Yonit Shames March 30 2005 The Biology Club will celebrate Earth Day early by hosting an event on April 6, including a movie, refreshments and information about environmental issues at noon in Building 21. The movie “Being Caribou” will be shown, and food, including popcorn, will be served. Pamphlets will be available for those who are…
Staff Reporters Published March 30 2005 Lost and Found is located in the PJC Police Department on each campus. Students who have lost items are invited to stop by or call the police department on campus. The departments receive many kinds of items, including keys, cell phones, books, clothing, CD players, glasses, sunglasses and toys.…
Yonit Shames Published: April 13, 2005 When President Bush spoke at PJC last week, he addressed his Social Security reform plan. But, like his previous visit before the 2004 election, this was a publicity visit. Had it been more than that, he would have addressed the arguments his opposition has brought to the table and…
Cody Cook Published: March 30 2005 Approximately 100 students will be honored for their achievements and service at PJC during a ceremony April 12 in the Pensacola campus Student Center. The annual Student Excellence Awards ceremony recognizes students for their scholastic, service and leadership qualities throughout the year. This year’s theme will be “Tradition of…
Published: April 13, 2005 Rape education is an important issue, particularly for college students. One in four college-age women have either been the victim of rape or attempted rape. The United States, in fact, has the leading rape rates out of all countries that publish them. While it is therefore admirable that PJC has its…
Yonit Shames Published March 30 2005 The current vendor for the eatery at the Student Center, Pirates Galley, may not have its contract renewed at the end of this year, according to administrators. The eatery and the bookstore in the Student Center are both given contracts to run their businesses. At the end of each…
Published: April 13, 2005 Why is it that everytime I go to the School Book Store to sell back a book, I get turned away. Is there a conspiracy to squeeze every little dollar out of us students? I just bought this book last quarter and they told me that there is a new edition…
Charles Allen Published: April 13, 2005 I’ve done a bit of thinking lately. If ever I get severely brain damaged, causing me to fall into a coma (because of my eating disorder), and I have to be put on life support, and my only response to your flashing lights in my face for 15 years…
Matt Foster Published: March 30 2005 Security was tight as the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, spoke to a crowd in the Lou Ross Center on March 18. His visit, the latest in a series of “town hall meetings,” centered on Social Security, an area of increasingly hot debate in…
Moria Dailey Published: April 13, 2005 PJC student clubs run the risk of losing their share of student activities money for the following year if they don’t attend a presentation on rape risk education and training. Vice president of Student Affairs James Martin said it was decided the presentation was to be given to clubs…