Author: Brittany Claramunt

Brittany Claramunt is a reporter for the Del Mar College Foghorn. She joined the staff in Spring 2016 as a first year college student. Brittany majors in Radio and Television and hopes to one day become an aspiring television news anchor. You can contact Brittany via e-mail at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @BrittClaramunt.
Campus

DMC health fair puts the ‘care’ in ‘scare’

Brittany Claramunt

The spookiness sure lingered in the second floor of the Harvin Center during the Spooktacular Health Fair, with many booths to help students stay healthy and avoid diseases. The Maze, hosted by Del Mar College counselors, took students through the counselors’ offices to educate the students on alcohol abuse, suicide, drugs and obesity awareness. “The counseling services are free because we understand students are stressed with college and life so we want to offer our services to help them avoid going in the wrong direction or even help them get out of a bad addiction,” said lead counselor Rita Hernandez.…

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Del Mar speech professors recognize at conference

Brittany Claramunt

During the first weekend of October, big awards were given out to two Del Mar College speech professors at the Texas Speech Communication Association conference in Dallas. Amy Jones, professor of speech, was passed the gavel as she became president of the association. She had previously served as vice president. Coming to the conference, Jones had to create the panels and programs that are the heart of the conference. “Amy will be the main decision-maker for the state speech organization,” said speech professor Sarah Contreras. “The hardest part of that job is when you are VP, so she just finished…

Entertainment

‘Falling Kingdoms’ set in fascinating medieval period

Brittany Claramunt

With the recent success of HBO’s hit show “Game of Thrones,” the medieval period is hot again. Many authors have picked up on its popularity and set their books in the same period, including Morgan Rhodes, who wrote “Falling Kingdoms,” the first in a six-book series. While looking for a new book series to get into and after reading the summary, I realized the book resembles “Game of Thrones,” but with more of a PG-13 rating. With the detail in the story, Rhodes transports readers back to the medieval times. This type of setting was new to me, other than…

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‘The Fourth’ is here to help the community

Brittany Claramunt

Many people associate “The Force” with “Star Wars,” but Del Mar College has a resource called “The Fourth” that is just as powerful. Since moving to the fourth floor of the White Library a few years ago, staff at the Stone Writing Center have added several new programs and services, leading them to seek a new identity. “After a year we started calling it ‘The Fourth’ because of the location since we are the only fourth floor and it’s also indicative to what we want for the students which is to move forward,” said assistant instructor Laurie Jones. The Stone…