Yonit Shames & Daniel Cecil Published: September 28, 2005 Inevitably, in the wake of any major tragic occurrence, such as the tsunami in Southeast Asia or Sept. 11, our media and leaders insist upon playing the “blame game.” So it is that we have had to endure the usual finger pointing, name calling and mud slinging in the aftermath of...
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Literary Roundtable unveils Literary Magazine
Kristen Bailey Published: September 28, 2005 Complimenting their glazed doughnuts and hot coffee with jazz music and blue skies, students and faculty of PJC gathered yesterday in the gazebo at a small reception celebrating the Literary Roundtable’s newly published literary magazine, Issue. Former writers and artists for the magazine, as well as newcomers to the Literary Roundtable assisted in setting...
Decked Out: Fall Fashion Must-Haves
Monica Moody Published: September 28, 2005 Dressing for a night out is nothing like it used to be. The ever-changing rules that dictate fashion trends could easily leave you passed-out on your bedroom floor with a spinning headache and nothing to wear. So, after hours of careful research and countless sleepless nights spent hunched over every fashion rag Barnes &...
The Benefits of Night Classes: Endless Parking and Romance
Matt Foster Published: september 28, 2005 Aside from the obvious benefits of furthering one’s education and being able to work a full time job in the daytime, night classes not only offer an easy alternative for a heavy schedule but they also have many other pleasing benefits most people won’t even consider when signing up. High blood pressure getting you...
Lily the Insomniac
Published: September 28, 2005 WELL, WELL, WELL. It is about time. I know how badly you’ve all missed me, and here I am once again to prove that I spend my nights thinking only of my devout readers (if you are not using this column as a liner for your litterbox yet, now is a good time to start)! I...
Retired Oakland Raider speaks on Correct English
Kristen Bailey Published: September 28, 2005 Warrington campus adjunct Michael Smith invites retired Starter for Oakland Raiders, Horace Jones to speak on the importance of correct English. ” We wont ever get away from written and oral communication. There’s nothing you’re going to do in this life that doesn’t require communication,” Jones said. A Washington highschool graduate, Jones served as...
Learning centered instruction hits the classroom
Matt Foster Published: September 28, 2005 Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of several articles concerning learning-centered colleges and their impact on PJC and its students. Jennifer O’Leary, a professor of speech and interpersonal communication, has been teaching using the learning centered method since she was hired a year ago. Since then she has taken an active...
Community opens homes to evacuees
Heather Adams Published: September 28, 2005 The entire country watched, waited, and worried as Katrina went barreling towards Louisiana and Mississippi, but the people of Gulf Coast were especially apprehensive. ÿEven Gulf Coast residents that were out of harm’s way, braced for the storm’s impact, because we have an understanding of hurricanes that other people in the United States don’t....
Students, faculty serve up burgers and smiles to Mississippi college
Morgan Gates Published: September 28, 2005 On Friday, Sept. 16, the first anniversary of Hurricane Ivan, a busload of PJC faculty and students drove to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gautier, Miss. with a truck full of supplies to contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. PJC’s relief squad, headed by President Dr. Thomas Delaino, grilled burgers and hotdogs...
Peterson leaves behind colorful history
Moria Dailey Published: September 28, 2005 Allan Peterson, chairman of PJC’s Visual Arts Department, plans to retire in December 2005, after a 31-year career at PJC. Peterson was hired by PJC in 1974 after he worked at the University of New York in Geneseo. He both directed the Exhibition Gallery there and was head of the drawing program. “It was...