by Danielle Provau WSRE’s Studio Amped returns for its fifth season of the free live songwriters’ concert series on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The concerts will be held at the Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio. Doors open at 6 p.m. nightly and the concerts start at 7 p.m. The eight-night event kicks off with a performance from “Boukou Groove”,...
Student Veterans learn, network at national convention
by Rebecca Byers Students from Pensacola State College’s Student Veterans Association recently spent four days at the Fifth National Student Veterans of America Conference in Orlando, Fla. The January conference included colleges and universities from across the country, including the University of Arizona, Florida State University, the University of Florida, Auburn University, Yale, Harvard and others. “We spent a lot...
Student center hosts fat tuesday party
by Danielle Provau & Lionel Haynes Jr Today, Pensacola State College’s Student Leadership and Activities hosted a Fat Tuesday celebration in the student center with free red beans and rice, moon pies, and beads.
Pirate softball shuts out SMCC
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College softball team played their first home, double header of the season Friday, Feb. 8, against Southwest Mississippi Community College. Coming into Friday’s games the Pirates were 1-4 this season and were looking to add a couple more wins to their record. In the first game of the day, PSC put up two...
Lady Pirates’ Basketball loses five players to violations of PSC policy
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State women’s basketball team is currently under re-construction after the recent loss of five players, not only from the basketball program, but also from the college as well. “They were all very good basketball players; one was an all-American, four of them were SEC-type players,” said Pensacola State Athletic Director Bill Hamilton. “It hurts to...
Column: Pensacola offers vegan variety
by Holly MacNaughton How do you know if someone is a vegan? They tell you. So, I’ll tell you. I’m a vegan. I haven’t always been a vegan, and sometimes I do miss a good ‘ol juicy steak. Most of the time, we vegans are completely at ease with our food intake choices and we can have willpower when faced...
Baseball home opener closes with loss
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College baseball team faced Faulkner State Community College for their home opener of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 5, and lost 8-4. After creating a 3-1-1 record on the road to begin their season, the Pirates created numerous opportunities to score runs in each inning but were only successful a few times. Early in...
Perks of palafox market
by Lionel Haynes Jr With prices within any student’s budget, the Palafox Market offers a variety of local produce and products most Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., in downtown Pensacola. More than 70 vendors provide everything from homemade food to local art. The market is located at the Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Wright...
Ladies still in hunt for a win
by Ally Doty Pensacola State College’s Lady Pirates fought Chipola College Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Lou Ross Center, but they could not keep it together long enough to pull off their first conference win. The pirates lost 53-52. With a 0-6 conference record going into Saturday’s game, the Pirates exposed their exhaustion to losing by performing immaculately. They came...
Men are short by four, lose 66-62
by Ally Doty Pensacola State College lost another conference game Saturday, Feb. 2, against Chipola College 66-62. Three minutes in the game Denzel Richardson, a PSC freshman guard, fouled which resulted in two more points for Chipola. Not long after, a technical foul was called on Chipola’s Mistor Thomas that allowed PSC’s Dawud Salaam to add two more points to...