Day: February 20, 2012

Campus

Del Mar College hosts Poetry Series

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Trey Seal/Staff Writer The Del Mar Poetry series has been a soapbox for big name poets around the nation to show off their talent for the past 8 years. Allan Berecka, the head coordinator of the event and Sara Kaplan, a creative writing teacher, are both published poets who will be featured in the showcase. Berecka grew up in Utica, New York where he lived in a strict catholic household. Bereckas’ poetry deals a lot with the relationship between he and his father and the blue-collar lifestyle that they enjoyed. As a young man, Berecka left and moved to New…

Community

Financial Aid Fair

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Samantha Huerta/Staff Writer The third annual South Texas Financial Aid Fair will take place Friday, February 24th at the Channel 3 KIII studio and parking lot at 5002 South Padre Island Drive (SPID). The fair will be hosted by KIII news studio and local Coastal Bend colleges; Del Mar College, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University Kingsville, Texas A&M College Station and Coastal Bend College. The fair will feature mobile Go Centers out in the parking lot. The mobile centers will have computers inside to help fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The studio’s…

Editorial

It’s college not high school

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  Heather McFarland/ Staff Writer  OPINION On the first day of semester, I sat in Dr. Paul Gottemoller’s government class listening to his explanation of the syllabus. Thirty minutes into the details, a student walked into the room and sat down. After another ten minutes Gottemoller asked, “Are there any questions?” The tardy student raised his hand and said, “I was late can you go over what I missed?” Gottemoller looked at him and said, “Not my problem.” The student became visibly red. Gottemoller said, “That sounded rude, but I’m not going to repeat things because you came in late.…