Corsair Staff Reports It doesn’t matter where you want to go to college, Pensacola Junior College will help you on College Goal Sunday – a national and Florida initiative that helps students get financial aid. The free event is 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at PJC’s three campuses. Designated locations: · Pensacola campus, Baroco Center for Science & Advanced...
Presenting “The Night of the Iguana”
Corsair Staff Reports The Pensacola Junior College Lyceum series presents “The Night of the Iguana” Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 27-March 1 at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. Distinguished American playwright Tennessee Williams won his fourth New York Drama Critics Award for “The Night of the Iguana” – the last of the distinguished American playwright’s...
Roll Some Logs at the Forestry Festival
Corsair Staff Reports Pensacola Junior College presents the 21st annual Northwest Florida Forestry Conclave & Lumberjack Festival Saturday, March 7, at the Milton campus. The exciting free event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features fun for the whole family including adult forestry skills competitions, all day; children’s events, 9 to 11 a.m.; bluegrass music, 11 a.m. to 1...
PJC vs. Northwest Florida
By Sam Meyers Published: January 28, 2009 The Lady Pirates were ranked No. 1 in the state, but after Wednesday night’s game the women’s basketball team fell in the ranks. The PJC team came up short to Northwest Florida State College 70-58. The Pirates have made it through the season with 23 wins and 2 losses. The PJC women rocked...
The Heat Is On
By: Sam Meyers Published: January 11, 2009 The Lady Pirates pulled in another win Jan. 4 and are now ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 6 in the nation. The team defeated Tallahassee Community College by 13 points, 69-56. Jasmine Payne, top scorer of the night, frightened some Eagles with her striking talent on the court by scoring...
Lady Pirates vs. L.B. Wallace
By: Sam Meyers Published: December 10, 2008 The PJC women’s basketball team racked up another win Dec. 9, but the effort fell short of their usual intensity. The nationally ranked team won 57-38 against L.B. Wallace Community College. “I am excited about the win,” said Coach Chanda Rigby. “They played hard and it’s always a challenge, but I expected better.”...
Movies – Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th Directed by Marcus Nispel Studio/producer: New Line Cinema, Paramount/Platinum Dunes Rated R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material. I must admit, I’m not really into horror movies. But I am aware of the great three franchises of horror classics: Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. These...
Gaming – Fallout 3 (short form)
Fallout 3 By Bethesda Softworks Genre: RPG/First-person shooter Players: 1 Rating: Mature (17+) Downloadable Content: Available, 1 pack released so far, out of 3 planned Distribution Model: Retail or over the content delivery system Steam; interfaced with Microsoft’s Games for Windows – LIVE Release Date: October 31, 2008 How would you survive in a world ravaged by nuclear devastation? Would...
Sitting Down With Hoobastank
by Troy Lambert Everyone at the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio was rocking-out noon Tuesday February 3, 2009. Multi-platinum recording artists, Hoobastank, were featured on WSRE-TV’s Studio Amped. Studio Amped is a music series that features local and regional musicians. However, while gearing up for there tour with fellow multi-platinum artists, 3 Doors Down, Hoobastank donated their time and...
I Got to Ask Bill Maher a Question
by Paul Smith Recently for The Corsair, I took part in a conference call interview with Bill Maher (stand-up comedian and host of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO) who is currently promoting the DVD release of his documentary Religulous, which lampoons what Bill sees as the ridiculous beliefs systems of the world’s different religions. Unfortunately, there were several...