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Studies have shown that in recent years Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and many other platforms have been linked to anxiety, loneliness and depression, causing social isolation and social displacement. Once a student hears their notification sound, anxiety sneaks up and the brain knows there is a message. Seeing on social media the amount of fun everyone else is having while in a four-walled room doing homework could make one a bit lonely and a tad depressing. Del Mar student Keisha Johnson, studying to be a teacher, said social media can be harmful to her health so she has opted out of…
More than 300 earn Safe Zone certification
More than 300 students and college employees are now Safe Zone certified. The Student Government Association and Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation hosted two Safe Zone Training virtual events the week of Oct. 18 with spokesperson, Barton Baily, PRIDE Center Director. Students, staff and faculty were invited to tune into one of the two 3-hour training course. Over 300 individuals participated in the course and received a certification on basic information on LGBTQI+. “The turnout was amazing. We had 220 attendees on the 19th and 82 attend on the 22nd,” said Sofia Jimenez, president of Student Government Association. Attendees who appeared…
Weird Corpus brings cool vibes to city
Former Del Mar student Kiya Vance performed in the first ever Rooftop Concert on Aug. 17 at the Art Museum of South Texas during their monthly Weird Corpus Papercut Zine Fest. The festival, hosted by Ema Rodriguez, creator of Weird Corpus, was sponsored by Kleberg Bank. “Weird Corpus is a mini event compared to our Papercut Zine Fest,” Rodriguez said. “I chose Weird Corpus because the things I desired to see or events I wanted to create, the response I always got was, that sounds ‘weird.’ I wanted to throw Zine Fest, again people thought that was ‘weird.’ So, I…