Author: Aubree Curran

Community

London HS students hit the weights

Aubree Curran

The London High School powerlifting team is a group of lifters who compete in regional and state weightlifting competitions each year. Led by Coach Tony Ramon, the competition consists of three major lifts. These lifts are squat, bench and deadlift. For each lift, there is certain equipment each powerlifter is allotted use of to help increase their numbers. The name of this type of powerlifting is called equipped powerlifting, and involves bench shirts, squat suits, wrist wraps, knee wraps and belts. While this equipment is generally designed to assist lifts, they are not designed to assist the lifter and can…

Community

A 32-year-long tradition of togetherness

Aubree Curran

Candy Cane Lane residents share what the holiday display means to them The bright lights twinkle, Christmas music blares and sounds of laughter fill the air. With every Christmas season comes this familiar feeling, but within the Corpus Christi community, you’ll find one small neighborhood that serves the main source of this spirit. “Candy Cane Lane started with a dream,” said longtime resident Marshall Bocanegra. “A dream that would bring joy to friends and families. “That dream came from a lady named Irene, that’s my mom,” Bocanegra said. “She had the idea of her whole street being lit up with…

Campus

DMC female student does it all; paralegal major, small business owner, teacher, club participant and mom

Aubree Curran

Walking into the bustling Harvin Center on Del Mar College’s Heritage Campus, a woman stands alone at a booth handing out flyers. The booth, a promotion for the paralegal studies program; the woman, a representative of the program. Her appearance paints a more intriguing picture. The clean suit she wears suggests her legal field of study, but her indifference toward the chaos of students crowding her booth and talking to her all at once suggest her hustle, who she is as a person. Rebecca Farias is a full-time DMC student, a paralegal studies major, small business owner, mom, primary church…

Campus

PTK offers many opportunities

Aubree Curran

Joining group gives access to scholarships, career training, more Have you been offered membership into Phi Theta Kappa lately? Wondering what it is, or if it’s even worth it? Tammy Francis, PTK’s faculty adviser and an associate professor of reading, answers it all. “We are the Gamma Sigma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa,” Francis said, as she clarified that PTK is actually a nationally involved organization. According to Francis, it is an invitation-only organization that is based on your cumulative GPA. “At the end of every semester, the advisers go through and if anyone meets the 3.5 minimum GPA requirement,…

Community, Health

Veteran copes with PTSD through artistic creations

Aubree Curran

Former Marine encourages fellow vets to seek help if they’re struggling The dimly lit booth filled with an assortment of handcrafted wooden flags and crosses sits quietly in the middle of a bustling crowd of people at the Hollydays Market of the American Bank Center. While most venders attempt to sell their products to potential customers as soon as their wandering eyes hit their booth, Rick Pritchard sits alone in the corner of his.  Isolated from the crowd, and silent among the lively chatter that fills the market, Pritchard’s demeanor paints a picture of his past.  His eyes reveal the…