Melissa Brown Published: October 11, 2006 Former Corsair sports editor Brian Nephi McLellan, 20, was sentenced Oct. 5 to nearly a year in jail and sexual offender status stemming from an arrest last July on eight counts of third degree felony with “possession of [a] photograph of [a] sexual performance by a child.” McLellan originally pleaded not guilty in October...
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Schedule changes to begin in January
Regina Kent Published: October 11, 2006 Starting in January, PJC students at all locations will have the opportunity to enjoy three day weekends, every weekend. Instead of 50 minute Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes, students will have the opportunity to take 90 minute Monday and Wednesday classes. “We realized before Ivan and Dennis hit that a majority of our students were...
PJC nursing students save lives……one simulated patient at a time
Jennifer Rich-Neal Published: October 11, 2006 The hands-on training students receive in The Center for Patient Simulation, Training, and Research helps prepare them for situations in a real emergency room. “We believe that is the best way they learn,” said Rusty King, educational director for the center. Today’s emergency rooms can be intense and require quick decisions. ÿTo properly equip...
SHAGADELIC EATS: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Melissa Brown Published: October 11, 2006 Chocolate chip cookies are one of America’s iconic foods. Whether we leave them for Santa on Christmas Eve, make a floury mess baking them with grandma, or simply peel open a store-bought package, Americans probably eat more chocolate chip cookies than any other kind of cookie. This edition of Shagadelic Eats features one of...
VULTURES ON A CAROUSEL: Taking a Peek: The Local Tibetan Buddhist Community
Michael Rutschky Published: October 11, 2006 Pensacola is known for being a major notch in the South’s Bible Belt. I read once that our city actually has more churches per capita than anywhere else in the nation. If I ever had to give directions to anywhere around town, it’d probably come out: “yeah, it’s down there between the church and...
Credibility down and belly-up for Sony stock
Ricky Di and Chris Sapp Published: October 11, 2006 All good things must come to an end, but that doesn’t exclude the mediocre. Sony has been a big name in the gaming industry for over a decade now, but that may not be so for very much longer. Recent “screw-ups” have pretty much sealed the once gaming giant’s fate. Sony...
Escambia Amateur Astronomers’ Association
Melissa Brown Published: October 11, 2006 The Escambia Amateur Astronomers’ Association was selected as a runner-up for Astronomy magazine’s inaugural “Out-of-this-world” award for public programming on Sept. 12. PJC’s Dr. Wayne Wooten spearheads the club, serving as the Astronomical League Liaison and said the Association is “very proud to be recognized.” In a congratulatory e-mail to Wooten from Matt Quandt,...
Kappa Delta Pi initiates new members
Sahara Locke Published: October 11, 2006 For the third consecutive year, the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society held its 2006 initiations at the Learning Resources Center on PJC’s Pensacola campus. Prominent KDP alumni figures Betsy Were, professor of education, and Jane Spruill, also of the education department, presided as the 2006 initiates received an official welcome into the KDP...
Surf Club to meet
Published: October 11, 2006 The Surf Club will meet at 1 p.m. on Halloween in room 447 in Bldg. 4. Come to get all the details on the surf club, surfing, and volunteer opportunities. Volunteer to work with disabled children and let them know the joys of surfing. Take time to help clean our beaches and keep Mother Earth healthy....
JSOP gumbo
Published: October 11, 2006 The Jazz Soceity of Pensacola will be hosting a Jazz Gumbo at Phineas Phogg’s in Seville Quarter Oct. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The doors open at 6 p.m. Popular singer Kitt Lough will entertain with keyboardist David Shelander and other musicians forming a mini-big band. Kitt performed in both the 2005 and 2006...