By Rebecca Juntunen On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, nearly 100 PSC students, employees and community members filled the Lou Rous Gym for a health fair on the Pensacola Campus, to receive health information and various free screenings. Booths from different organizations offered information on weight loss, stroke prevention, height and BMI, healthcare services, and healthy...
By Rebecca Juntunen Nominations have opened up for the 28th annual Academy of Teaching Excellence Award, allowing students to nominate a great professor for this year’s award. Now is the time to use the definition of the school’s greatest teacher to help recognize your favorite professors for their excellence, enthusiasm, and dedication. What is your...
by Ben Sheffler During one of several WEAR-TV and “Be the Match” Foundation Bone Marrow Registry drives earlier this year, Pensacola State College student Aaron Heintzelman signed up. Last week, he followed through on his commitment with a donation to someone with leukemia. Heintzelman hadn’t been thinking about getting on the registry, but the drive...
by Ben Sheffler Dr. Clay Sherrod of Arkansas Sky Observatories gave a lecture at Pensacola State College to educate people on the approaching Comet ISON, as well as the history and science of comets, on Saturday, Oct. 12, highlighting a few days that the comet could best be viewed. Comet ISON, an acronym for the...
Round and Round and Round She Goes… by J. Scott Southworth Watch it… to experience a roller-coaster of a movie, a disaster film in space that introduces fascinatingly detailed models of some of the most famous objects in earth orbit, and then gleefully destroys them. Avoid it… if you are hoping for a spacefaring drama...
by Ben Sheffler Free condoms and HIV tests were offered by the Aids Healthcare Foundation on the Pensacola campus on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “We make it a priority to come to college campuses to provide condoms and to educate and increase HIV awareness,” said Rose Marshall, an HIV testing counselor for the AHF. The testing...
By: Alexis Lugo Many students at Pensacola State College use laptops or tablets to complete their homework, instead of a desktop for your home. Over the years, technology has grown more advanced and continues to grow every day. Cell phones are thinner, computers are becoming more portable and manufacturers have made it possible to browse...
High on Velocity by J. Scott Southworth Watch it… to feel one of this year’s truly unique experiences, a racing film and biopic that distinguishes itself with a fierce integrity of character. Avoid it… and go to one of the many knock-off and franchise blockbusters currently running unique characters if fresh experiences are not your...
by Jessica Bryant There are many Pensacola State College students with tattoos, and a popular choice for some is to put the name of a family member, loved one or child on some part of their body. Others take being religious to another level by letting everyone know that their judgments won’t bother them, and it’s...
By: Benjamin Whittle On October 4, the 5th Annual Fall Community Career Fair was held in the Jean & Paul Amos Studio from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The career fair hosted 50 different employers from a variety of fields, including military, police, medical, business, and food service employers. The main floor was packed with...