Author: Veronica Vasquez

TV

Watch Out

Veronica Vasquez

It’s a normal day at work or school, until someone catches your eye. After a quick meeting in a bookstore, you’re instantly infatuated with them. However, it quickly turns into an unhealthy obsession.  “You,” a psychological thriller based on 2014 book series by Caroline Kepnes, recently made the leap from Lifetime to Netflix. About 650,000 viewers tuned in to each episode on Lifetime, according to Nielsen Reports, while more than 40 million households have watched on Netflix in just four weeks. This show is about a young man named Joe Goldberg, played by Penn Badgley. Badgley is most known for…

Entertainment, Video Games

Nostalgia is revisited in upcoming video games

Veronica Vasquez

It may just be January, but two of the hottest games of the year will debut this month. “Resident Evil 2,” which is bound to please any video game horror lover, will be released Jan. 25. The sequel, which comes 21 years after the original was released on Playstation only, is a complete remake from the ground up and will be available on Playstation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, all in 4K.  Capcom, the game’s developer, takes gamers back to the two main characters, Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield, on their action-filled mission to try to find out what…

Community

Christmas concert returns for holidays

Veronica Vasquez

Veronica Vasquez Music is what we tend to hear around this time of year to get us in the holiday spirit. The Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra’s “Home for the Holidays” concert is the perfect event to get anyone in the mood for the holidays. The Corpus Christi Symphony has been around since 1945, putting on such events for the community when ticket prices used to be $1.50. Now prices range from $21-$95. Mark Francis, executive director, has only been with the program for a few months but knows the importance of the event. “It is a Corpus Christi tradition,” he…

Campus

The lines between love and consent

Veronica Vasquez

Veronica Vasquez vvasquez@foghornnews.com No. It is a complete sentence and does not require justification or an explanation. That’s the message Justine Marie Shuey, a board certified sexuality educator from the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, gave to Del Mar College students on Nov. 1. Shuey’s visit focused on sexual harassment, assault and consent. “People are so uncomfortable talking about sex; people even have a hard time talking to their own sexual partner about sex. As a sexologist I feel like if you can’t talk about sex with your own sexual partner you shouldn’t be having sex with…

Community

Corpus Christi hosts Dia de los Muertos

Veronica Vasquez

Veronica Vasquez vvasquez@foghornnews.com The city of Corpus Christi celebrated Dia de los Muertos on Oct. 28 with food, fun and activities downtown. K Space Contemporary, Electra Art and Axis Tatto hosted the annual festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. The festival was full of people enjoying themselves dressed up as skeletons, monsters and more. The Lucha Libre event of Lucha Kaboom was something new that was added this year and was a hit as well. Cheryl Votzmeyer, education coordinator, has been working at K Space since 2014. “The festival has grown more and more every year and the…

Campus

Life is ruff without a pet

Veronica Vasquez

vvasquez@foghornnews.com Midterms, work and having a social life can be a stressful time for some college students. Entering a low-lit, calm conference room full of therapy dogs, however, can make those problems disappear, at least temporarily. Del Mar College’s Counseling Center held a Paws Up Pet Therapy session Oct.16 in the Harvin Center to help students dealing with stress. The event let students pet and play with puppies to help them relax. This helps to be a substitute for students who at times cannot bring their emotional support animal with them to school. For some students the support they need…

Community

Dia de los muertos festival

Veronica Vasquez

Culture, music and food is what’s happening this weekend in Corpus Christi, Tx. As it hosts it’s annual Dia de los Muertos festival this upcoming weekend Saturday Oct 28 in downtown Corpus Christi. K Space Contemporary, Electra Art, and Axis Tatto are hosting the annual festival. The festival is celebrating it’s 10th anniversary by having music, piñatas, food trucks and plenty more this Saturday. Riley Harriger, a tattoo artist at Axis Tattoo, said “That the event is always held on the last Saturday of October so that it does not overlap with other people’s plan to celebrate the holiday as…

Campus

New feature means fewer lines

Veronica Vasquez

vvasquez@foghornnews.com Del Mar College hopes to make the registration process more efficient with its new Viking Virtual Line. On Sept. 22, the Viking Go app began offering the Viking Virtual Line, which aims to make it easier for students who need to meet with someone in the registration office without having to stand in line. Students will sign in on the Viking Go app and locate the Viking Virtual Line and sign up to be put in line. Then they will be notified on their phones when they are to be next in line. There are also monitors located upstairs…

Campus, Movies, TV

Student discounts common

Veronica Vasquez

Streaming services such as Amazon Prime, Spotify and Hulu have become popular among many people. But what many don’t know is most of these services offer student discounts. Music app Spotify recently began offering students the chance to purchase its services for only $4.99 a month for its Premium plan, and you can add Hulu as a free bonus. The service usually runs at $9.99 a month for Spotify Premium and $7.99 a month for Hulu with limited commercials. Aside from student entertainment, deals are also available on some educational resources. As students at Del Mar we are allowed access…