Being Black in a White Nation by J. Scott Southworth Watch it… if you have any interest in all in the American Civil Rights movement, for The Butler provides a provocative examination of the movement from a variety of perspectives. Avoid it… if you think that all history is boring and relevance is a drag,…
By Charles Davis In front of the student center at Pensacola State College main campus on Thursday, Sept. 11, there was an exhibit that tells the stories of people who are living with HIV. The program the exhibit represents is called We Make The Change. A volunteer at the exhibit said, “This basically describes how…
By Ally Doty Grammy Award-winning Christian Rock band Switchfoot will be preforming at the Pensacola Interstate Fair Friday, Oct. 25 to promote the release of their new album and upcoming film. The album, to be released in January, will go hand-in-hand with the film Fading West; a detailed perspective on the lives of the…
by Ben Sheffler A pedestrian crossing the street adjacent to College Boulevard by the Ninth Avenue entrance to the main campus of Pensacola State College was hit by a vehicle today at approximately 12:00 p.m., and he was taken by ambulance to the hospital. His injuries included a “nasty cut on his arm and maybe…
by Ally Doty The Pensacola State College Athletic Department held the “Meet the Athletes” event on Tuesday, August 27, in the Hartsell Arena in building 3 where all sports teams came together to introduce themselves for the 2013-2014 season. President of the college, Dr. Ed Meadows, opened the gathering with words about PSC’s athletic adventure over the last 65…
by Ben Sheffler Pensacola State College begins its 2013-2014 Lyceum Series on Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium with a concert featuring Pensacola native and versatile, classical pianist Mark Markham. The concert is a tribute by Markham to the late Daisy Jackson, a PSC alumna who was a soprano for…
by Ben Sheffler It’s been 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. led the March on Washington and gave his “I Have a Dream” speech and unfortunately, that dream hasn’t been fully realized. In a Washington, D.C. march on Saturday, August 24, that commemorated the August 28, 1963 march, Martin Luther King III said, “The…
by Jonathan Allison Everyone knew the rain was coming. Despite this, the setup of the Color Run Extravaganza could not be deterred by rain. The run, in which participants are showered with colored powder as they complete the course, was the culmination of Welcome Week on the Pensacola campus on Friday, August 23. As…
by Charles Davis Pensacola State College Welcome Week included several fun events for students, two of which were human bowling and bungee basketball. Human Bowling placed students into a big inflated ball and rolled them into life-size bowling pins. Bungee basketball consisted of two students racing each other with a bungee cord attached to them,…
by Ben Sheffler Despite protests and opposition from environmentalists and international celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Bo Derek, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador has stopped a plan that would’ve prevented oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park in the Amazonian rainforest. President Barack Obama is due to make a decision about the Keystone XL pipeline…