Year: 2013

Campus, Community, Entertainment

Many turn to games to relieve stress

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Gaming great way to meet people, escape reality Jonathan Garcia / Reporter Studying for finals and finishing assignments can be stressful for students. So what do those at Del Mar do to relax? Many turn on their gaming console and just unwind with their favorite game. “It’s a big stress reliever and it’s really great to get attached to these characters,” said liberal arts major Abigail Perez, 18. Many gamers have a genre they are into that appeals to their taste, including computer science major Paul Verdin, 20, who is into fighting games. “Fighting games are cool because I am an…

Campus, Entertainment

An experiment in logging off without freaking out

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Social media blackout forces students offline Kayliegh Benck / Reporter Sydney Velasquez didn’t know what to expect when she signed up for the social media blackout as part of her mass communications class. “It was weird when I was waiting for my rides,” Velasquez said. “I’m used to playing Candy Crush or whatever.” For 48 hours, six students from Journalism Professor Robert Muilenburg’s class participated in a complete social media blackout. Phones were turned in Nov. 19 with the promise of receiving them at 1 p.m. Nov. 21. The rules were simple: no phone, no form of entertainment involving the Internet…

Community

CASA volunteers rely on hard work, big hearts

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Advocates help children who are victims of abuse Maria Lara / Reporter Diana Booth, outreach director for CASA, has been a devoted worker for over seven years. Booth has been fulfilling her life by helping and saving children from unfortunate situations. “My personal mission is helping every child find a forever Christmas. Traditions play a very important role in the holidays and in our families,” Booth said. “Foster children will never know where they will be next Christmas. We want to find them a permanent home so they can carry on their own traditions and pass it on to their kids…

Campus, Sports

Winter break no time to slack off

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Staying fit easy, also can be fun and rewarding Carlos E. Gonzalez / Reporter With the fall semester starting to come to an end, a lot of students are looking forward to getting their hands on some turkey, watching football and getting a break from school. Though some will be resting their minds, a lot will not be resting their bodies. Winter is the time when everyone will be getting in shape for spring. No one is more ready than Del Mar College Intramurals Director Ryan Murphy, who is ending a successful semester of intramurals. This was only his second semester…

Editorial

Real-world consequences of a cyber age

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Gone are the days where devil worshippers were blamed for every evil that occurred in our world. Now a new malevolence has gripped today’s youth — the addiction to social media. The standard day for an adolescent typically begins with a quick check of Twitter on their iPhone before hopping out of bed to open up the laptop to see what everyone is wearing to class on Instagram. Then it’s a click to open up Facebook and peruse the latest batch of “selfies” and finally a run over to Tumblr to catch a glimpse of the latest celebrity blog. All…