Brian McLellan The Corsair New tennis courts are nearing completion at the main campus of Pensacola State College. The renovations to the courts, located next to the Lou Ross Center at the 12th Avenue entrance to the college, were commissioned earlier this fall. Despite the appearance of delays in construction, the courts are still on pace for the original scheduled...
Unemployment Part II: The solutions
Tim Ajmani The Corsair In October’s issue of The Corsair, I talked about how unemployment is one of the biggest issues not only in the United States, but the rest of the world as well. The unemployment rate is rising day-by-day and something needs to be done to halt it. The last time the American (for the matter, the rest...
Louis CK – “Just give me 5 bucks.”
Travis DeSimone. Corsair. Louis CK is a funny man. He gets paid to share his special form of bitter cynicism with the world. He has a hit show on FX, was a long time writer for Conan O’Brien, and directed and wrote the undervalued gem Pootie Tang. Love or hate the man’s comedic perspective, he is doing something very interesting...
Major Lazer’s “Original Don” Video of the Week(Decade?)
Raymond Knott. Corsair. Between playing an amazing show at De Luna Fest, sharing a tour with Sleigh Bells that will be stopping at our very own Vinyl Music Hall, and co-producing one of my favorite collaborative DJ projects, Major Lazer, I can’t really seem to get away from Diplo lately. Major Lazer is one of those projects that is too...
College expands to South Santa Rosa County
Adora Goff The Corsair In Gulf Breeze, a new addition to Pensacola State College is opening in January of 2012. The South Santa Rosa Center is being constructed off Nantahala Beach Road in Midway. According to a press release from the college, the architectural firm of Bullock Tice Associates Inc. and Greenhut Construction Co. Inc. adhered to Leadership in Energy...
Darren Goodson: a changed man
Shauna Cook The Corsair Sophomore Darren Goodson faced a lot of trials and tribulations growing up. The 6-foot-5 forward for Pensacola State’s men’s basketball team grew up in the Winton Terrace Projects in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was exposed to crack dealers, robbery, and murder. “It was hard but my mother always found a way to take care of us,”...
Milton Campus experiences growth
Stephen Harwick The Corsair Pensacola State College’s Milton campus is expanding in great length. With a student’s first approach, Dean Anthea Amos is creating a wonderfully comfortable learning environment for the campus’ growing student body. With the constantly increasing number of high school dual enrollment students and the numbers of continuing education students on the rise it’s no wonder the...
Tuition money: where exactly does it go?
Bradley Campbell The Corsair Where exactly does our money go? You know, the thousands upon thousands of dollars that are paid by students every semester to attend college at Pensacola State. James Chappell, a Spanish major at Pensacola State said, “I believe the majority of it goes towards clubs and organizations to help better the school environment and then the...
PSC pilots Speaker’s Bureau program
Shauna Cook The Corsair Pensacola State College has introduced a new Speaker’s Bureau to the greater Pensacola community presenting speakers on a wide range of topics. “We began the process a couple years ago to put it together,” said Thom Botsford, head of English and Communications Department. “It took us about half a year to get people to sign up...
Tim’s NFL Picks – Week 14
Tim Ajmani The Corsair We now enter the final quarter of the NFL season. Playoff berths are on the line, and the road for all teams in contention becomes more treacherous; there is no margin for error. I nailed my upset pick last week, with the Dolphins blasting the Raiders in Miami. I didn’t fare too badly in my other...