Lots of laughs fill dining area
Comedian Adam Grabowski performs in the Harvin Center while students eat lunch on Aug. 27.
Author: Charlie Blalock
Public Safety, Education set to host open house
DMC police cadet O. Martinez lands punch after punch onto the bag after being sprayed in the face with pepper spray.
Their careers are heating up
Cadets from the Del Mar College Fire Academy received fire pins for graduating during a ceremony on Aug. 8.
Voter rights in jeopardy due to gerrymandering
Professor Adrian Clark speaks about threats to minorities Minority voter rights are under threat, especially in Texas’ 27th Congressional District, according to Del Mar College government professor Adrian Clark, Ph.D. Clark, who kicked off Del Mar’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations with a Sept. 17 presentation in the White Library, said one of the leading causes of this is gerrymandering, which is altering the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favor one political party. Clark said the 27th District from 1982-2010 was represented by Solomon Ortiz and Solomon Ortiz Jr., both Democrats. In 2010, Republican Blake Farenthold won 48 percent of…
Sleeping with Strangers
Hypnotically good times for cheap As I lay on a stranger’s white leather couch, preparing to be hypnotized by a man I met less than two hours earlier, I couldn’t help but wonder how I ended up in this situation. It all started when I was speaking to a friend who loves to travel but is always broke. Inspired by this I had what some would call a dumb idea. What if I could spend an entire weekend in another city on a budget of just $60? After little to no thought I decided to vist San Antonio. So for…
TACHE chapter serves support
As the sun rose on Feb. 10, a group of 12 volunteers from the Del Mar College chapter of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education arrived at the Ronald McDonald House on Fort Worth Street to prepare and serve breakfast to the families staying at the facility. The Del Mar College TACHE chapter has worked with Ronald McDonald House at least once each semester since 2014. Of the twelve volunteers who attended, seven were first-time volunteers. “The feeling after getting up early on a Saturday morning for this project is priceless. Just knowing that we’ve served others is…