Joshua Wilks Published: April 28 2004 Always on the go and traveling from place to place for work, an adjunct college professor’s life sometimes might seem like that of a migrant farm worker — demanding, low-paying and ceaselessly insecure. Teaching everything from how to write a five-paragraph essay to understanding the writings of Plato, adjunct professors teach in every subject...
The Corsair is the student press at Pensacola State College.
Champs vs. Chumps
Joe Elder Published: April 13 2004 <b>The Champs</b> <b>1.</b> UAB. They deserve all the recognition they can get for defeating No. 1 seeded Kentucky in the NCAA tournament. What a great game. <b>2.</b> The Pensacola Ice Pilots. They’re in the playoffs and were able to pull out a win on Saturday to keep themselves alive. <b>3.</b>The Detroit Tigers. They lost...
Wheelchair basketball enables a PJC Student
Jacqui Alegria Published: April 13 2004 As the end of the day creeps near and the sun begins to set on a long day of school, work, and errands, many of us look forward to an evening of blissful vegetation. We want nothing more than to collapse into the sofa and be done with the exhausting day. But around the...
‘Ben Hur,’ done that
Joe Elder Published: April 13 2004 As sports editor, I have noticed that attendance has been slumping at PJC sporting events. This trend is troubling to all sporting geeks like myself. With that in mind, I have stumbled upon a new sport that just might have PJC students doing the wave and wearing face paint again. There is no doubt...
Pirate’s Pena sets sights on next season
Joe Elder Published: April 13 2004 Despite a 13-17 record last year, Lady Pirates volleyball coach Pete Pena is still very proud of his team for their efforts. “A record doesn’t always measure a team’s ability,” he said. Character was the main part of last year’s team, Pena said, and he hopes that this year’s team will display the same...
Mel Gibson wants us to feel
Brandi Gottlieb Published: April 13 2004 Blood. Betrayal. Affliction. Hope. Inspiration. Love. These are elements that can make us “feel.” “I want to inspire and make people feel,” said Mel Gibson of his film, “The Passion of the Christ,” during his ABC primetime interview with Diane Sawyer. While watching Gibson’s shocking, extreme, over-the-edge passion depictions, many across the nation, including...
Milton SGA wins in national competition
James Hagan Published: April 13 2004 The Milton Student Government Association (SGA) was awarded second place for community colleges in “Florida Leader” magazine’s annual “Best Student Government” competition. Finishing behind Miami Dade College-Wolfson, the SGA was praised by the magazine for not only boosting membership by 500 percent over the past year, but also for starting workshops on topics such...
College to select 12 ambassadors
Jim Ellis Published: April 13 2004 PJC is accepting applications from students to serve as official college ambassadors next year. Everyone who applies must fill out an application, submit an essay and have a letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member. Possible candidates are selected for an interview. Once a student is chosen as an ambassador, he or...
More than 100 to be honored at awards ceremony
Lisa Cobb Published: April 13 2004 More than 100 PJC students will be honored at the annual Student Excellence Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in the Pensacola campus Student Center. PJC’s vice president of academic affairs, Dr. David Sam, will be the guest speaker. The ceremony is “a very positive culmination of student excellence,” said one of...
Smart shopping saves big on textbooks
Jim Ellis Published: April 13 2004 The rising cost of textbooks has some financially strapped college students looking outside the traditional walk-in retailer, and online bookstores are willing to meet that need. The Corsair recently compared the prices of several core textbooks at local and online bookstores (including the PJC Bookstore and Lemox Book Co.) and found that used books...