Category: Campus

Campus

Del Mar celebrates court reporting week

Meagan Falcon

Meagan Falcon Web editor   Students celebrated National Court Reporting and Captioning Week with a day of learning and celebration on Feb. 19 in the Venters Building on East Campus. Students interested in court reporting had the opportunity to spend a day learning what life is like as a court reporter and as a court-reporting student. Nicole Medrano, a first-year student, started gaining interest in court reporting when she worked at the courthouse in San Antonio. “I was there for nine years and when I met the court reporters from there I started getting a real interest in it and…

Campus

New bill to propose guns on campus

Meagan Falcon

  Vivien Sanchez Co-editor-in-chief   Two new bills regarding who can carry firearms have created much controversy in Austin and left many at Del Mar College split on the proposals. The Senate State Affairs Committee held a meeting Jan. 13 in Austin to discuss passing a bill that would allow concealed handgun permit holders to carry their weapons on college campuses, and another bill allowing open carrying of firearms everywhere in Texas. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the State Capitol to protest and support the proposals. The committee voted 7-2 to pass the bills. Lawmakers will determine the…

Campus, Community

Evangelist booted from free speech zone

Meagan Falcon

      Cayce Berryman Reporter   Matthew Bourgault, an activist who travels the country to visit college campuses, exercised his right to free speech Feb. 24 in front of the Heldenfels Administration Building on East Campus, leading to an argument with several students. Bourgault accused all students of sinning, claiming that all sinners go to hell. “In the past, unfortunately to my shame, I have sinned, but that’s why I got saved. Sinners sin. Saints are free of sin,” Bourgault said. Students grouped around Bourgault, unafraid to share their opinions. Bernardo Vargas, part of the campus ministry, said, “You…

Campus, Editorial, Opinions

Changing the world one leaf at a time

Meagan Falcon

The acronym THC may be familiar to some, but what about CBD? For those who don’t know, THC stands for tetrahydrocannabinol, one of the active ingredients in marijuana, or the one that gets you “high.” CBD, cannabidiol, is the other ingredient. Unlike THC, CBD does not have the same effect on the body or mind. Instead, it can actually treat people suffering from pediatric epilepsy, autism, cancer, pain, PTSD, brain injuries, anxiety and various neurological conditions, according to doseofnature.com. So why is this not being administered to the people who so obviously need it? It is because its partner is…