Author: Isabella Skinner

Community, Sports

Introducing USL soccer club to the Coastal Bend

Isabella Skinner

Currently sitting at number nine in the USL League One Rankings, Corpus Christi FC is well on its way to completing its first season as a professional team. CCFC leads the league in clean sheets and holds their own in other categories. They have players from five different continents, bringing in representation from all over the globe. Defenders Blake Bowen: At 25 years old, Bowen is playing his fourth year professionally. Born in San Clemente, California, Bowen attended San Diego State University, was drafted by the MLS team Seattle Sounders, and played for MLS NEXT PRO under Tacoma Defiance. He…

Campus

Viking enrollment grows for Fall 2026

Isabella Skinner

Preliminary enrollment numbers for the fall 2026 semester show continued growth for Del Mar College. As of 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 27, the preliminary and uncertified enrollment for the fall semester was 12,205 students. As of Aug. 25, the college enrolled 925 students into the second cohort of the Freedom to Dream 2.0, a tuition waiver program This year’s uncertified enrollment accounts for about 500 more students than the certified August 2025 enrollment of 11,695 students. The official enrollment numbers for Fall 2026 will be released following the census date of Sept. 9. “Del Mar College’s enrollment is partially due…

Community, South Texas Stories, Sports

Women rooted in faith gather in Corpus Christi

Isabella Skinner

Community initiative She’s Rooted hosted its first event, “Prayers & Pilates,” at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center on Aug. 20, featuring vendors and a guided Pilates class, with Church Unlimited present to take prayer requests and pray over the event attendees.  The event was announced on Instagram and TikTok on July 27, with the event initially supposed to take place at Cole Park. Attendees were required to RSVP.   Within 24 hours, She’s Rooted met a 500-person cap on RSVPs, prompting a venue change from Cole Park to the Ortiz Center in order to accommodate the new group size.  Flash forward to the event itself:…

Column, Sports

Venezuela’s road to victory at Worlds Baseball Classic

Isabella Skinner

The World Baseball Classic opened  March 6 and ended March 17 in Miami, Florida, with Team Venezuela taking the win 3-2 against Team USA. The win marked Venezuela’s first win at the Classic and held symbolic meaning for the players who celebrated the win by singing their national anthem, “Gloria al Bravo Pueblo.” The WBC began in 2006 and has been held roughly every three to four years since then (2006, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023 and 2026). It has often been compared to the World Cup in soccer, and is used to celebrate national pride and global unity. The players…

Opinions

OLYMPIC UPSET: France wins over United States, Canada

Isabella Skinner

The 2026 Winter Olympic are in full swing in the depths of Milano Cortina, Italy. Of all the United States’ placements since that day, their third place in pairs skating is the most controversial (as of Feb. 12, when this column was written) thanks to the French pair that won gold, Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. Beaudry and Cizeron have a very interesting history. As in, they have none. The pair has been skating together for one year following the suspension of Nikolaj Sørensen (Beaudry’s previous partner), who was banned from the sport for at least six years following…

Community, Sports

Roaring through the finish line: 16th annual Lions Run hits full stride

Isabella Skinner

Yorktown Christian Academy held their 16th annual Lions Run 5/10k on Saturday, Feb. 7. The race had 13 age groups and three different race options: a 5k, 10k, and a two-mile walk. The event started with the opening ceremonies at 7:30 a.m., including a color guard from Cub Scout Troop 226 and the national anthem. Then, the crowd moved to the lawn for the Mascot Race, followed by the Kiddie Race. The Mascot Race involved a Chick-fil-a cow, H-E-Buddy, Andy the Armadillo from Texas Roadhouse, and YCA’s Leo the Lion running a race and then turning around to cheer on…

Campus

Skate party kicks off the semester

Isabella Skinner

On Thursday, Feb. 5, Del Mar’s Intramural Sports program will be hosting its annual Skate Party kickoff event. The event will take place at SK8LAND at 10829 Leopard Street and will start at 7 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. “It’s a great way for students to meet new people and start the semester with positive energy,” said Carla Gamez Vela, the director of Intramural Sports here at Del Mar. The event will have food including pizza, sweets and snacks along with door prizes, games, goodie bags. Skate rentals and skating will be free of charge. “For me, the best…

Campus

Fun activities planned for Del Mar students before finals

Isabella Skinner

From Monday, Dec. 1 through Wednesday, Dec. 3, every day from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Student Leadership and Campus Life will be holding end-of-semester “Pre-Exam Jam” events.  On Dec. 1, students can take a break and relax with farm animals and free pizza at Mimi’s Mini Farm between GAMB and Venters Business Building. The free pizza and drinks will be located in Venters’ first floor atrium. On Dec. 2, students can head to the third floor of Venters in Room VB 310 to the Student Success Center and de-stress with the Counseling Center and more free pizza and drinks.…

Entertainment

Of this issue: holiday edition

Isabella Skinner

Phoebe Bridgers, 2022 EP Best Song: “If We Make It Through December” Worst Song: “Christmas Song” Underrated Hit: “7 O’Clock News/Silent Night (feat. Fiona Apple & Matt Berninger)” Overall: “So Much Wine” is a six-song Christmas EP containing covers of classic Christmas songs. While Bridgers is usually known for her lyricism, she makes the covers of these songs shine. Each song is a typically mellow Christmas song, and I enjoyed that. It kept the essence of her music without her having written the songs herself. The title track “So Much Wine” has the best production, but “If We Make It…

Campus

Texas History lecture to take place, will be given by Texas Historian

Isabella Skinner

Loyola University professor and Texas historian Dr. Benjamin H. Johnson will give a lecture on “the stories we tell about Texas” at Del Mar on Nov. 6. The lecture begins at 6 p.m. in the Venters Business Building on Heritage Campus, Room VB100. Johnson was born in Houston and has lived here for a decade of his adult life, despite traveling abroad and across the U.S. From all these experiences, he learned the uniqueness of Texas’s mix of modern and outsized industries and communities that make Texas the state that is. “I love Texas and have spent most of my…