By Joshua Encinias Published on October 24, 2007 Dr. Al Winfield, director of the PJC Law Enforcement Recruit Academy in the early to mid-1980s, died of cancer on October 18. “He was one of my closest friends and gave me the encouragement and shared the knowledge that allowed me to become a police chief,” said Nancy Newland. Winfield left PJC...
PJC offers flu shots
Published on October 24, 2007 <b>PJC Pensacola Campus</b> Building 5, Student Center <b>Tuesday, Oct. 30 and Wednesday, Oct. 31</b> 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. students, public, faculty and staff 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. – employees only <b>PJC Warrington Campus</b> Building 3600, Student Center <b>Thursday, Nov. 1 and Monday, Nov. 5</b> 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – faculty, staff, students...
PJC art faculty exhibition
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...