Joe Elder Published: January 21 2004 The Pirates basketball team suffered its second loss in conference play Saturday to Gulf Coast Community College 86-74. The team is off to a 17-5 start overall this season and 2-2 in conference play. On Jan. 7, the Pirates played Okaloosa Walton Community College in the Lou Ross Center and won 73-65. Alfonso Burnett...
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PJC welcomes new provost to Pensacola campus
Monica Moody Published: August 23, 2005 He builds ham radios, talks to astronauts, and globe-trots around the world on his quest to expand his international subway ticket collection. This one-time New York City cab driver is none other than Dr. Jeffrey A. Cantor, Pensacola Junior College’s new provost, and he is here to rebuild the Pensacola Campus family. Along with...
Rose should get Hall nod
Joe Elder Published: January 21 2005 ‘m sure everyone is tired of hearing it, but it needs to be settled. The Pete Rose controversy has been going on since his lifetime banishment from baseball in 1989. Should Pete go to the Hall or not? I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and lived there the first 20 years of my life. ...
Porn found on computers, staffer charged
Matt Foster Published: August 23, 2005 A former Corsair sports editor has been charged with “possession of [a] photograph of [a] sexual performance by a child.” Brian Nephi McLellan, 19, was arrested by PJC campus police and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 12 The offense, a third degree felony, is punishable by up to five years in prison....
Women’s basketball 18-game win streak over
Joe Elder Published: January 21 2004 The Lady Pirates record-breaking winning streak is over with a loss to the nation’s No. 2 ranked Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City Saturday. The teams were tied with just more than a minute left in the game but the Lady Pirates missed two shots and the Commodores capitalized on a rebound...
PJC to continue shift toward learning college
Yonit Shames Published: August 23, 2005 Editor’s note: This is the first of several articles concerning learning-centered colleges and the impact for PJC. PJC administrators began promoting an active shift to a learning-centered college last week as a workshop was conducted for the board of trustees Aug. 16. Faculty was welcomed back Aug. 19 with a convocation and workshop that...
Baseball set to start season
James Hagan Published: January 21 2004 The PJC Pirates baseball team kicks off its season Jan. 31 in Palm Beach against Broward Community College with high expectations of a winning season and continuing academic excellence from its players. Head Coach Bill Hamilton, entering his 14th season at PJC with a win-loss record of 383-274, characterized the Pirates as “very...
Paramedic Students learn to respond to terrorist attacks
Matt Foster Published: August 23, 2005 The patient lying on the stretcher moans something about an attack. The electrocardiogram relaying the patient’s heartbeat drones monotonously in the background, an eerie accompaniment to the drama unfolding. Three paramedics hover over the convulsing form. One of them bends down to the stretcher. “Sir, what’s wrong.” The victim complains about respiratory problems and...
Renewed philosophy club attempts to answer life’s tough questions
Michael Colonna Published: August 23, 2005 Have you ever wondered why it is we’re here? Do our lives have a purpose? Is there a blueprint for humanity or are we completely free and alone to make of ourselves what we will? Is there a god? Are there moral absolutes? What is truth? What is government’s role in the lives of...
Literary group publishes first magazine
Kristen Bailey Published: August 23, 2005 Despite the odds against them, PJC’s Literary Round Table has successfully published their first issue of the literary magazine ISSUE. The magazine showcases a variety of works including literary short stories, fiction, poetry, art, a play, photos and paintings. “It has short fiction, poetry, art, there’s even a short one act play. All the...