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IceRays win 1, lose 1 to start season
Corpus Christi’s hockey team, the IceRays, opened their season with two home games against the El Paso Rhinos. The teams met at the American Bank Center for the season-starting bout on Sept. 23 and 24. The first game started out shaky, with Rhinos forward Tory Lund scoring a goal by the end of the first period. Luckily, IceRays forwards Pierson Sobush and Mathieu Bourgault responded in kind with a goal apiece in the second period before the Rhinos tied it back up. The third period was quiet until two poorly timed penalties forced the Rays to field only three players…
Food bank rebrands
Del Mar hopes to help even more students with a planned expansion and rebranding of the Viking Food Pantry. The pantry, which opened in 2019 on Heritage Campus, soon will have locations at the Windward and Oso Creek campuses as well, according to Lisa Leal-Garcia, coordinator of Student Engagement and Retention. It will also be renamed Valdar’s Market. Del Mar partners with the Coastal Bend Food Bank to stock the pantry. While pantry assistants order the usual staples of canned goods, they also keep students’ wants and needs in mind when ordering. “I always try to keep the essentials stocked…
Rage room offers more than just chance to break stuff
A new entertainment service in Corpus Christi offers residents, including frustrated college students, a chance to unleash their anger. Act Your Rage, Corpus Christi’s newest rage room, opened on Aug. 18, just in time for the fall semester. Students could be experiencing a variety of issues such as pent-up anger, relationship issues, or major life changes. Rage rooms give students a chance to safely channel their anger out on objects. Act Your Rage not only offers two rage spaces, but also axe throwing, a mechanical bull and more. “We also offer video games, board games, table games, and ping pong,”…