Month: January 2014

Campus, Community

Del Mar helps vets to succeed

Meagan Falcon

New Association aims to help those who have served By Alexandria Rodriguez / Reporter Each semester about 1,000 students at Del Mar College use veterans benefits, according to Tammy Micallef, coordinator of the college’s Veterans Center. To find out if they are eligible for benefits, veterans have to contact the Department of Veterans Affairs, which will send them a letter notifying them what benefits they are eligible for. “Once they receive a letter from the VA that tells them what they are eligible for, they bring it here, and we process that benefit for them” Micallef said. “For Texas benefits, which is Hazlewood,…

Community

Co-op brings people together

Meagan Falcon

1301 aims to be cultural center for community By Kaliegh Benck / Editor-in-chief With the array of organizations and venues Corpus Christi offers, some inhabitants still feel as if they don’t have a place to call their own. Whether it be for living what some consider an “alternative lifestyle” or possessing political opinions that don’t always sit well with others, these people have felt like outcasts, with no sanctuary where they are truly comfortable. Tired of this cycle and looking for their own center of refuge, several community members opened such a place where they, their friends and other members of the community could…

Campus

Why defenses don’t win championships

Meagan Falcon

By John “Mugz” Muguerza / Reporter  Bigfoot, The Lochness Monster, The Apollo moon landings, and even Santa Claus. All myths that have been questioned by even the most intelligent of people, but a new one has been added to this list one that has been deemed true since the beginning of time…. “Defense wins championships!!!” Yes I know, this has to be true but just like finding out Santa isn’t real there’s no easy way for me to break this to you. At least it’s no longer the case in the NFL where in the playoffs it’s one game, win or go home, and anything…

Campus, Community

Free bus rides available for students

Meagan Falcon

Service included in fees; routes likely to change By Kelsey Heatley / Managing Editor Del Mar College students with a valid college ID can ride any Regional Transportation Authority bus without paying a fare because students pay for the service as part of their registration fees. Ysaura Perales Magnusson, who is in the physical therapist assistant program, has been taking advantage of the service. “My car is in the shop, but I’ve already decided to keep riding the bus to and from school, even after I get my car back. It’s free, and I’ve mapped my routes to where I’m…

Campus, Community, Entertainment

Aurora’s ‘Whorehouse’ features several thespians from Del Mar

Meagan Falcon

By Kira Hays / Reporter The Tony-award winning musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas hits the stage at the Aurora Arts theatre this weekend! This happy go lucky view of small town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the better pleasure palaces in all of Texas. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college football teams frequent Miss Mona’s cozy bordello until that puritan nemesis Watchdog focuses his television cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution. “The show is based on what some would call a Texas institution…