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Student spotlight: From NFL dreams to healing hands

Aubree Curran

Everyone has goals, everyone has dreams, but not everyone has the opportunity to make them a reality. For Del Mar College student and kinesiology major Ace Navarijo, this statement became his untimely truth after enduring a Friday night high school football game that forever altered his path. A path, according to Navarijo, that had been set in stone for him since he could remember. “My biggest dream growing up, I wanted to play in the NFL,” Navarijo said. “I felt that that was my only way of providing back to my parents and every penny that they used on me…

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Latest news on construction for Heritage Campus library

Aubree Curran

A new year brings new updates on DMC construction, and possibly new project announcements as well. As far as the highly anticipated new White Library on Heritage Campus, Cody Gregg, dean of learning resources, said he hopes the renovated building will open this summer. “We would like to be able to open the library up by June/July, bet there are a few things that are going on with construction that may delay this,” Gregg said. According to Gregg, one of the top priorities of the library is to move things back in, which is also delaying the opening. “The reason…

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Career Development Office offers career opportunities and networking with other local companies

Mark Garcia

Jennifer Gonzales has been the director of Career Development since 2019 and still gets goosebumps when she explains what she sees as her favorite part of her job. “The most rewarding part of this job is seeing the career counselors interact with our students and see the students go through every stage of the process,” Gonzales said. According to Gonzales, a popular service the student body uses is the one-on-one counseling sessions with career counselors, but the department provides more than just this one service. “The top services that are being used by the student body have been choosing a…

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Heritage campus works on ‘cat colony program’ for strays on campus

Andrew-Pól Clements

The Physical Facilities Department is drafting plans to have Heritage Campus designated as a cat colony. For years, Heritage Campus has served as home to a number of stray cats. They have found home in the crawlspaces below the buildings and are kept well fed by campus faculty and staff. Over the years, some of them have even earned endearing or humorous names, given to them by their human neighbors. The Physical Facilities Department has since begun drafting plans to make Heritage Campus a better place for its feline inhabitants. According to John Strybos, vice president of Physical Facilities, one…

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DMC Stone Writing Center offered on and off campus

Kat Van Nice

For almost 50 years, the Stone Writing Center has been providing one-on-one writing assistance to Del Mar College students, whether virtually or in-person. The Stone Writing Center offers more than just English course essay help. Staff also assist with resume writing, application essays and even news writing. Zakria Mohammad, a kinesiology major, said college courses differ greatly from high school courses, requiring more attention span and research. “It was kind of scary at first. Whenever you sit down and your first essay gets handed to you, you’re like, ‘Oh man what do I do?’ and it’s difficult,” Mohammad said. “Once…