A DEL MAR COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATION
ExxonMobil’s Venture Executive Paul Guilfoyle (left) and Del Mar President Mark Escamilla speak about new hands-on training opportunities students will have. Students can look forward to virtual reality training as one of the new digital technologies being provided.
Foghorn staff members Emily Jasso (from left), Gabriella Ybarra, adviser Robert Muilenburg, Michelle Mirelez, Cat Herndon, Dylon Lyons, John Oliva and adviser Scott Beckett attended the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference.
A Juvenile Green sea turtle swims in circles in a large water tank. With wing-like strokes he glides through the water, lopsided. He is trying to swim like a normal sea turtle, but he is struggling. A large bulging tumor has grown under his right flipper, throwing him off balance. To him, the sheer weight of it is comparable to a brick. It is unclear whether this Juvenile Green is aware of the severity of his life-threatening condition, but if there is anything that is certain, it is that he is not alone. Many other species of sea turtles in…
Community residents line up to help pick up trash Feb. 23. Aaron Baxter, president of Friends of Padre, hopes more college students will help with the next cleanup.
Every Spring Break the coast is flooded with beach-goers and local business is booming. However, beneath the profitable beat-banging and bottle-popping festivities are several layers of garbage pummeled into the sand. The daily remains left behind include beer cans, liquor bottles, cigarettes, sandals and countless other random items that cause damage to the beaches and marine life. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that plastic debris adversely affects at least 267 species globally, including 86 percent of sea turtles, 44 percent of seabirds and 43 percent of marine mammals. The most common threats to wildlife include both physical hazards from ingestion…
