David LaRock Published: December7, 2005 Black Friday is notorious for being the busiest day for holiday shopping. The week after exams is the same for college bookstores across the country. Students are in a rush to sell back their used textbooks and purchase their new ones for the upcoming semester. This system has been in place for years, but with...
The Corsair is the student press at Pensacola State College.
Health programs popular at Warrington campus
Heather Adams Published: December 7, 2005 One of the first things a person notices when visiting the Pensacola Junior College Warrington campus is that it is very clean, which is fitting since it is host to 26 different health programs. The buildings are all white, similar to building 17 on the Pensacola campus, and the grass is a very bright...
Adopt-A-School mentoring program prepares middle-schoolers for college
Lucretia Brown Published: December 7, 2005 After four years, the Adopt-A-School Mentoring Program is back at PJC in full force, according to Student Service’s Specialist Lynne Butcher. Adopt-A-School Mentoring Program is under the Educational Talent Search program. This is a program that is federally funded and has been in existence for 20 years. It is designed to provide guidance to...
Grad comes back to start new career
Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Sheila Thomas will walk in December with honors, but this isn’t her first time at PJC. In 1970 she graduated from the college’s Adult High; now, 35 years later, Thomas has returned to pursue a new career. Soon after finishing at the Adult High, Thomas got married and had three daughters. She worked a...
Enrollment down, but no plans to cut programs
Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Enrollment at PJC has fallen again this semester. While there has been much conjecture that this could impact the budget, the administration says that it has no plans to cut any vital programs or lay off any full-time faculty. “[We] have made no official decisions for programs to cut,” said Gean Ann Emond, vice-president...
A Day in the Life:Custodian Angie White shares her experiences cleaning for PJC
Kristen Bailey Published: December 7, 2005 This is the face of a woman who knows the dirt on Pensacola Junior College, and not just the physical dirt. Spending hours every day cleaning Building 4, custodian Angie White gets PJC’s dirt- everything from which professors to take to the scoundrels of the building. Arriving at 4 a.m. every morning, she is...
Student shows passion for knowledge and fellow students
Heather Adams Published: December 7, 2005 Richard Carmean isn’t just an ordinary student. He’s a 50-year old motorcycle-riding military veteran who has lived life to it’s fullest extent. Carmean came to PJC after he retired from the military to get an associate’s degree in history. He will graduate this spring, and then he plans to transfer to the University of...
Fall graduation to take place at Pensacola Civic Center
Ryan Freeman Published: December 7, 2005 For the graduating students of the Fall 2005 term, graduation will again take place at the Pensacola Civic Center. It will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 16. “I am ready to go out into the world to accomplish more things, with the education and skills I have received from PJC,” said Andrea...
Campus ministry provides activities
Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Last November the Wesley Foundation established a club at PJC, a youth ministry sponsored by Cokesbury United Methodist Church. Initially there were only a few students involved, said Sheila Feltner, the club’s director, but “God has blessed our efforts as we have grown to nearly 25 students.” The club’s goal is “to encourage the...
“Aeon Flux” takes on the big screen
Published: December 7, 2005 “Aeon Flux” takes place in a post-apocalyptic futureworld where people have mutant limbs, mysterious dreams and kicky, asymmetrical haircuts. It’s a good-looking movie with a fine cast, including four Oscars nominees: Pete Postlethwaite, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo and, in the title role, Charlize Theron. She’s fine, but the problems in “Aeon Flux” – which is chilly...