Author: Meagan Falcon

Meagan Falcon is currently a double major in Digital Media and Journalism at Del Mar College. She has been a writer for the paper since Fall 2014. In Spring 2015, she then became the Foghorn’s Web editor only to rise up in Fall of 2015 as the Associate editor as well as being the Web editor. Her job as Web editor is to manage all of the Foghorn’s social media. She maintains and keeps active the paper’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and website. You can reach Meagan at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @meaganfalcon.
Campus

Experts talk fate of environment

Meagan Falcon

The Texas Tribune hosted the event “The Environment: The Next Five Years” on Sept. 28 at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to discuss the future of environmental policy in Texas. Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith moderated the panel that consisted of Commissioner Toby Baker of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; John Hall, state director for clean energy at the Environmental Defense Fund; state Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria; and Associate Professor Mike Wetz of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Meagan Falcon/Foghorn Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith speaks at “The Environment: The Next Five Years” on Sept. 28 at…

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Del Mar College professor wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Meagan Falcon

Del Mar College’s David Irving, professor of stage band and guitar in the Music Department, was awarded the Robert J. Rogers Lifetime Achievement Award during the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 55th national convention in August. Fellow fraternity brother and former national president T. Jervis Underwood, who also is a past Rogers Award recipient, walked around the room before tapping Irving as this year’s honoree. “I was looking around the room, wondering who was going to get the award, when [my wife] Jean tapped me on the shoulder and whispered, ‘It’s you!’” Irving said. Irving has been a longtime adviser for…

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Del Mar celebrates Constitution Day

Meagan Falcon

College campuses across the country, including Del Mar, celebrated Constitution Day on Sept. 17, which commemorates the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Anthony Champagne, a professor of political science at the University of Texas in Dallas, came to Del Mar College in honor of Constitution Day. He presented his lecture on “Voting Rights, the Constitution, and Partisan Politics” in the Venters Building on Del Mar College’s East Campus. Champagne examined the background of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the importance of that law in expanding voting rights. Because of recent Supreme Court decisions significantly modifying that law, Champagne…

Campus, Community, Texas

Law cracks down on human sex trafficking

Meagan Falcon

When the words “human trafficking” are mentioned in any way, people cringe at the very sound of it, and when the movie “Taken” came out in 2009 with Liam Neeson, it highlighted a serious issue for law enforcement. South Texas law enforcement agencies came together at Del Mar College’s East Campus in the Harvin Center on Sept. 16 to discuss and share strategies to combat the issue of human sex trafficking. State Rep. Todd Hunter came by the campus to speak at the “Human Trafficking Intel” event. “I got involved in 2009 after seeing ‘Taken,’ but more importantly after listening…

Entertainment

Stoned cashier becomes action hero in ‘American Ultra’

Meagan Falcon

When I first saw the trailer to “American Ultra,” I was actually really excited to see a movie that starred two of Hollywood’s lackluster stars — Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. The two definitely did not disappoint, for they totally lived up to the film’s crazy, stoned-up take on “Total Recall” and “The Bourne Identity.” Eisenberg (“The Social Network”) stars as the leading protagonist known as Mike Howell. Mike is just your everyday stoner. He is non-confrontational, works at a laid-back convenient store and is madly in love with his stoner girlfriend Phoebe, played by Stewart (“Twilight” series). Come on!…