Corey Reese Published: February 8, 2006 The PJC Lady Pirate Softball team is gearing up for another season in the Panhandle Conference. Ninth year Coach Brenda Pena leads a young, ambitious team this year, returning only two sophomores, Holley Joyner and Amanda Leggett. “I am really looking to my two sophomores to lead this team this year,” Pena said. Leggett...
The Corsair is the student press at Pensacola State College.
Students not aware of intramural activities
Eric Schnell Published: February 8, 2006 Most students rush home or to work after classes, unaware that a variety of intramural activities are open to them. But for those who played sports in high school or just want to stay in shape, the program fulfills that passion. The program has for the most part, any sport a student would want...
FYI: Transferring to a four year college
Published: February 8, 2006 Transferring to a four year college can be confusing for students who don’t understand the process. Collegeboard.com has advice for students that will hopefully make the transfer process easier. Step 1: Learn about the transfer program. Transfer programs at community colleges prepare you to enter a university as a junior. They generally require three types of...
Do what you love and the money will come
Niko Castillo and Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 Only 50.7 percent of college graduates are satisfied with their current career, reports a recent study performed by the Consumer Research Center for the Conference Board in New York.ÿ If this continues, that means half of us are destined to work merely for paychecks and not personal satisfaction.ÿ Find your passion....
Cheap Tricks
Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 It’s Valentine’s Day soon; some of you may want to do something nice for a significant other. Others of you may be required to. Either way, here are some tips for the poor and kind. As I am not horribly romantically inclined, I asked a friend who happens to be a rather romantic schmuck...
Student volunteering makes a difference
Ayla Brooks Published: February 8, 2006 “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” -Dr. Seuss in the Lorax Why do students volunteer? ÿThere is no money in it. It adds more stress to an already busy schedule. Why would anyone want to do that?ÿWell, they volunteer for various reasons. On...
Our View: Protesters have no place at funerals
Published: February 8, 2006 As many of you might know, Coretta Scott King died Jan. 31. King, the widow of celebrated civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., was renowned worldwide as an activist in her own right. Though many mourn her passing, there are people who choose instead to picket the funeral of such a celebrated and respected woman....
Read between the lines in women’s magazines
Yonit Shames Published: February 8, 2006 While today’s print media offer us a huge variety of material to read, the biggest growth is in the magazine market. Magazines tend to target younger audiences and are consumer-savvy enough to be able to compete successfully with the newer media. But “compete successfully,” is misleading. “Compete successfully” should mean that magazines offer a...
Standardized tests are roadblocks to our future
Liandethza Ramirez Published: february 8, 2006 From the moment we enter the public school system as carefree and unsuspecting 5 year-olds, we are taught to share, to get along with others, and to worry. The Florida Department of Education has always believed strongly in the assessment of an individual’s potential for success through the use of standardized tests. Lately, however,...
Student killed in auto accident
Moria Dailey Published: February 8, 2006 PJC student Braden Bowers, 18, was killed Thursday in an auto accident on I-10. Bowers was driving in the eastbound lane when a van began to merge into his lane, forcing him to swerve. He lost control of his vehicle and spun into the westbound lane, where he was hit by an oncoming vehicle....