Matt Foster Published: November 9, 2005 The health career fair on Warrington campus has a reputation. A Warrington campus tradition since 1995, the health career fair is a huge endeavor put on with the help of a myriad of people that usually results in an influx in the campus enrollment. Through the career fair, local high school students are introduced...
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Students learn more about learning-centered college
Corey Reese Published: November 9, 2005 On Nov. 2, Dr. David Sam, vice president of academic affairs, held an interactive workshop on the learning-centered college. About 25 students attended this workshop focusing on how to make PJC more of a center for learning. “I wanted to involve students in the process and let them know what a learning-centered college is,”...
Alumnus creates scientific formula
Melissa Howard Published: November 9, 2005 “In theory, the method works by a redox reaction of phenolphthalin into phenolphthalein via a Tetracyano Copper (II) (Copper in the paper came from solid Copper (II) Sulfide) to Tetracyano Copper (I), in a solution of pH > 9.3” (Cacace). Sound a little confusing? To most people this sentence would mean nothing, but to...
“The King and I” promises to be spectacle (Slideshow)
Heather Adams Published: November 9, 2005 Rodney Whatley, the new PJC theatre director, makes his debut with “The King and I.” It is ambitious to try to put on such an involved production as “The King and I,” after only five weeks of rehearsal, but that doesn’t seem to faze Whatley in the least. “With ‘The King and I,’ we...
Pizza for a good cause
Kristen Bailey Published: November 9, 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...
Health program receives $1.3 million
Erika Wilhite Published: November 9, 2005 After years of struggling, the PJC Health Department finally has the funding necessary to offer a full load of nursing and paramedic courses. PJC has received a $1.3 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration. It is one of many grants being awarded to community colleges and technical...
Basketball teams win season openers
Morgan Gates Published: November 9, 2005 Nov. 4 and 5 marked the opening of the 2005-2006 PJC Basketball Season for both the men’s and women’s teams. The teams played in tournaments – the CiCi’s Tip-Off Classic for the Pirates and the Okaloosa-Walton Tip-Off Classic for the Lady Pirates. The Pirates tipped off their tournament in the Lou Ross Center with...
Wilma brings best surf in 30 years
Joshua Kinser Published: November 9, 2005 The weekend of Oct. 23, Hurricane Wilma brought to the Gulf Coast what some are calling the greatest surf in 30 years. Along with perfect waves came world class surfers, the Quicksilver surfing team, photographers and journalists from “Surfer Magazine,” and recognition from the global surfing community that may put the Panhandle on the...
Saw II uses same plot line as first movie
Ashley Carter Published: November 9, 2005 Saw II is a continuation of the previous movie Saw, in which a “jigsaw” serial killer traps his victims in extraordinary circumstances where they have to figure out a puzzle that they’ve been put in to save themselves from a horrible death. This continuation follows basically the same kind of plotline as the first...
Tatoos
Moria Dailey Published: November 9, 2005 Tattoos have become an ever-growing form of body decoration everywhere, including PJC. Monica Cutler, who has one tattoo, said all of her friends were tattooed, and “my boyfriend is the only person I hang out with regularly who doesn’t have tattoos.” The tattoo process begins with picking out a design. Custom designs require an...