Lindsay Spencer Published: October 26, 2005 “So you want to go to Lakeland, huh?” Coach Pete Pena asked after the Lady Pirates dominated over Gulf Coast Community College. Lakeland is where the girls will travel in a couple of weeks to compete at the state level. “The first game was the hardest and most intense,” Freshman Player Heather Riley said,...
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Area coaches learn from college coaches at clinic
Morgan Gates Published: October 26, 2005 PJC’s gym in the Lou Ross Center held this year’s annual Pensacola Basketball Coaches Clinic sponsored by the Andrews Institute on Oct. 13th. Each coach that attended the event donated $10 to United Way’s Hurricane Relief Effort Funds, in lieu of a fee. The event was hosted by PJC’s Men’s Head Basketball Coach Paul...
Dirt bike riders enjoy living on the edge
Erin Hammontree Published: October 26, 2005 It’s hot, humid, and the overbearing heat from the sun has taken its toll on your body. You feel the sweat billow and run down your face from the inside of your helmet. No worries though, as you throw the gear into third, you spot a murky cesspool of water to cool you down....
Solitude is paddling Juniper Creek
Joshua Kinser Published: October 26, 2005 Sparkling freshwater springs that trickle into Juniper Creek and sugar white sand bars are just a few of the reasons to glide down this less paddled creek in Blackwater River State Forest. With Blackwater River crowded by motor boats and Coldwater Creek covered with tubers and paddlers, Juniper Creek offers an alternative for the...
Post-New Orleans, God’s next target is… Canada?!
Charles Allen Published: October 26, 2005 That does it! There are some things making me angry. So, in the noble tradition of journalism, I decided to write this instead of flipping out. Bear with me. Recently, the Pensacola News Journal printed a letter to the editor in which a person stated that people wishing to move to Canada shouldn’t do...
America, the land of the free- minus the free
Erika Wilhite Published: October 26, 2005 Although our national anthem assures us that we live in “the land of the free,” Americans cannot honestly pretend that we are doing our best to preserve that freedom anymore. In a real “land of the free,” legislature allowing government agents to pry into private lives without actual evidence of wrongdoing would never have...
Conflicts of interest abound in cancer industry
Yonit Shames Published: October 26, 2005 Several recent natural disasters, as well as the war in Iraq, have highlighted American society’s prejudice toward short-term, quick-fix solutions. However, the ill effects of this attitude are not limited to its effects on disaster relief (the government’s lack of preparation for Hurricane Katrina and the resulting catastrophe) nor foreign policy miscalculations (the two...
Zookeeper’s Club hosts Fundraiser
Kristen Bailey Published: October 26, 2005 The only thing better than lounging around PJC’s student center eating pizza, is lounging around the student center eating pizza for a cause. The PJC Zookeepers club provided students an opportunity to purchase pizza for a cause, Oct. 31 and Nov.1 in the student center. Selling the pizza donated by Georgios pizza, the Zookeepers...
New theatre director plans for new season
Monica Moody Published: October 26, 2005 Rodney Whatley is the new director of theatre at PJC and he’s ready to establish PJC as prime training grounds for aspiring theatre students. Whatley joined the seventh grade chorus because he enjoyed singing in church. His first role came as the ghost of Christmas future in, “A Christmas Carol.” Whatley attended Jefferson Davis...
Instructors offer educators new way to learn statistics
Lucretia Brown Published: October 26, 2005 Students who are seeking an education major will want to register for the new Introduction to Education and Statistics courses, according to professor of education, Betsy Werre and professor of mathematics, Jo Sharon Spencer. The paired classes will begin in the spring. The idea behind the team teaching is to make statistics more pleasurable....