Global warming won’t disappear

Posted 11.17.06 at 9:51 AM

By Justin Enox

Many organizations over the years have presented the idea of global warming, but almost all major political groups will either deny the problem or push it aside to deal with later. The few politicians that are complete supporters of all global warming acts presented for the EPA usually have their own motivation, and it is not the environment.

Many talk as if global warming will not produce severe environmental changes for many years. Sorry to burst their bubble, but the changes are already happening.

I have personally seen a very old oak tree die. This is when I began paying attention. When forests of pine and acres of oak that have been around for hundreds of years begin to die, there is a problem. We cannot go into the woods now without being surrounded by recently dead and decaying trees.

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Autumn in Paris

Posted 11.02.06 at 9:29 AM

By Chris Cutchie

Cold, miserable, and rainy. This is how I would describe Colchester, my hometown, to be like at this point on the calendar.

Yesterday, I played golf in shorts and a t-shirt. In comparison, my father said he wore a jumper, jacket, and waterproof trousers, along with a bobble hat.

I am definitely thinking about home a lot at the moment. I am still missing those home-cooked meals and just sleeping in my own bed.

The nights are starting to draw in now, and in all honesty, when it’s dark, Paris is not the easiest place in which to become entertained. In Colchester, I would be spending more time with my close friends and finding activities easier to come across.

The golf team is my new family. I eat, live, and spend a lot of time with them. I have made some really good friends in the process, but it is not home, and I don’t think it ever will be.

My family is a big part of my life, and Dec. 16 is definitely being anticipated and can’t come fast enough.

I can’t wait! But I will keep in touch.

Speak soon.

Chris Cutchie of Colchester, Essex, UK, is a general studies major and member of the PJC Dragons golf team.

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PJC cheer

Posted 10.31.06 at 9:43 AM

By Mandy Crawford

I’m a cheerleader at Paris Junior College. I’ve been cheering for Rivercrest ISD since the seventh grade, but I never really enjoyed it. I told myself that after high school, I would be done with cheerleading.

However, near the end of my senior year at Rivercrest, Patrick Waley, Corey David, Susy Bourland, and Matt Lambert, who all cheer at PJC, talked me into trying out for the 2006-2007 PJC squad. I figured why not? I’ll get a scholarship, and I’ll get to compete at nationals.

After tryouts, we had a short break before summer started. When June came around, we began working out twice a day. We learned cheers, chants, and dances. At the end of June, we held a “kiddie” camp for local cheerleaders.

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Casualty on the home front

Posted 10.27.06 at 10:25 AM

By Joe Williams

Whether we can win the military war in Afghanistan and Iraq is still unclear. Our heroic soldiers are seemingly stuck in a dangerous and hostile environment amid a civil war that appears only to be getting worse.

Our inability to maintain control of the situation only emboldens our other enemies, like Iran and North Korea.

But one thing is for sure: We have lost our innocence and a level of our personal freedom. The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have left us all feeling vulnerable - not just from the terrorists who wish us harm, but also from our own elected representatives.

They seem to be more interested in restricting our rights than protecting our borders or safeguarding our ports. With so many gaping holes in our national defense, is there any justifiable reason to suppress the rights of our citizens?

Joe Williams of Hugo, Okla., is a freshman accounting major at PJC.

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My military career

Posted 10.27.06 at 10:20 AM

By Shad Allen

I served in the U.S. Army from October 1994 to October 1998. I went to boot camp in Fort Lawton, Okla., where I trained for 13 weeks and finished on Feb. 16, 1995. Then I went to my duty station at Fort Campbell, Ky.

I was a cannon crew member and did maintenance on my tank, and we shot fire missions down field on targets over 10 to 15 miles that we could not see. Surveys told us how to adjust our next projectile to hit our targets.

I also did security guard around our perimeter while were in the field and dug fox holes for the tallest persons in our section with just a shovel. We dug all night, rotating shifts to sleep for about two hours until we finished digging the holes and putting sandbags around them for cover to hide from the enemy. We stayed in the field for 30 days before we got to go back to our barracks.

Then, in May 1997, I was transferred to Camp Casey, Korea, where I stayed until I got out in October 1998. I had fun there. I made friends with the Koreans. The Korean soldiers had to join the army for two years after they turned 18. They got paid only $10 a month, while U.S. soldiers were paid more.

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