Students give opinions on importance of voting rights. By Kelli Green March 25, 2016 marks the fifty-first anniversary of the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, AL. The purpose of the march was to restore and protect voting rights for blacks and other minorities who were being kept away from their rights –originally granted…
By Becca Carlson Many people already know about on-campus food options yet want alternatives to their mealtime routines. Located within walking distance of Pensacola State College’s Main Campus, Bad Ass Coffee & Shirley’s Deli offers great food, healthy choices, and affordable prices. Not to mention the 100% American grown Kona coffee! PSC students, such as…
By: Minnie-Lee Bush Illustrations by: Tracey Squaire Getting involved in campus life is hard in a community college setting. PSC has a multitude of clubs available to students in many different and diverse areas of interest. If a student does not find a club they are interested in, they have the opportunity to make their…
How to stay committed to new goals By Tracey Squaire It’s the start of a new year which is a time when people are ready for changes. It’s a time when people make promises to themselves, but it’s also a time when many people make promises they know…
Students reveal what the media doesn’t show about Muslim Americans By Sean Minton Alaa Ibrahim spends most of her free time at school socializing and relaxing with her friends in the Student Center. Never could she have thought that her peaceful time could turn into a battleground of hate. Ibrahim is like any other teenager…
What are your Thanksgiving plans? My family rents out a beach house every year because most of them live out of town, so we all hang out there for about a week. And since they all live up north, we like to go swimming, even if the water is freezing. ~Michael Cole
By Jennifer Tonnaer Pensacola State College is home to the Arc Gateway Program for Adult Learning and Support (PALS), a unique program that offers customized training for adults 18 and over who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. PALS allows these students to attend college in order to achieve various skills, as well as prepare them…
By Kelli Green & Jennifer Tonnaer Pensacola State College students and local community members will showcase their talents in “Six Degrees of Separation,” an upcoming production from PSC’s Performing Arts Department. Students are encouraged to come out to the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8 on the Pensacola PSC campus, to check out the play…
By Kelli Green In February Americans and Canadians celebrate Black History Month. In honor of that celebration here are a few interesting black history facts. During the Haitian revolution, led by Toussaint L’Overtute, the colony of Santo Domingo (now, Dominican Republic) abolished slavery in 1801 and on January 1, 1804, former slave and revolutionary general,…
By Kelli Green Last Monday, January 18, we celebrated the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This was the thirtieth year of the celebration commemorating the leader who would have been 87-years-old on January 15. Many citizens of Pensacola congregated downtown to help celebrate. Schools, various branches of the military, churches, local law enforcement and…