TIMM SHOWALTER The Corsair The Literary Round Table is a small group of PJC students who meet throughout the school year to discuss and critique each other’s literary works. They also work on the production of their award winning magazine, ISSUE. “The magazine is a student run organization that proposes a creative outlet for students to submit their fiction, short...
Select provides convenient, quality care
KIMBERLY SWEETMAN The Corsair There is a sanctuary on campus for injured PJC students and faculty. This sanctuary is the Select Physical Therapy training room, located in Building 3. In this 1,400 plus square-foot facility, the injured receive treatment in many forms: from work-outs to ice baths. “We work with athletes, PJC faculty and staff, workers comp, and students,” Debbie...
Disability Support provides ‘Safety Net’
WADE MANNS The Corsair In 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law, and thus made life easier for disabled people in the United States. The law basically made it illegal for employers or owners of establishments to discriminate based upon disability, just as similar protection existed against discrimination based on sex, race, or religion....
Blind achieve independence
AMANDA NELSON The Corsair Blindness sounds frightening doesn’t it? Imagine that one day your eyesight has been lost to an illness or an accident and now people have to cook your meals, do your laundry, or read your e-mails to you. Does that sound like a very independent life? There are 1.3 million Americans in the United States who are...
BLAST provides getaway during the school day
KELCI PASCOE The Corsair College students are constantly being bombarded with information. They have to learn how to juggle the stresses of everyday life with the worries of school. Don’t you ever just wish you could have some way to get away from all of this, a temporary relief? Well now you can! BLAST is a once per week Bible...
Students explore nature through Biology Club
NEIL CLARK Biology Club Advisor If you’re into camping and other outdoor activities, like kayaking, canoeing, repelling, hiking, orienteering, bird watching and traveling to interesting and sometimes exotic places, then the PJC Biology Club is for you. During Spring break of 2008, our club made the trip to Ft. Payne, Ala. for four days and nights of camping, repelling, caving,...
Student Government voice of students
KIMBERLY SWEETMAN The Corsair Some PJC students may wonder who speaks for them on campus. Some may wonder how they can make their voice be heard. The Student Government Association of PJC’s Pensacola campus, which meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. under the pavilion, is a club devoted to being the voice of the students. Pensacola’s SGA supports all the...
Rainy weather doesn’t deter fun during Bash
ANDREA MCMILLIAN The Corsair Despite the rainy weather, many students and faculty came out to enjoy the festivities at PJC’s Back to School Bash, September 16th. The event was conducted outdoors between Buildings 4 and 6. “This is the college’s way of giving back to the students. It’s something to break up the day. Everyone needs a free meal once...
Donald Hall, 14th Poet Laureate, visits PJC
PAUL SMITH The Corsair “Now I am 80 years old, content to sit in my chair, watching unpainted boards of the barn turn gold when late autumn sun rubs against them,” read Donald Hall, as he opened with his new poem, “Pieces,” during his presentation at the Ashmore Auditorium to a packed audience Friday night, Sept. 18. Hall, who was...
First Annual Pensacola Songwriters’ Festival
by Timm Showalter Oct. 2 – 4 over 35 songwriters will be rockin’ out at Pensacola Beach for the first ever Annual Pensacola Songwriters’ Festival. For those who do not know exactly what a songwriter is: a songwriter is someone who writes the music that major artists then perform. Some of the songwriters attending this festival have worked on cuts...