KELCI PASCOE The Corsair Hospitals are constantly filled with patients in need of urgent care. The lives of many of these patients depend upon whether or not that hospital has a large enough supply of blood. The Northwest Florida Blood Services needs a minimum of 176 pints of blood per day to properly supply our local hospitals. This is a...
Lady Pirates lose first battle in state tournament
MADELAIN TIGANO The Corsair PJC’s Lady Pirates lost their first state tournament volleyball game3-1 this morning against St. Petersburg at Polk State College in Winter Haven. Head coach Pete Pena discussed his disappointment in his team saying, “We needed to gamble and play outside of the box.” Pena believes all teams in the state tournament are very talented and superior...
PJC vs. St. Petersburg state volleyball game
PJC vs. St. Petersburg Volleyball State Tourney
College Night with the Ice Flyers
The Pensacola Ice Flyers will play the Columbus Cottonmouths on Nov. 7 in the Pensacola Civic Center. Students get two dollars off the price of the ticket when they present their student ID. Groups of ten can pre-order their tickets by Friday and will only have to pay seven dollars per ticket. Groups can also purchase a four dollar food...
Walking the Plank: Mike Ardis
Mike Ardis walks the plank by answering the Corsair questions. If you really like his answers leave a comment, and his answers may end up in the next issue of the newspaper. Q: What do you teach? A: Criminal Justice Q: How long have you been a teacher? A: 17 years (5 as an adjunct and 12 full-time) Q: When you...
Wet review
Wade Manns – The Corsair “Wet” developed by Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M) published by Bethesda Softworks rating: Mature, for blood and gore, drug reference, intense violence, sexual content, strong language. Wet is a stylized 70s-style third-person action shooter, complete with film grain on the main playing field, filmstrips intruding upon the gameplay and cutscenes, and vintage promos (advertising the...
The Breeze offers sensory sensitive movies to locals
Kay Forrest – The Corsair Beginning with “Astro Boy” on Nov. 7 at 10 a.m., The Breeze Cinema 8 in Gulf Breeze will be the first in the area to offer Sensory Sensitive Movies (SSM) for Autistic and other special needs children. The Breeze will do a special showing of a first-run children’s movie the first Saturday of every month...
PJC ABE student dies during police chase
MADELAIN TIGANO The Corsair PJC’s Adult Basic Education student, 17-year-old Victor Steen, lost his life early morning Oct. 3 after fleeing a construction site in Brownsville. A News release states, Officer Jerald Ard, 35, from Pensacola Police Department saw Steen take off on his bicycle and proceeded to chase him with his cruiser. Ard tried to stop Steen with verbal...
PJC walks for hearts
KATIE COSEO The Corsair Downtown Pensacola hosted its annual American Heart Association; Heart walk teams from all PJC campuses participated. With heart disease and stroke being one of the leading causes of death in the U.S, Pensacola citizens came out with dogs, strollers, and walking shoes to show their support. PJC had faculty, administration, and students walking the 5k meeting...
Was Steen’s death an abuse of power?
by Justin Otto The recent death of Victor Steen raises some interesting questions. What exactly was the crime he was being pursued for? He was hanging around a construction site which is apparently illegal, but why? If the thought was that he was stealing things from the site, I might see a reason for the pursuit by Officer Jerald Ard....