By Michael Rutschky Published on January 8, 2008 Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain will be making a campaign stop at PJC’s Pensacola campus on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at the Hartsell Arena. Doors will open at 8am for everyone attending the rally. The Senator will speak from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., at which time he will leave for another...
The Corsair is the student press at Pensacola State College.
Student Life Center to house LRC during renovations
By Jessica Brown Published on January 8 , 2008 Plans are in the works to move Pensacola Junior College’s Learning Resource Center into the Student Life Center in late 2008 in order to accommodate renovations to the LRC. The LRC will be housed in the Student Center until the spring of 2009, when the renovations of the original LRC building...
Launch scrubbed
By Michael Rutschky Published on January 8, 2008 After a series of sensor failures that restricted the December launch window for NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-122, mission managers at Kennedy Space Center are putting their hopes toward a Jan. 24 launch date for Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Columbus ISS laboratory module. The new date works around several weeks of...
The Corsair goes to NASA
By Michael Rutschky Published on January 8, 2008 <b>12/05/07:</b> After a long road trip through central Florida, the Corsair crew arrived in Titusville. Excitement grew for the young journalists as they discovered a view of Kennedy Space Center across the river from their hotel rooms. <b>12/06/07:</b> On the day of the launch two engine cut-off sensors in the Liquid Hydrogen...
Extraterrestrial: Interview with a Foo Fighter
By Joshua Encinias Published on January 8, 2008 Allied aircraft pilots during World War Two identified UFO’s as Foo Fighters. In 1994, a heartbroken and jobless Dave Grohl used his hidden song writing talent to produce an album simply titled “Foo Fighters.” The band was a one man show until Grohl picked up ex-Sunny Day Real Estate member Nate Mendel...
Students on politics
By Kristin Martin Published on January 8, 2008 Gossip, entertainment and school woes are the common conversation heard among students in the Student Center. Although most students claim to “not know anything about politics”, they still have their opinions on what they do know. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seem to receive the most attention from the media. They are...
Staff favs: Seven favorite cinema events in 2007
By Joshua Encinias Published on January 8, 2008 This top list has five or six films that I would purchase, the rest were the best of my 51 trips to Rave Motion Pictures, the Gulf Breeze Cinema 4, an Asian Theater in Washington, D.C. and the University Mall’s Dollar Theater. On to the list which is in no particular order:...
‘The Hairy Ape’ community auditions begin Jan. 14
Published January 8, 2008 Pensacola Junior College invites members of the community to try out for “The Hairy Ape.” Auditions are 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 14-15, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. Production of the Eugene O’Neill play calls for 10 men and 10 women – all ages and physical types are...
Distinguished artists’ exhibit is here
Published January 8, 2008 Pensacola Junior College presents the Switzer Distinguished Artists exhibit Jan. 21 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 artists for a gallery tour 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. Using multiple...
Men’s team falls to 0-2 in the conference
By Nathan Deen Published on December 5, 2007 The men’s team is off to a disappointing start in their conference schedule. After falling just short to Okaloosa Walton at home due to a questionable call by the officiating crew, the Pirates had to turn right around and play conference rival Gulf Coast on the road. They lost 75-64. PJC (12-6,...