By Joshua Encinias Published on October 24, 2007 Pensacola Junior College, is presenting the PJC Art Faculty Exhibition Nov. 5 through Jan. 4. The artists’ reception is 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 8. This annual show highlights an extensive array of media including drawing, digital imaging, graphic design, jewelry, painting, photography, ceramics and sculpture. Artists include Warren Thompson, Bill Clover,...
“We Own the Night” crafts family dynamics
By Joshua Encinias Published on October 24, 2007 “We Own the Night” isn’t quotable. Nor is it the best film of 2007. But the ideas protruding from the screen should have you thinking about family. The film opens to black and white photos, presumably of actual New York City police officers from the 1980s. Each picture is “in the moment”...
The Orange Box Review: Part 1
By DJ Simmonds Published on October 24, 2007 Hello and welcome to the gaming corner and part one of a two-part review of a little something everyone knows as the Orange Box. Inside the game are five completely different games, three of which are part of a famous series known as “Half Life 2,” but those three games I will...
Sign n’Rhyme
By Kim Rooks Published on October 10, 2007 After years of not being invited to the party, deaf teens take matters into their own hands. In East London, deaf DJs have begun to set up their own parties, or raves. Raves, in the UK, mean a loud DJ party of any kind. “If a blind man can play the piano-like...
Overnor Cirst soon to decide on PJC tuition increase
By Michael Rustchky Published on October 10, 2007 PJC might be in for a tuition increase this spring in order to offset a possible cut to the school’s budget. <b>As of Tuesday, October 16, the bill that was decided upon during special sessions of the State Senate and the House of Representatives has been sent to Governor Charles Crist, who...
Batter up for fall ball
By Nathan Deen Published on October 10, 2007 The PJC baseball team has gotten off to a good start thus far in the fall exhibition season. The Pirates only loss was a 1-0 affair at the hands of conference rival Chipola during an invitational tournament. PJC followed that loss with three consecutive shutouts. Their first home game was 7-0 win...
A new field of dreams
By Nathan Deen Published on October 10, 2007 The PJC Pensacola campus already hosts baseball, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams. Soon, the softball team will be able to do the same. Coach Brenda Pena enthusiastically announced on Sept. 6, during the Meet the Athletes gathering, that PJC plans to build a new softball field on the Pensacola campus. The...
Football & friendships
By Katie Coseo Published on October 10, 2007 Out on the field in the afternoon sun, football practice is in session. The women’s flag football team is up and running for another season and the players are as excited as ever. “I love it,” said Jana Williams, a PJC sophomore and second-year player. Any women interested in joining the team...
One small voice of reason
By Diana Poist Published on October 10, 2007 It happens sometimes. Occasionally, on one small corner, in one small city a voice of reason is heard. And, a voice of reason brings change. Anybody who has read the online opinions at eCorsair.com, or has seen the most recent print edition of the Corsair, knows exactly how I stand on the...
One bad apple
By Michael Rutschky Published on October 10, 2007 Oh yes, this is good. I just ran up the stairs to my apartment and jump kicked through my front door, eager to get inside and try out my new toy, a simple $10 cable that will connect my new 80 GB iPod Classic to my television. Think of the possibilities! I...