by Ben Sheffler The Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, building 15 on Pensacola State College’s main campus, will exhibit artwork by the prolific Native-American artist Neal Ambrose-Smith from August 19 to October 4. Ambrose-Smith is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor who is an outspoken proponent of using non-toxic printmaking techniques. By using these...
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PSC to host Burlington Coat Factory hiring event
by Ben Sheffler The new Burlington Coat Factory store, located in University Town Plaza on Davis Highway, will have a hiring event August 15 and 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio in building 23 on the Pensacola State College main campus. An online application must be...
Dental Hygiene Student involved in serious accident at Warrington entrance
A PSC student was involved in a serious auto accident in front of the entrance to the Warrington Campus this morning. Amy Stone, a dental hygiene student, was partially ejected from her vehicle through the windshield. Stone was unconscious when paramedics arrived and has been taken by ambulance to Baptist Hospital. The crash occurred at...
Opinion: Stop penalizing students for getting an education
by Ben Sheffler Interest rates on new subsidized Federal Direct Stafford student loans increased yesterday from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent because Congress couldn’t agree on a plan before the deadline, affecting approximately 700 students every semester at Pensacola State College. And Congress is on a week-long recess for the Fourth of July. There was...
Blue Angels’ Crew speak to PSC’s Kid’s College
by Ally Doty The Blue Angels may be grounded for 2013 due to budget cuts, but that didn’t stop three members of the flight crew from spreading a positive message of working hard to achieve your goals to students from Pensacola State College’s Kid’s College program on June 20, 2013. Lieutenant Katie Kelly, the squad’s...
Planetarium offers free event on ancient sky
by Ben Sheffler In celebration of the Summer Solstice, the Pensacola State College Planetarium and Space Theatre, along with The University of West Florida Archaeology Institute, will present a free event on ancient perspectives of the night sky called “A Journey Along the Pathway of Souls” at 6 and 8 p.m. on June 20 in...
Review: “Men are Dogs” – a Play on words.
by Danielle Storley “Men are Dogs,” a realistic romantic comedy by playwright Joe Simonelli, was the most recent production by PSC’s Performing Arts Department. Director Rodney Whatley brought the somewhat adult-themed play to life, with the actors starring in roles that required wisdom way beyond their years. The play centers on a psychiatrist, Cecilia Monahan...
Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
by Hope Hall “Star Trek Into the Darkness” is a sci-fi action/adventure movie loosely based on Gene Rodenberry’s classic original series. The film follows Captain James T. Kirk, his first officer Spock, and the other familiar characters through a journey involving genetically enhanced humans, a renegade Star Fleet officer, and a startling discovery of a...
Hangout Music Fest 2013
Corsair Photographer Chelsea Zachary captured all the action at this years Hangout Music Fest, which was held May 16-18, 2013 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Headliners for the beachside festival included Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Kings of Leon, veteran bands such as Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, The Shins and The Black Crowes, as...
Edgy writer Addonizio mixes blues, poetry in presentation
by Danielle Storley Poet Kim Addonizio conjured the spirits of trains passing through from another time as she presented poetry and “train songs” played on the harmonica in a visit to the Pensacola Campus for a poetry workshop and speaking event on April 11. Addonizio, an award-winning American poet, and novelist has been called “one...