Month: November 2014

Campus, Community

Women engineers – making the impossible possible

Meagan Falcon

Meagan Falcon / Reporter It has always been difficult being a woman in a male-dominated society, but times are definitely changing as women are becoming the new faces of engineering, and engineering industries in both private and military sectors are looking for women in particular. Del Mar College hosted the event Women in Engineering on Nov. 5 in the Venters Building. Everyone was welcome to the event to listen to the guest speakers — Naval Commander Amanda Brooks, a mechanical engineer for the Navy, and Amanda Marie Estrada, a former National Science Foundation scholar and civil/architectural engineer for Kiewit Industries. Engineering…

Campus, Community, Health, Opinions

Local eatery unique to Corpus Christi

Meagan Falcon

Hester’s Cafe offers fresh and flavorful entrees A hop, skip and a jump away from the Del Mar College East Campus is Hester’s Cafe, a locally owned restaurant. Located at 1714 S. Alameda St. in Six Points, this quaint, family-run cafe specializes in soups, salads and hot and cold sandwiches. The lunchtime staple also offers a wide variety of beverages and desserts. The 15-minute breezy walk from campus was a simple and safe stroll with little traffic.   PRINCESS OF PESTO As we walked up to Hester’s, I felt a little worried about how long our wait was going to…

Campus, Entertainment

‘Ladies Man’ hits the main stage

Meagan Falcon

Anastasia Talarantas / Reporter Carl Yowell has been a theater director at Del Mar College for over 20 years. Yowell and the theater students are working on a farce French humor play called “The Ladies Man” and the production work has been going on for over two months. According to Yowell, a farce humor play hasn’t been done at Del Mar for over 17 years. “The play is about a doctor who almost had an affair but chickens out, and has to cover up the fact that he almost has an affair with his wife,” Yowell said. “The man is true…

Entertainment, Opinions

Marvel Comics marks 75 years

Meagan Falcon

Beloved characters continue to change Victor Rhodes / Reporter Marvel Comics is celebrating 75 years as a comic book publisher and entertainment business. Marvel began life as Timely Comics in 1939 and was founded by Martin Goodman. He is known for creating Marvel Comics No. 1, which debuted in October 1939 and saw the first appearances of android superhero Human Torch (not to be confused with Fantastic Four Human Torch) and anti-hero Namor. The company later rebranded as Marvel Comics and created iconic superheroes such as Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron-Man, Hulk, Daredevil, The Avengers and Fantastic Four. Marvel characters have been through…

Entertainment, Opinions

‘Advanced Warfare’ changes it up

Meagan Falcon

‘Call of Duty’ adds many new features  Jonathan Garcia / Reporter The “Call of Duty” series is one of the most successful franchises in the first-person shooter genre. A new installment called “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” was recently released on Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC, developed by Sledgehammer Games (PS4, XB1, PC) and High Moon Studios (PS3, 360). Gamers gathered Nov. 1 at Gamestop on Saratoga Boulevard in the Kohl’s shopping center to get their hands on the “Day Zero Edition,” which gave gamers access to the game ahead of its scheduled release date. “Advanced…