Tim Ajmani The Corsair The very first thing that I talked about when I joined the Corsair was about how political parties are separating and tearing the United States apart. I said Americans weren’t concerned about Americans; they are concerned about Democrats and Republicans. While this likely won’t change any time soon, at least we saw a glimpse of a...
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Constructive Criticism
Dylan Threadgill The Corsair My first thought after I was told that the college was implementing a Bright Ideas Week at Pensacola State College was ‘what about the students?’ After hearing of little feedback from staff I decided to ask students that exact question. “What do you think would make Pensacola State…better?” Holly Dunn, a sophomore at PSC, expressed serious...
Parenthood
Travis Noonan Poetry – Third Place When my children ask how to ward off terrors brought on by darkness, I wilt suggest sleeping with two pillows: one under the head and the other wrapped tightly in their arms. “Treat the latter like a future lover. Tell it all of the things your mother’d never hear.” The hard questions will be...
Semper in Occulto
Ryan P. Quirk Poetry – Second Place I have traded in my humanity for a steady hand. Compassion for coolness. Curiosity for hatred. The scents of blood and gunpowder intoxicate me. A body, not a friend. I make a decision and he dies. Each bullet rips out part of my soul, The mark of a true warrior. I’m as empty...
The Right to Die
Carla Courtney Essay – First Place The issue of assisted suicide may be sensitive to some because of misinformation, unfounded fears, or even religious beliefs. Once addressed in a logical, unemotional manner, those concerns should dissipate leaving one to view the act as a kind, moral, and necessary choice when the situation warrants; and those that assist in the process...
Spotlight
Ryan P. Quirk Poetry – First Place The smoke, so thick that I decide to take some home as a memento, fills this room. It has become so crucial to this place that a clear night’s breeze seems alien. I caress your neck and we begin our session. Dozens of eyes stare at us in pairs, listen to us, and...
Soggy Feathers and Sarcasm
Cameron J. Bell First Place Fiction He savagely bit into the fallen tree trunk, more to keep from crying out in pain than to actually affect his rather dire situation. Things were already bad enough without his shrieks of agony drawing predators in. That was assuming they hadn’t already caught a whiff of the blood-slick wing dragging in the dirt...
Walter F. Spara (1930-2011)
Megan Desbiens The Corsair “Writing — like all forms of communicating — is a universal urge. We write because we must, even if it hurts.” Anonymous Professor Walter F. Spara, while not here to vouch for it, would probably agree with that statement. Spara was the founder of Pensacola Junior College’s creative writing program and passed away March 12 of...
Students win cash in Walter F. Spara writing competition
Megan Desbiens The Corsair As the winners of the Walter F. Spara writing competition were announced by Professor Bill Fisher at a reception held April 26 in Building 96, one thing struck unique. Each first place winner this year also took home another place in the same category for a different entry. In the Essay category, Carla K. Courtney received...
Something’s cooking in the culinary arts kitchen
Nancy Hamilton The Corsair Type “fine dining etiquette” in Google search and you will get almost 500,000 hits. That’s what I found out, anyhow, when researching for a Pensacola State College award dinner prepared by the culinary arts students. Hearing it was a fancy dinner, I was worried about making an etiquette faux pas. I had a hazy memory of...