree Published: October 26, 2005 It’s hot, humid, and the overbearing heat from the sun has taken its toll on your body. You feel the sweat billow and run down your face from the inside of your helmet. No worries though, as you throw the gear into third, you spot a murky cesspool of…
Joshua Kinser Published: October 26, 2005 Sparkling freshwater springs that trickle into Juniper Creek and sugar white sand bars are just a few of the reasons to glide down this less paddled creek in Blackwater River State Forest. With Blackwater River crowded by motor boats and Coldwater Creek covered with tubers and paddlers, Juniper Creek…
Charles Allen Published: October 26, 2005 That does it! There are some things making me angry. So, in the noble tradition of journalism, I decided to write this instead of flipping out. Bear with me. Recently, the Pensacola News Journal printed a letter to the editor in which a person stated that people wishing to…
Erika Wilhite Published: October 26, 2005 Although our national anthem assures us that we live in “the land of the free,” Americans cannot honestly pretend that we are doing our best to preserve that freedom anymore. In a real “land of the free,” legislature allowing government agents to pry into private lives without actual evidence…
Yonit Shames Published: October 26, 2005 Several recent natural disasters, as well as the war in Iraq, have highlighted American society’s prejudice toward short-term, quick-fix solutions. However, the ill effects of this attitude are not limited to its effects on disaster relief (the government’s lack of preparation for Hurricane Katrina and the resulting catastrophe) nor…