Author: Gabriella Ybarra

Campus, Food

From food to flair…

Gabriella Ybarra

International students celebrate, share culture in Harvin Center Students representing cultures from across the globe came together in the Harvin Center for the annual International Day of Celebration. Some of the many countries represented were Greece, Taiwan, Brazil and the Ukraine. The March 28 event included informational tables displaying the variety of foods, traditions and artifacts specific to each country’s culture. The Harvin Center was loud and lively with drum sounds produced by those representing Brazil. Also included in the event was a traditional Brazilian martial arts dance called Capoeira and a Samba. Many of the tables offered free food…

Campus, Education, Entertainment

Exploring the life of Dolores Huerta

Gabriella Ybarra

Panel follows a screening of biopic on prominent activist  Several dozen students and community members recently packed the White Library to hear the story of Dolores Huerta, a woman whose life accomplishments have remained overshadowed for nearly six decades. The Del Mar College Mexican-American Studies Program and Department of Social Sciences held a special screening of the documentary “Dolores” for Women’s History Month. KRIS-TV news anchor Tessa Barrera emceed the event, which was followed by a panel discussion including Del Mar College’s own Assistant Professor of History Dawson Barrett and Associate Professor of History Gerald Betty, as well as Texas…

Campus, Technology

Password system evokes problems

Gabriella Ybarra

Del Mar passwords need to be changed every 120 days Students may have experienced complications with their account passwords after Del Mar’s password system, Viking Key, was implemented last summer, but according to school officials, such problems are now becoming an issue of the past. Denise Simpson, interim director of programing and operations, said students were forgetting to check their DMC emails, which included a reminder to change their current passwords every 120 days. In addition, students were also failing to remember the complex password Viking Key requires, which includes both upper- and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. After three…

Campus

Changes made to student hiring process

Gabriella Ybarra

Every year many students are hired for work study and student assisting, but this past fall semester, the hiring process for student employment went through some changes that are leaving people with mixed opinions. According to Reading Lab coordinator Forrest McDowell, the new process requires longer processing times and has left him a bit confused. McDowell first mentioned a change in the department that handles the process. The Financial Aid office, which previously managed both work study and student assisting, now only manages work study, moving student assisting over to Human Resources. “The process is lengthier because we have more…