A DEL MAR COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATION
Jonathan Garcia / Staff Writer This year marks the 50th Anniversary of James Bond, celebrating the moments of hi-tech gadgets and ordering a vodka martini “shaken, not stirred.” With the highly anticipated “Skyfall” hitting theatres and IMAX November 9th, Activision and Eurocom brings you “007 Legends” for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and coming soon on PC and the upcoming Wii U.
Angel Amaya / Staff Writer There are more than 300,000 applications currently available for the iPhone platform alone and with all these options, one might expect that at least some of these apps would perform tasks that would allow people to utilize their abilities for an intellectual advantage. Whether a user has an iPhone, Blackberry or an Android, it is clear that these gadgets have made their way into the lives of millions of people.
Sarah Adams / Associate Editor Dr. Yoram Bauman, the nation’s first “stand-up economist” implementing challenging economic concepts through the medium of comedy, came to DMC October 23 and 24 to perform his stand-up seminar “Can Economics be Entertaining?”
[slideshow] The Drama Department prepares for the inaugural performance in the new Sue Sellors Finley Theater. The musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” opens Friday Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
* 97 percent pass rate for registered nursing graduates Sarah Adams / Associate Editor Del Mar College President Dr. Mark Escamilla announced an updated passing rate of nursing students completing the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nursing (NCLEX-RN) at 97 percent, Nov. 1. With this announcement the Department of Nurse Education (DNE) has now re-opened admissions to the nursing program. According to Dr. Evangeline DeLeon, the new chair of the Department of Nurse Education, the DNE had been put on a Conditional Approval Status due to passing rates falling below 80 percent.