Author: Sam Gutierrez

Campus

Press Club seeks items for U.S. troops overseas

Sam Gutierrez

The Del Mar College Press Club is teaming up with Coastal Bend Troop Support to send care packages to troops serving overseas. At Coastal Bend Troop Support, a nonprofit charity based in Rockport, volunteers put together care packages full of basic needs like hygiene kits, foot care products, writing materials, candy, snacks and other things such as encouraging letters for troops. They send the packages to 120-150 individuals each month until their deployment ends. Normally, the packages are sent to combat zones such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. Since starting in 2005, the group has sent over 30,000 care packages.…

Campus, Sports

The 5D’s of dodgeball

Sam Gutierrez

Del Mar College hosted its first intramural dodgeball of the fall semester on Sept. 25. Students gathered for a time to take their minds off of classes and just have fun. Dodgeball is a game where people try to eliminate opponents on the opposite side by throwing the ball at them. Some say it is a good sport to play as it form of anaerobic exercise, promoting strength, speed and power to the body, which gives you a lot of energy. Zach Riley, 21, participated in the dodgeball game to take the edge off of school. “It’s a stress reliever…

Campus, Education

Geology professor really rocks

Sam Gutierrez

Erika Locke, a new geology professor at Del Mar College, developed a love of geology at a young age when she lived in Montana. Her grandfather would tell her to go out into the woods and find rocks for them to examine. “He would tell me to bring him rocks, crack them open and bring them to him,” she said. Fascinated by the fact that there were sea fossils in a place where there was no ocean nearby, her interest in geology sparked. “I always kept a big box of rocks with me so I kind of knew,” she said.…