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Community, Entertainment

The Marvelous Wonderettes

Meagan Falcon

By Kira Hays / Reporter Four high school girlfriends with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts attend their long-awaited prom in “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” which opens March 7 at the Aurora Arts Theatre. This smash off-Broadway hit, set in 1958, takes the audience to the Springfield prom as Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy tell the tales of their lives and loves, all through song and dance. As the show progresses, we learn that even though these four girls are very close friends, certain secrets surface during the dance that cause quite a ruckus. Director Victor Garcia said…

Campus, Community, Opinions, Staff

Thank you for (not) smoking

Meagan Falcon

SGA discusses whether campus smoke ban is necessary By Tera Elwell / Web editor Smoking on campus — to ban it, or not to ban it? That was the main topic discussed during the Student Government Association’s Feb. 26 meeting. Professor Billy Long, chairman of the Faculty Council, along with SGA members, debated the pros and cons of having a smoke-free campus or possibly having designated smoking areas. City ordinance states all smoking should occur at least 10 feet away from the doors of a building or any walkway that people would have to directly use. However, students and faculty members often…

Community, Entertainment

Rising Punk band joins Spring Break lineup

Meagan Falcon

By Raul Alonzo Jr. / Reporter If amateur recordings found on YouTube are any testament, then close-quarter shows seem to be as natural an environment as any for a band like Big Ups. The resulting collaboration between four friends who met in the NYU music technology program, Big Ups will bring their brand of abrasive, high-energy, post-hardcore, noise rock drenched in drear and resentment to the very close-quarter, underground, Corpus Christi venue The NASA (formerly known as Studio B) on March 9. The spring break bash is being put together by Record Tree Production and Promotion. Having come out with their…

Campus, Community

Artist Leonard Lehrer gives insight at Del Mar

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Boston native draws inspiration from his youth By Amber Quaid / Reporter International artist Leonard Lehrer recently shared his artwork with Del Mar College students and staff in his personal “grand tour” lecture. His lecture, titled “Observations on My Personal Grand Tour,” took the audience through his life and the artwork that was inspired through his experiences. Lehrer grew up in Boston and fell in love with baseball and art. Every chance he had he would wait at the stadium and collect the signatures of the baseball players. As he grew older he realized he wasn’t good at baseball and ventured…

Community

‘Your Corpus is showing’ takes off

Meagan Falcon

Slogan meant to be positive, say its creators By Kira Hays / Reporter When Korbin “Boomer” Matthews and Melanie Granado had the idea to put a slogan representing their hometown on a T-shirt, they never thought anyone would actually want to buy one. “We didn’t start it with the intention to necessarily market it so much considering we started small and crossed our fingers that maybe a couple of people will like it, or a couple of people will wear it around town, and then maybe in the future other people would want it,” Matthews said. “We didn’t realize that it would jump-start the way…