Veronica Walker Published: Auguest 23 2004 PJC enrollment of African-Americans, especially black men, has shown little growth for more than 13 years, reflecting nationwide trends, but PJC leaders are vowing to reverse the trend here. African-American men accounted for only 13.7 percent of 11,534 male enrollees last year. The head count of black males was just 1,579. Since 1992, African-American...
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Sandboarders are drawn to Texas dunes
Aline McKenzie Published: April 28 2004 In the early morning, it’s as if humans had never set foot here. Pristine sand dunes rise to 70 feet high amid the scrubby West Texas vegetation. Damp with dew, they’re marked with the tracks of nightly visitors, insects, birds of various sizes, the resident mammals: skunks, jackrabbits, coyotes, deer. But new tracks are...
Reporter fired for selling press passes
Steve Kuchera Published: April 28 2004 Scalping a press pass to the Frozen Four cost a University of Minnesota Duluth senior his positions as a college newspaper reporter and Duluth News Tribune intern. The UMD Statesman fired Chris Voigt on Thursday after learning that he had sold his press credential to the NCAA Division I championship game April 10. Voigt...
Champs vs. Chumps
Joe Elder Published: April 28 2004 Champ: The Minnesota Timberwolves. They won the #1 seed in the West and they look like they will advance past the first round finally. Champ: The New England Patriots. They traded and got RB Corey Dillon. Dillon is a good back that will give the Pats the running game they’ve needed. Champ: The Florida...
Goodbye Y’all
Joe Elder Published: April 28 2004 Well folks, here it is. This is my farewell address. My tenure as sports editor is officially over. I would like to thank Thom Botsford, head of department of English and Communication, and Christina Drain, The Corsair adviser, for the opportunity that they gave me by allowing me to hold this position. I would...
Women should submit to piercings and facial tattoos
Margaret Carr Published 28 2004 I have recently read it argued on an online Christian message board that Christian women should wear skirts exclusively, and keep their hair long, for the purpose of reinforcing that they are beneath men in the great chain of authority. To that effect, why not just pierce their noses instead? It probably would be more...
Corrections and Clarifications
Staff Reporters Published: April 28 2004 The April 13 issue of The Corsair incorrectly identified the locations of two events on the Calendar page. The PJC Music Showcase on April 22 was featured in the Saenger Auditorium, and the PJC Student Recital on April 29 will be in the Ashmore Auditorium. Also in that issue, the photo spread “Army event...
Expect university tuition increases annually, officials say
Veronica Walker Published: April 28 2004 In-state students starting college 10 years ago paid no more than $60 per credit hour at state institutions. Five years later, students paid about $80 per credit hour. Start of the 2003-2004 school year, they are paying up to $100 per credit hour at these four major state universities. Next year at University of...
Construction on campus turns heads
Meg Murphy Published: April 28 2004 It has been almost a year since the construction of WSRE’s new performing arts studio first began. Although members of the critically acclaimed television station have long been anticipating the completion of the arena, many PJC students are just beginning to take notice. WSRE-TV is a public television station that has been airing since...
Student wins ad campaign
Lisa Cobb Published: April 28 2004 The artwork is detailed, imaginative, and compelling. According to Brenda Bischoff, director of Pensacola Earth Day, that is exactly what the 10-member Pensacola Earth Day Committee was looking for when they approached PJC’s Graphic Design Instructor Mark Hopkins for a student ad campaign for Earth Day. “We wanted the artwork to catch the attention...