Matt Foster Published: October 12, 2005 PJC’s Golf Club is gearing up to start a fresh new term. The club has been in limbo since Hurricane Ivan blew into Pensacola last year. “We’re reforming right now,” says club advisor and Intramurals Coordinator Doug Rogers. “The club’s just starting to get off the ground again.” Right now the club (which is...
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Scouts, players mingle in baseball showcase
Morgan Gates Published: October 12, 2005 The PJC baseball team carried out its 25th Annual Fall Tournament recently, featuring a nationally recognized baseball showcase on Oct. 1. The weekend was full of opportunities, with scouts and recruiters from the university and professional levels. Most attended the showcase on Saturday, where about 150 high school junior and senior baseball players from...
The buck stops here with the Republican Party
Adam Cope Published: October 12, 2005 Blame is a funny thing. Even when it’s warranted, accepting responsibility for a major screw-up without a fight is almost unheard of. It’s hardly surprising that the blamed have such an impressive arsenal of tactics to avoid responsibility. These include pointing the finger at someone else, making excuses or hoping people will forget about...
Unity, not blame games, will help America prevail
Britney Hirras Published: October 12, 2005 With the recent indictment of Republican leader Tom DeLay on charges of violating state campaign finance laws, the Republican Party approval rating has dropped even more. The current administration has become the scapegoat for a number of issues; America is back to its old ways of playing the blame game. Sixty-one percent of Americans...
Breast cancer awareness falls short of goals
Yonit Shames Published: October 12, 2005 This article is the first in a two-part series on the topic of cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is the month of the pink ribbon, which, symbolic of the hope that we will one day eliminate the disease, is supposed to raise both public awareness of breast cancer and funds for...
Evangelists should show some tact
Published: October 12, 2005 Street-corner proselytizing is an everyday occurrence in Pensacola and even throughout much of the American South – especially the strip known semi-affectionately as the Bible Belt (will they whip you with it?). Pensacola may not be the buckle of the belt (that’s Oklahoma’s dubious honor), but some have argued that it’s the… well, you get the...
Alumni prove ‘you can get there from here’
Pamela Griswold Published: October 12, 2005 We know them as the faces on television, our politicians, and business leaders, but years ago, they were the students of PJC. Just as today’s college students, they hurried to class, wondered what to eat for lunch, and dreamed of the future. These alumni now know the future that was their dream. They all...
Alumni can find classmates online
Erin Hammontree Published: October 12, 2005 Have you ever wondered what has become of a PJC classmate? Are you curious about PJC’s past? “PJC just launched an interactive online community for alumni, faculty, and staff,” said Kenda D. Hilleke, development coordinator for the PJC Alumni Association. With the development of the new Web site, the alumni association hopes to find...
PJC Foundation: A Past, Present,and Future
Heather Adams Published: October 12, 2005 The Pensacola Junior College Foundation is a non-profit corporation that was established back in 1965, about 17 years after the college first opened to students. The purpose of the foundation is to help raise funds for the college and for scholarships. The foundation was started by a group of businessmen that included Crawford Rainwater...
Post-graduate nursing degrees available at Warrington campus
Moria Dailey Published: October 12, 2005 Those who hold a bachelor’s of science in nursing and wish to pursue master’s degrees or post-master’s level certifications, to become nurse educators, can now do so at PJC’s Warrington campus. Thanks to the SUCCEED Florida grant received by Florida State University, and the university’s Florida Panhandle Nurse Educator Project, students at PJC are...