Month: November 2012

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DMC Divisions team up to collect winter apparel for less fortunate through Dec. 2012

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Contributed Campus Event / Del Mar College  The Division of Outreach & Enrollment has teamed up with Purchasing & Business Services to help our community stay warm by collecting coats, jackets and sweaters through Dec. 2012. To make this possible we need your help! So if you have a coat, jacket or sweater that you no longer use or your kids no longer fit into, please donate it and tell your family and friends. Drop-off stations will be located at the following: West Campus-Coleman Center 106 East Campus-Harvin Center 127 East Campus- Harvin Center 235 Center for Economic Development 133…

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Papa Murphy’s helping DMC Foundation to ‘Double the Dreams’

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Three Corpus Christi Papa Murphy’s locations donating portion of sales for pizzas purchased Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 to “Double the Dreams” campaign College Relations / Del Mar College The challenge was made. The deadline is near. The Del Mar College Foundation is working to meet local businessman and philanthropist Eugene Bouligny’s challenge to raise $2.65 million to receive a matching donation of $2 million. They have until Dec. 31.

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DMC Music Department setting seasonal mood with ‘Holiday Spectacular’

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College Relations / Del Mar College Free annual concert features ensemble performances and sing-alongs for an evening of musical memories for all ages The thought of sleigh bells and snow is not typical of South Texas. During the Del Mar College Music Department’s “Holiday Spectacular,” audience members can expect some winter wonderland memories and a few surprises. The free performance is this Thursday, Nov. 29, in the College’s Richardson Performance Hall on the East Campus on Ayers Street.

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Sensei teaches ‘gentle way’

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[slideshow] Omar Perez / Chief Illustrator Manifested within every human physique is the adamant and infinitely remarkable spirit of the fighter. Ocean waves crash onto the pier in a crushing, violent display. Crisp winter air briskly cuts through the grass and drowns out the mechanical noise from nearby roads. Few could be seen strolling or jogging down the renovated bicycle lane in this type of weather.

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‘No Shave November’ campaign seeks to raise awareness

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Audra Rodriguez / Staff Writer Del Mar College students Edward Davila, Jarrett Box and Dennis Martinez all started the month of November the same way: by putting down the razor. The annual month-long “No Shave November” campaign is here. While the aim of No Shave November, also known as “Movember,” is to not shave for the entire month, some might not know exactly why. Several male DMC students who are participating in the event expressed the same concept: that it is just a way to not have to shave.

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Times change for textbooks

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Sarah Adams / Associate Editor A research study conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in July 2005 on college textbook costs from December 1986 to December 2004 received no response from the Department of Education but the National Association of College Stores agreed with the report’s findings.

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Opinion: Discovering oneself through the act of writing

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Rudy Leyva / Staff Writer A room is full of hopeful candidates applying for a few positions being offered by a company. Human resource personnel are checking over the applications that have been turned in. A woman calls out the name of one of the applicants as she continues to look over the document in her hand. A young man approaches the desk. The company representative asks if he has ever had any previous work experience.

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Don’t neglect the local issues

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As the waning days of the 2012 Presidential Election give way, one cannot help but anticipate the decline in interest towards political affairs that seems sure to follow. In many ways, U.S. politics have come to mimic another favorite American pastime: football. Dedicated followers follow the various stages that go into a campaign with the same vigor as any dedicated Cowboys fans follow their beloved team. As they poll the “victories” and “losses” on the campaign trail and pundits across all networks offer the play-by-play, interest grows among those who don’t usually follow the support leading up to the climactic…