Isaiah Grant The Corsair Say summertime is approaching and you decide to go job hunting to pay off your student loans, the rent, the car note, etc.; you land a job and you make good progress, becoming employee of the month, pleasing your customers, and earning a raise. Do you realize that you work, not to display your good work...
Sweet Treats and Accomplished Feats
Robert Klawitter The Corsair Got a sweet tooth? Or issue on-campus? Warrington Campus students, the SGA is at your service. Sweet Thursdays is a weekly event on Warrington Campus held by the SGA in Building 3600 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tight budget? No problem, a different treat is featured each week at no cost. So far the SGA...
Student Veteran Group Places Flags
From Staff Reports The Pensacola State Student Veteran Association placed miniature American flags graced with yellow ribbons along the college entrance at College Blvd. and 9th Ave. in honor of Memorial Day, May 28. The group sold 117 flags to students, staff and faculty at the college to commemorate the United States military.
Students Helping Students with textbooks, gowns
Rebecca Byers The Corsair Are you a student who needs help or would like to help a fellow student? Well there is help. Student Support Services in Bldg.6, Room 620 is taking textbook donations and cap and gown donation as well. These donations will save students a lot of money. Rachelle Burns is the director of TRIO Student Support Services...
FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL: Is it the future of education in Florida?
Regina Girdner. The Corsair. Virtual schools are getting mixed reviews from students and traditional high school teachers. Now every Florida high school student must take at least one online course to graduate. “I took economics and algebra II (online) in high school because I wanted to get ahead in my classes…(and) bring up my GPA,” said Emily Wheeler, now a...
Tidal Wave: Why Books Are Solid Ground in the Sea of Cyber Chaos
The following won first place in the Expository/Argumentative Essay division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012. Hunter Brown Tidal Wave: Why Books Are Solid Ground in the Sea of Cyber Chaos Thanks to the Internet, ours has become the Information Age. Torrents of knowledge flood around the...
Oval Office Farce “November” plays at the Ashmore
David Mamet’s new Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief. It’s November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith’s chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money’s running out, and nuclear war might be imminent. Though his staff has thrown in the towel and his wife has...
Blake’s Implications of “Innocence” and “Experience”
The following won first place in the Humanities/Literature division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012. By Lauren Massey Blake’s Implications of “Innocence” and “Experience” William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience~ is a collection of poems divided into the categories mentioned in its title. To attempt...
Regarding Last Sunday
The following won first place in the Poetry division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012. by Lauren Massey Regarding Last Sunday When we watched that horse die, I had a better view than you did. I could see him kick back, stumble, and collapse into...
Painting With Words: A Comparison of Authors to Artists
The following won second place in the Humanities/Literature division of the Walter Spara Writing Contest sponsored by the Department of English and Communications in the spring semester, 2012. Carla Courtney PAINTING WITH WORDS: A COMPARISON OF AUTHORS TO ARTISTS If a picture paints a thousand words, then it can also be said that a thousand words paint a...