Author: Julieta Hernandez

Campus, Community

Fighters for the forgotten

Julieta Hernandez

Couple dedicate lives to helping colonia residents Lionel Lopez remembers the night in 1974 that would put him on a course that would occupy the next 40 years of his and his wife’s lives. On a cold, raining night in 1974 during his days as a firefighter, Lionel Lopez responded to a call for an elderly woman suffering from a heart attack in one of the Nueces County colonias. He was made aware of the freezing interior of the unkempt home and the unstable surroundings she was living in. “She was an elderly lady and we got her out, and…

Campus, Community

A land of unfulfilled promises

Julieta Hernandez

Del Mar student looks to the future, hopes for change After living in the colonia of Petronilla for seven years with her father, Del Mar student advocate Yvette Reyes remains hopeful about the living conditions that continue to affect her family life. “We have water wells, but we have to buy our own water,” the social work advocate student said. “We can’t drink, we can’t cook with the water … the water’s pretty slimy, you can tell the difference.” Reyes and her father regularly buy five-gallon containers of water a day, but she also mentions that it’s not the worst…

Campus

Sex column spurs debate

Julieta Hernandez

Many offended by piece, others support its publication A sex column in Monday’s issue of the Foghorn News has led to much controversy on campus. While some at Del Mar College found the column a light-hearted attempt at satire, others believe the package had no place in an educational setting. The column, titled “Finals aren’t the only thing going down,” was accompanied by a series of illustrations depicting sex acts between both same-sex and heterosexual couples that some readers took offense to. Even college President Mark Escamilla addressed the issue. “In the Del Mar College student newspaper, an editorial was…

Campus, Community

Young people learn the value of STEM

Julieta Hernandez

College students teach microbiology and experiments  Students from Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi brought together resources within the schools and community to give kids a rush for all things science. The April 21 community event was held throughout the Hector Garcia Science Building on East Campus and offered multiple laboratories and demonstrations for children to sit in on with subjects on microbiology, pH testing and compost utilization. Danial Nasar Azadani, one of the coordinators of the event and president of Del Mar’s chapter of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans, or SACNAS, had been…

Campus

Construction goes till March 8

Julieta Hernandez

Students may have noticed the mass of construction materials in the middle of campus beginning to take shape. With the concept design approved in January 2016 and the removal of the old English Building last summer, the completion date for the East Campus project is anticipated for March 8, 2019, according to Velia Balboa, project administrator for Bartlett Cocke & Beecroft, a joint venture. Balboa said the project has had no notable setbacks; by Aug. 15, 2019, students will be sitting in classes in the brand new complexes. “A positive step was that we added manpower and have been working…

Campus, Entertainment

Prose, art, music as an ode to Earth

Julieta Hernandez

Crossroads event gets audience to focus on preservation of planet Just how much do we know about our island planet, and ourselves? Not as much as we may have thought. The Crossroads project, a visual and auditory environmental experience, performed at the Richardson Performance Hall at Del Mar College on April 24, just three days after Earth Day. Reviewed in the past by the Boston Globe and The New York Times, the presentation revealed shocking statistics in the silent auditorium. The visual aid to climate physicist Robert Davies’ prose speech included minimalist infographics with the numbers to prove it: the…

Campus, Entertainment

Drum roll, please…

Julieta Hernandez

17th annual percussion festival is a hit for attendees Beat, rhythms, tempos, patterns — speak with any of the young musicians who attended the Del Mar College Percussion Festival on April 14, and they’ll know. The interactive competition/day-camp event brought local high school and middle school students together to pick up new techniques and tricks. “This is the 17th annual percussion festival, and the third year including Flam Jamm,” said Neil Sisauyhoat, percussion director at Del Mar college. Sisauyhoat said the main objective for the event was to engage attendees in a variety of percussion styles and have the chance…

Campus, Drama

DMC drama hosts ‘Bald Soprano’

Julieta Hernandez

Production offers a hilarious satire on ordinary middle class Eugene Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano,” produced and performed by the Del Mar College Drama Department, offered audience members a light-hearted existential crisis, along with punch and cookies during intermission. The play opened April 13, with Student Appreciation Night on April 19. Most have never had an experience with “theater of the absurd,” defined as “drama using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world.” It’s a genre of theater that seems to stray from the ordinary and introduces the psyche of the…

Movies, Opinions

‘Isle of Dogs’ howling good

Julieta Hernandez

Never had I thought I would be a dog person until Wes Anderson showed me why I needed to be. “Isle of Dogs,” the film everybody had been awaiting for, combines cross-cultural and cross-species elements to make a hit. The movie takes place in a future dystopian Japan, where mayor Kobayashi has concluded that the overpopulation of dogs in the city and the newfound “Dog Flu” was reason to rule for the immediate deportation of all dogs to Trash Island. Kobayashi’s distant nephew and main protagonist, 12-year-old Atari, hijacks a small jet and ventures out to Trash Island to find…

Drama, Entertainment, Opinions

‘The Bald Soprano’ wonderfully quirky

Julieta Hernandez

DMC drama production continues this weekend Eugene Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano,” produced and performed by the Del Mar College Drama Department, offers audience members a light-hearted existential crisis, along with punch and cookies during intermission. The play opened April 13 and will run again April 19 – 21, with free admission for students April 19. Most have never had an experience with “theater of the absurd,” defined as “drama using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world.” It’s a genre of theater that seems to stray from the ordinary and…