Brandi Snodgrass Published: February 22, 2006 “He will always be in our hearts” -Debbie Chestang. PJC student Braden Bowers, 18, was killed in a car accident Feb. 16. The accident, which occurred around 3:50 p.m., took place on I-10. Bowers was traveling eastbound when a van pulled into his lane causing him to veer to the left to avoid a...
Money in, money out
Michael Rutschky Published: February 22, 2006 This year PJC plans to spend more than $48.4 million to maintain its operations. In order for the school to organize its funds and plan for the upcoming fiscal year, the faculty must decide upon an operating budget. The budget itself is compiled by various areas of the administration, such as planning, fiscal resources,...
Supreme court declines to hear college newspaper censorship case
Erika Wilhite Published: February 22, 2006 On Feb. 21, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case of Hosty v. Carter, which questions the authority of a college or university’s administrators to censor any form of student speech, such as a newspaper, publishing articles critical of the school or its administrators. The Court’s refusal is...
College can’t keep pace with technology needs
Michael Rutschky Published: February 22, 2006 The use of personal computers in educational environments has gone from being beneficial to practically essential. PJC has 2,500 PCs across all the campuses. In certain areas, such as the visual arts department, personal computers play a very large role in the curriculum. If those computers were to fall beneath the standards of the...
Softball is universal language
Jamie Dickerson Published: February 22, 2006 Once upon a time, in a land far, far, away, one woman found herself in a different world. She found herself mixed in with a different kind of people, a different land, different kinds of food, and a different style of life. None of this mattered to her, however, as long as she could...
Career Night makes its daytime premiere
Brandi Snodgrass Published: February 22, 2006 The first ever Career Day for high school seniors was held at PJC on Feb. 17. Hosted by the career and technical education student resources program, the event was a big change from the usual Career Nights that have been held on campus for the last five years. Barbara Wall, the technical preparation coordinator...
First ‘College Goal Sunday’ a success
Sahara Locke Published: February 22, 2006 For the first time since, well, possibly ever, students willingly came to school on a weekend. The reason for the momentous occasion? It wasn’t a football game, or basketball game; it actually was an opportunity for those students to learn something outside of a classroom setting. For the first time in the event’s 12-year...
‘Upward Battle’s’ last hurrah: a compilation of previously unreleased songs
Melissa Howard Published: February 22, 2006 In a society where hardcore and metal music has been watered down and filtered to a pulp, your conventional parents could probably tell you exactly what a blast beat is, and “hard” music is defined by the latest Linkin Park ballad, Uphill Battle brings new strength to the hardcore genre with their release “Blurred.”...
‘Pink Panther’ slapstick comedy just as good as original
Michael Rutschky Published: February 22, 2006 Steve Martin revives the role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau for “The Pink Panther,” in what is billed as a prequel to the popular movie series starring Peter Sellers. The film sees the bumbling Jacques Clouseau promoted from an average police officer to an inspector, and given the task of solving a murder and recovering...
Zoo Animal Technology Program
Jesse Edwards Pensacola Junior College has provided an associate of science degree program in Zoo Animal Technology since 1996. The course is an interesting amalgamation of animal biology along with hands on work in the field at places such as North West Florida Zoological Park, Botanical Gardens in Gulf Breeze, and other animal facilities. � Graduation in the program takes...