Category: Campus

Check out Vivien’s farewell on page 2 and Kira’s on page 3.

  Steven Martinez Reporter As I sit down to write a farewell summing up my illustrious career here at the Foghorn, I find it difficult to contain this to the few paragraphs I’m allowed. I began my time here at DMC back in the ancient year of 2005, when we were graced with a surprise second George W. Bush presidential term and were witness to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Back then, I didn’t have much of a clue as to what I was going to do, still in my liberal arts degree from my previous school. I began to…

  Jennifer Gracia Reporter Student Government Association President Denise Mugabe is an international student from Harare, Zimbabwe, who arrived in the U.S. in 2012 and started at Del Mar College that same year. Mugabe chose Del Mar because she wanted to enroll in an affordable college with a good reputation. Mugabe’s uncle had previously graduated from Del Mar and had nothing but praise for it. “When I first arrived to the United States I was extremely homesick,” Mugabe said. “I left my family, friends, and everything I had ever truly known behind. Only after hitting rock bottom did I then…

Kaliegh Benck Former editor-in-chief The past two years spent with the journalism staff have harbored some of my most treasured memories. Had it not been for the encouragement, and sometimes bullying, of Cody Bahn, Raul Alonzo and Eddie Puente I never would have tried out for a position here at the paper. With the support and guidance from “Muiley” and the scars of “Beckett’s” notorious red pen I now have the knowledge and confidence to continue my education and career in the journalism world. Del Mar was … interesting. Never in my life did I think I’d be in the…

  Steven Martinez Reporter Graduation is a time to say farewell to Del Mar College and take the first steps into continued education or a career. Some students can sum it up in just three words. “Excited,” nursing major and spring 2015 graduate Sylvia Cantu said, “very excited.” But first, students will have to decide if they plan to walk the stage for spring commencement on May 15. “I walked the stage two years ago, I don’t think I’ll do it again,” Cantu said. If graduating students plan to participate and hope to attend in full cap and gown regalia,…