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Grinding gears and shotgunning beers. College is all about burning the candle at both ends, right? RIGHT? Have I been doing this all wrong? Maybe I have, but I thought my time in college was supposed to be a chaotic whirlwind. All I want to do is hang out with my friends. However, I also have to get my four discussion posts, two essays, three worksheets and a speech done by next Monday. That sounds taxing, but simple enough — this is college after all.  The real problem is that the rest of life is still happening. I have to…

AF94 from About-Face offers 13 products that are a hit with users on budget Ashley Frangipane, better known as Halsey, has made a huge splash in the makeup industry with their colorful brand About-Face. The New Jersey native, who uses she/them pronouns, launched the mid-end brand in January 2021.  Their Fluid Eye Paints and Line Artist eyeliners have already received the coveted Allure Best of Beauty Award. By boasting a creativity-driven campaign that celebrates artististry through makeup, About-Face has garnered 327k followers on Instagram. The products range from $13-$18 each for a single full-size product. This is on the affordable…

Hello fellow Vikings, and congratulations on making it through another semester.  Another academic year is about to pass and many of you will be moving on to the next step toward a new tomorrow.  Then there’s me and others like me, who just can’t seem to get through college algebra without feeling the need to flip a table every time we forget how to solve a quadradic equation. Still, failure is not an option and we must power through because everyone deserves success — no matter how long it takes to get there. Through our times here at Del Mar,…

Diary of a Non-trad  At what age did you realize you were getting old? Maybe it’s not a certain age but a specific moment in life that causes an “Oh Hell, I’m Freaking Old” realization.  Perhaps it’s the moment you let out an involuntary grunt as you got off the couch or maybe it was the sudden urge to snag multiple packs of crackers from a restaurant. Maybe all it took is one look in the mirror to notice a random hair growing off the bridge of your nose. Heck, it could even be a combination of multiple things or…

In honor of National Surgical Technology Week, Laura P. Ortiz, an adjunct instructor in Del Mar College’s Surgical Tech program, interviews a recent graduate now working in the field locally.  Alicen Grimes, Certified Surgical Technologist at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, has always had a caring heart when it came to children and animals. Even though she came from a family of nurses, she felt that becoming a surgical technologist in the operating room was a more interesting career choice for her.   “I’m extremely interested in helping the ones that can’t help themselves, like children and animals,” she said. “A lot…