Author: Samantha Douty

Samantha Douty is the editor-in-chief for the Del Mar College Foghorn. She has been working for the Foghorn since Fall 2014 and is currently a double major in Public Relations and Journalism at Del Mar College. After receiving her BA in either Public Relations or Journalism, she plans on attending law school to study corporate or copyright law. You can reach Sam at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @SamanthaDouty.
Economic Crunch

Executive Surf Club serves it up nice with fries

Samantha Douty

The Executive Surf Club is a well-known place in Corpus Christi. Located downtown on Water Street, it is known by Corpus Christi residents as a great hangout to eat, drink and enjoy local bands on the back patio stage. I went to the Executive Surf Club on a Tuesday for a quick bite before my afternoon workout. The restaurant was busy with local business people getting their afternoon lunch, but the line at the counter to order was tolerable. It took us five minutes to order. My workout buddy, aka my mom, and I decided to get something different and…

Campus

Curanderos heal the mind, body, soul

Samantha Douty

Two experts from Texas A&M University-Kingsville visited Del Mar College for Hispanic Heritage Month to discuss the extent in which South Texas students believe in folk healing practices and the ailments they treat. The presentation, “Ojo, Susto and Curanderos: Knowledge and Attitudes towards Mexican-American Folk Healing in South Texas,” focused on a recent study done at A&M-Kingsville. “The main question we wanted answered from this study was whether younger generations believe in healing the mind, body and spirit all together, and if they have heard of a curandero,” said Christine Reiser Robbins, assistant professor of anthropology at A&M-Kingsville. “We asked…

Opinions

Syrian refugees likely to be a burden on the U.S.

Samantha Douty

The crisis going on in Syria is based on a civil war that has displaced approximately 11 million Syrians. The civil war has been going on since March 2011. The civil war started with anti-government demonstrations. Many people in Europe refuse to take in these refugees for fear of the unknown and economic purposes. The United States should follow suit. The United States is already over $18 trillion in debt. With the added costs that the refugees bring, the debt will be unfathomable. The current cap for Syrian immigrants by 2017 is 100,000 refugees. This number already is a burden…

Campus, Community

Former farmworkers share their stories

Samantha Douty

At age 6, Renato Ramirez would wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning to await the blare of a horn coming from the truck in the road. He and his family of farmworkers would jump in for a long day of working in the field. “In the cotton field there was never any shade, just the sun and the calf-high cotton plants,” Ramirez said. “My siblings, at the time, were too young to work, so my mother would put them under the work trucks because that was the only available shade. At the end of the day I…

Campus

Regents hear update on DMC’s Northwest Center

Samantha Douty

Del Mar College’s Northwest Center may be suffering from growing pains, Regents heard at the Sept. 8 board meeting. The Northwest Center has seen a nearly 300 percent increase in enrollment from 2010 to 2015, Leonard Rivera, director of off-campus programs, told Regents at the meeting. The center now offers GED, continuing education and dual credit classes. “The Northwest Center is a dynamic center,” Rivera said. “The center has seven classrooms and five offices, but enrollment has increased so much that we are looking for more space.” The college, which has been renting space from a neighboring hospital, hopes for…