Author: Mark Young

Campus

District 4 Regent Guy Watts resigns

Mark Young

Longtime board member eyes At-Large position after controversial comments   District 4 Regent Guy Watts resigned Thursday to seek an At-Large position on the board, he told the Foghorn News.   Watts said in an email that after years of advocating for a southside academic campus, and more recently a northwest academic campus, that it was time to withdraw as the District 4 representative. “I decided that to so advocate effectively I need to return to being an At-Large regent candidate in the November 2018 election,” Watts said in the email to the Foghorn News. However, his letter of resignation…

Column

Staying safe while hooking up online

Mark Young

Online hookups have become a big part of dating culture for young adults, and with that comes the danger of meeting random strangers who you have probably only seen a few pictures of and have only been talking to for less than a week. Many people reading that would probably say, “Why would anyone do that?” But the reality of our day and age is that hookup culture has traveled to the Internet and dating apps have taken over. While meeting someone in person is all nice and fairytale-like, most times, you don’t meet anyone outside of the circle of…

Campus, Education

Dual enrollment to be offered for Del Mar, A&M-CC students

Mark Young

Viking Islander Program allows use of housing, facilities, services, more A dual enrollment program for students to attend both Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will soon be implemented, but not for all students. Beth Lewis, executive vice president and chief academic officer, and Rito Silva, vice president of student affairs, laid out the plans for the new program at the March 6 Board of Regents meeting. The plans, according to Lewis, have been “many years in the making.” The VIP, Viking Islander Program, will see students concurrently enrolled at both Del Mar and A&M-CC at the same…

Entertainment, Movies

‘Love, Simon’ shows a new type of teen movie

Mark Young

New coming-out flick gives a new perspective on love “Love, Simon” is a regular teen movie. Cheesy and a little too squeaky clean, the film is not a landmark one in the genre directed at teens. Except, unlike every other major studio teen movie coming out, “Love, Simon” is about a gay teen. “Love, Simon” is the first of its kind, a teen film from a major studio featuring a gay protagonist. The movie follows Simon Spier, played by the wonderfully plain Nick Robinson, who spends the film falling in love with an anonymous fellow closeted classmate and trying to…

Collegiate, Education

Students look into head start

Mark Young

Early College Program holds event to promote dual credit for youths  Students from all across the Coastal Bend recently met up to learn more about the dual credit Program at Del Mar College. Held at the CED on Feb. 20 for all high school students interested, Dual Credit Night was a chance to learn more about the program and the varying paths students could take with it. Offered at around $100 per class, the dual credit program offers an inexpensive way for high school students to get ahead. They can obtain up to 24 credit hours through core classes with…