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Check out this short slideshow made by our Web editor Meagan Falcon on La Competencia Folklórica de Tejas 2015. The competition was hosted at the Richardson Performance Hall on April 10-11 over on Del Mar College’s East Campus. Nearly 600 dancers were at the event and 27 groups total. The event started on April 10 with competitions for large and small groups, ensembles and duets, and included workshops for the dancers.
Parking permits will be making a slow return to all DMC campuses. Del Mar College has not been issuing parking permits since the COVID-19 pandemic srtuck, but there has been some talk about the permits returning. The permits were first suspended as a safety measure during the pandemic, as the older process of receiving a permit was mostly face-to-face, needing to put the information on cards for approval. As the pandemic started to evolve into a huge health and safety concern, the permits scrapped until further notice. DMC Chief of Police Lauren White said they will be bringing back…
Welcome back to my little Foghorn history corner that I call The Port Hole. It’s based on the name this very newspaper almost used. I was waiting for the right idea to come to me, and I finally got it this semester. Let’s get to some history, shall we? Now, I’m well aware of the fact that the phrase “I knew it before it was cool” has been done to death, but this time it makes sense. Del Mar was onto something decades before it came into public favor, and The Foghorn has records. Of all the recent phenomena to…
On Nov. 4, Del Mar College’s Heritage Campus hosted a special event in recognition of first-generation college students, organized by the TRIO and Educational Opportunity Center programs. The booth, located in the Harvin Center, offered a space for students to learn more about the resources available to them, while also celebrating their achievements. Angela Pena, a TRIO student assistant worker and a first-generation graduate herself, assisted with the booth. Pena, who earned her bachelor’s degree in business, expressed pride in the event. “We’re here to celebrate students who are first-generation graduates,” she explained. “It’s important for us to show that…