Matt Leight- The Corsair Cheers to the “Power of Ten”! For it will be on October 10th, 2010 that fans of the number ten will unite. A similar numerical pattern has occurred for the past 9 years and will again for the next two. There was 01/01/01, 02/02/02, etc., and this phenomenon will continue to occur until 12/12/12. After that,...
CANstruction kicks off Gallery Night
Dustin Toney-The Corsair The Institute of Architects-Northwest Florida and Society of Design Administration’s 3rd Annual American CANstruction was considered a success. A competition between engineering, architecture and interior design firms from around the area, CANstruction left six statues, made entirely from packaged food to be donated to MANNA Food Pantries for distribution in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties around various businesses...
‘Spice”: pefectly legal
Nicholas Alford – The Corsair It goes by many names: Bay Breeze, 420, Headhunter or the most common name, Spice or K2 Spice. It comes in several different “flavors” like vanilla, pineapple or strawberry, and depending on where you buy it, whether it be at a head shop, gas station or liquor store, looks mostly like potpourri or catnip. Its...
Naval Aviation Museum resurrects Helldiver
Brianna Edler-The Corsair 1944 Bomber resurrected from the dead in California on August 20th, and will be displayed at the Pensacola Naval Museum. A WWII Navy aircraft was raised from the waters of the Lower Otay Reservoir near Chula Vista California. The SB2C-4 Helldiver was disassembled after being recovered, sent across the country to N.A.S. to be restored, and will...
Effects of dispersants still unknown
Nick Alford-The Corsair Nearly three months after the leaking well head that released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico was finally capped, the EPA and BP have issued statements telling the public that the oil spill has been cleaned up and that no more crude can be found in the Gulf. As...
Bid for new vendor in Student Center begins
DUSTIN TONEY – The Corsair Pensacola State College has begun the bidding for a new vendor in the Student Center, Building 5. The establishment is meant to provide students an alternative food service to the restaurants and chains surrounding the campus. It will be located in the deli area across from the book store. Various business owners have expressed interest...
Team Sanity vs. Team Fear
Matt Leight- The Corsair On the September 16th airing of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart announced that he would be hosting a rally on Oct 30, 2010 at Washington D.C.’s National Mall. The purpose of this rally, according to Stewart, is “a clarion call for rationality” for the 70 to 80 percent of everyday Americans who are fed...
BP or BS?
CHERYL ERICKSON– The Corsair As the creator of Peter Pan once said, “We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.” James Matthew Barrie had a simple point in this statement. You don’t know what you got, till it’s gone. That rings true for so many things. Unfortunately in this case, I’m...
President’s religion is irrelevant
SEAN BLACKWELL – The Corsair According to a recent poll, 18 percent of Americans believe President Obama is Muslim while only 34 percent believe the fact that he is Christian, and not surprising, 43 percent proclaim they don’t know his religion. Why do Americans refuse to believe the president when he says that he is Christian? An even better question...
Second to the greater good is how we should live
Matthew Leight – The Corsair On the corner of 12th and Gonzalez is where more than 75 artisans and vendors converged for two days of art, music and food. My initial reasons for writing about the New Beginnings Festival were less than virtuous. My mother had displayed an interest in attending the event and likewise had requested my company. Secondly,...