Author: Meagan Falcon

The reporters and the editors of The Foghorn News are students at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Foghorn staff has a passion for writing and informing the public on the important issues happening locally and nationally, but most importantly what is happening on and off the Del Mar College campus.
Campus, Community, Staff

New music building is state-of-the-art

Meagan Falcon

  Expanded facility features upgraded technology By Haley Williams / Reporter  After an $8.2 million renovation, Del Mar has opened the doors of the new music building. Featuring over 18,000 square feet of new space to prepare students for a career in the music field, the music building sits adjacent to the Fine Arts Center, “bringing the majority of DMC’s fine arts programs together in a complex-like area of the East Campus,” according to a Del Mar College news release. The goal of Richter Architects, design architects for the project, was to “provide a harmonious architectural counterpart to the related but…

Campus, Community

MLK Community Celebration

Meagan Falcon

Best-selling author of “Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in America Politics,” Donna Brazile, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration. The event will be in the TAMUCC Performing Arts Center at 6:30pm on Thursday, Jan. 23.      

Campus, Staff

DMC nursing professor dismissed

Meagan Falcon

4 reasons cited for termination; appeal ongoing   Kelsey Heatley / Managing Editor A 13-year nursing professor at Del Mar College has been dismissed. Assistant Professor Janell Bennett was terminated on Oct. 11 following a lengthy hearing. The decision was made after a 7-2 vote as well as a recommendation of removal from the panel that consisted of nine tenured faculty members. According to transcripts from the hearing, the decision to dismiss Bennett was based on four reasons. Dr. Fernando Figueroa, provost and vice president of student instruction and student services, explained the reasons in direct examination.