Yonit Shames Published: April 13, 2005 The local community got a little taste of the world on April 9 with PJC’s 18th Annual International Night, which featured culture bites from a distinct assortment of performers. Entertainment included informative displays about a variety of cultures and the night’s trademark array of diverse performers, who presented everything from Japanese fan dancing to...
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Fascists overtake Honors Room, plan revolt
Moria Daily Published: March 30 2005 The Robinson Scholars Reading Room, commonly known as “the Honors Room,” is now the meeting place for The Zeemhoneats, a fascist underground organization that is rumored to be planning an overthrow at PJC. The organization’s notorious leader, Byron von Tripp, stated that the group is interested in helping PJC become the “premier fascist college...
‘Wild cards’ could spoil success in Iraq
Cody Cook Published: April 13, 2005 U.S. efforts in Iraq appear to be succeeding after a tough two years of occupation, but problems in three “wild-card” countries could spoil everything, according to CNN conservative political analyst Bay Buchanan. Buchanan spoke to a group of about 50 people in the Ashmore Auditorium on April 5 as part of PJC’s Lyceum arts...
PJC Softball coming down to the wire
Brian McLellan Published: April 13, 2005 The PJC Lady Pirate softball team dropped to third in the Panhandle Conference this past week, dropping a double header to National No. 1 Gulf Coast and winning against Chipola. PJC won 4-2 and 6-1 against Chipola in a double header on March 31, and lost 8-2 and 3-1 to Gulf Coast on April...
Walking the Plank: Judith Husband
Brian McLellan Published: April 13, 2005 Hello faithful readers! With us today is softball playa #23, Judith Husband, pitcher for the Lady Pirates. Let’s see what she has to say as we walk the plank… Q So your name is “Judith Husband?” Were are you from exactly? A Wewahitchka Florida…it’s near Panama City, Q Well then, since I guess you’re...
Baseball team comes closer to conference title
Brian McLellan Published: April 13, 2005 The PJC Baseball team furthered its chances of a second consecutive State Title by taking a commanding lead in the Panhandle Conference. The Pirates took two of three from both Chipola and Tallahassee to increase its lead to one and a half games in the Panhandle Conference. The Pirates need to finish first or...
Start a pirate radio station legally
Jim Ellis Published: January 21, 2004 Before the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) ruled that low power radio stations were legal on Jan. 20, 2000, FM stations broadcasting as “low power” were considered pirate stations and illegal to operate. Since that ruling, though, hundreds of “mom and pop” low power FM (LPFM) stations have been cropping up in the U.S. and...
Student serves her community
Josh Wilks Published: January 21, 2004 She’s the first to admit she’s a talker. But the talent of effectively communicating with all kinds of people has led PJC student and alumnae Rosalynn Bates down the path to places she never thought she’d go. In her tiny cubicle in the Milton Community Center on Byrom Street, Bates is helping people help...
I want to be famous
James Hagen Published: December 5, 2003 I’ve come to a horrifying realization. In this 24-hour entertainment culture we live in, where everyone has their 15 minutes of fame, everyone in this country is famous, except me. Well, it certainly seems that way. Featured on the cover of People magazine this week was “Bachelorette” star Trista Rehn, a woman only famous...
‘86,400’
Ansley Zecckine For every day that we live, it’s the same number given afresh to us once again. It can be a handful of blessings or curses. It can be the best or the worst. It can be a friend or an enemy. Oftentimes, it becomes the container filled with a collection of poorly, misguided priorities constituting the worse of...