Published on January 8, 2008 Pensacola Junior College is presenting the Switzer Distinguished Artists exhibit which began on Jan. 21 and will be continued to be showed through March 14 at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts gallery, Building 15 on the Pensacola campus. The honored artists are photographer Jerry Uelsmann and digital artist Maggie Taylor. Come meet...
The Corsair is the student press at Pensacola State College.
Camera work gives ‘Cloverfield’ low-tech appeal
By Matt Brown Published on January 8, 2008 I’ll just come right out and say it: This is a brilliant idea for a movie. It amazes me that until now there has never been a movie told from the perspective of the actual victims on the ground. You know the ones I’m talking about, the hapless citizens who inhabit all...
Baseball team starts off season with back-to-back wins
By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC baseball team started their season off with back-to-back wins over Indian River Community College. The Pirates won 12-6 on Friday’s game and 13-9 on Saturday’s game. Miguel Mejia started on the mound for the Pirates on Friday and Chris Sorce started on Saturday. Defenisvely, the Pirates played below what they...
Thomas scores season high as Lady Pirates shut down North Florida
By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 PJC women’s basketball head coach Chanda Rigby said she wanted to experiment with her bench players by giving them a significant amount of playing time in Saturday’s 72-42 win over North Florida. She may well have found a new contributor and go-to player. Center Latoya Thomas scored a season high 20 points,...
Pirates unable to keep up with Okaloosa Walton, loose 90-75
by Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 PJC extended their losing streak to five games Wednesday night as they suffered a 90-75 defeat at the hands of Okaloosa Walton College, who also started the losing streak with a 93-91 overtime win over the Pirates on Jan. 5. PJC head coach Paul Swanson said that his post players were unable...
Poor shooting dooms Lady Pirates
By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC Women’s Basketball team had a chance to pull into second place in the Panhandle Conference with a road win over Okaloosa Walton College but instead lost 68-53, falling into a tie for third place against Tallahasse, whom PJC will play next Wednesday night. Poor shooting plagued the Lady Pirates throughout...
PJC drops fourth straight to No.1 Chipola
By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 After starting conference play with a record of 0-3, their latest lost coming on the road at the hands of Tallahassee, the PJC men’s basketball team unfortunately had to turn right around and play No. 1 ranked Chipola (22-0, 4-0) on Saturday night. Despite a hard fought first half, the Pirates were...
Despite dominating the glass, PJC loses the game at free throw line
by Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 The PJC Pirates out-rebounded The Tallahassee Eagles 61-29 in Tuesday’s conference match-up and yet lost the game 78-75. The difference in the game was the Eagles’ performance on the foul line as they made 23 of 29 attempts while the Pirates made only 10 of 19. “They won the game from the...
Lady Pirates come up short in comeback attempt
By Nathan Deen Published on January 8, 2008 After a 2-0 start in the conference, the PJC women’s basketball team dropped their third straight game. This time it was a 59-51 defeat at the hands of Tallahassee Community College, ranked No. 6 in the state. The Lady Pirates (13-6, 2-3) were down by 43-18 in the second half with 16:33...
Election ’08 (Canto 2)
By Michael Rutschky Published on January 8, 2008 It’s 10 o’clock at night and I am sitting on the floor in my roommate’s bedroom. I feel like I’ve crossed over a police line and snuck into a crime scene. Rather than cleaning, she’s given up on it altogether and moved onto the couch in the living room. Even Rudolph W....