Reagan Hicks Published: January 25, 2006 With classes back in session, college students are more stressed and working harder with the demands of classes, jobs, and personal lives. However, with the help and resources that can be found on campus, this undue stress can be alleviated. LaRita Carter, coordinator of L.I.F.E. Center, dance and cheer, athletics, and employee wellness program,...
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Moria Dailey Published: January 25, 2006 Tour of Italy Dr. Charlie Schuler, head of the History, Languages and Philosophy department at PJC, has been taking groups of students to Italy and various other countries for the past 15 years. His next trip is planned for summer 2007, and will be a 20-day excursion to southern Italy as well as Greece,...
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Dawn Baird Published: January 25, 2006 Laid back and easy-going, Nick Jones looks forward to returning to Pensacola Junior College after winning the battle against arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a congenital neurological and spinal cord disorder, undetected until three years ago. According to the National Institutes of Health, AVM affects more than 300,000 Americans. Many don’t recover. Twice Jones’ studies at...
The community celebrates Black History Month
From Staff Reports Published: January 25, 2006 Local Events UWF Concert The University of West Florida is hosting a free concert featuring the UWF Madrigals, the UWF Singers, and the UWF Gospel Choir at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts (Building 82). The Pensacola Opera The opera has guest artists performing at 7 p.m....
There are a lot of things you could say about “The New World”
Erika Wilhite Published: January 25, 2006 It’s beautiful, like a full-motion painting. It’s abstract and meditative, like a picture poem. It’s a romantic re-telling of the life and loves of Pocahontas, like a historical novel more concerned with feelings than with facts. But the most important thing viewers need to know going into it is this: “The New World” is...
Art thrives at “The Anna”
Drew Lovelace & Jamie Dickerson Published: January 25, 2006 For the past few weeks, The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts at Pensacola Junior College has been hosting an art exhibition featuring the work of Mitch Lyons and Greg Saunders. The exhibit opened Jan. 19 with noted success as Lyons gave two public demonstrations and a slide show. “I’m...
Who I Am
by Jessica Woods Throughout my months at PJC, I have been asked many questions about my blindness and other aspects of my life. Part of my goal for this blog is to answer many of those questions. I thought I would start out by telling you a little about me. I decided to attend PJC about two years ago. At...
A Road Made Easier
by Jessica Woods Walking into a class for the first time can be intimidating for any student. What is my instructor going to be like? What are the expectations for this course going to be? So, imagine the added burden of having a disability such as blindness. I am one of those students. Yes, those things run through my mind...
A Charlatan by Design
by Paul Smith “Belief is the death of intelligence.” – Robert Anton Wilson My fundamental approach to life, and with it, all matters of intellectual deliberation, is one of agnosticism. I do not mean this so much in the religious sense, but rather, I try to consider all of life’s pertinent questions with cautious hesitancy. I must confess such an...
Hoobastank to perform live on campus for Studio Amped
Kristin Martin If you’re on campus around noon next Tuesday, you might want to stop by the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio to see Hoobastank, an alternative rock band, be recorded live for Studio Amped, a WSRE-TV performance series. The event is free, but you’ll need a ticket to get in. You can pick up tickets at the Jean...