Matt Foster Published: December 7, 2005 I’m in love with an immensely powerful, rage-filled, dinosaur-stomping gorilla named King Kong. Maybe it’s the hype stemming from Peter, “Lord of the Rings” Jackson’s latest movie phenomena, the remake of the 1933 classic King Kong. Maybe it’s the longing for a game that is emotionally driven and filled with a unique adventure that...
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Jazz band presents December concert
Joshua Kinser Published: December 7, 2005 The PJC jazz band will perform their final concert for the semester at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 at the Ashmore Auditorium for Fine and Performing Arts. The jazz ensemble, conducted by Tim Jackson, will perform a variety of tunes with diverse styles that include traditional jazz, swing, big band, bebop, funk, and Latin....
Lady Pirates Split Thanksgiving Games
Morgan Gates Published: November 23, 2005 The Lady Pirates, now 7-2, were on the road over the Thanksgiving Holidays participating in the Okaloosa-Walton Thanksgiving Classic. On Friday the 25th they played Central Florida Community College in Niceville where they had a close win of 73-70. Women’s Head Coach Chanda Rigby said they were down by 1 point at half time...
Lady Pirates off to a good start
Morgan Gates Published: November 23, 2005 The Lady Pirates hosted the World Ford Classic tournament Nov. 18-19 where they competed against the defending national champs of the NJCAA division II, the South Monroe Community College Tribunes, and South Georgia Technical College Jets. In Friday night’s game the Lady Pirates went to halftime on a 10-point lead at 44-34 against South...
PJC posts two flag teams in regional play
Morgan Gates Published: November 23, 2005 Two of PJC’s intramural flag football teams participated in the 26th Annual West Florida Flag Football Regional Championships on Nov.12-13 where a total of 15 teams played at Ashton Brosnaham Park. According to intramural coordinator and Team A quarterback Doug Rogers, the Team B club team for PJC, lost both of its games in...
PJC Student Competes in New York City Marathon
Joshua Kinser Published: November 23, 2005 On July 13, 2000, PJC student Chris Lynch fell 2 « stories during a combat training exercise in France with the U.S. 82nd Airborne division and suffered a massive brain injury. He lay in a coma for 45 days and doctors believed he would never talk or move again. Five years later, his impenetrable...
Were the French riots really all that unexpected?
Janson Thomas Published: November 23, 2005 On Oct. 29, France’s Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin stated, “In our country, law and order will have the last word.” This statement was issued the day after two young men were electrocuted in France while evading police. Maybe Villepin spoke too soon. France is now in uproar as mobs of mostly Muslim youth...
Torture amendment “loophole” unnecessary and unacceptable
Yonit Shames Published: November 23, 2005 At a news conference in Panama on Nov. 7, President Bush responded to rumors of secret CIA prisons by proclaiming, “We do not torture.” These rumors were only the latest in a long line regarding the administration’s post-Sept. 11 detainee treatment policies. Although the U.S. officially outlaws torture, the administration has allowed harsh mistreatment...
Lily the Insomniac: The Chef?
Published: November 23, 2005 In the last installment of Lily, we examined the world of PIRATES (do you think they are great yet?). Today, we will talk about whatever crap falls out of my head and call it a column! On my mind AT THIS VERY MOMENT is the delicate matter of cooking. I was seventeen when I met my...
Pirates rebound over Shorter College
Corey Reese Published: November 23, 2005 The PJC men’s basketball team rebounded from Thursday’s loss, defeating an undermanned Shorter College team 91-53 Saturday Nov. 26. Four players scored in double figures and all 10 dressed players scored at least 2 points. PJC’s scoring leader was Tyrone Evans with 16. Yarrish Hammons and Julian Allen had 14 points and Phil Wallace...