Resets, unchanged passwords cause lockouts

@BrittClaramunt bclaramunt@foghornnews.com Every returning student, faculty member and employee got a notification over the summer about resetting their WebDMC password. While this is extra security, it might take some getting use to. Viking Key is a new feature Del Mar introduced this past summer. The college implemented the password change management system to better protect students’ and staff’s data. Students, faculty and staff must reset their passwords every 120 days or they will be locked out from their WebDMC and Canvas accounts. Students will receive an email with a direct link to Viking Key to facilitate the password change. The…

New processes help to cut down lines

wmaxwell@foghornnews.com After having her classes dropped because of a server crash during spring 2017 registration, biology major Victoria Rios was in a state of distress. “I felt extremely stressed out, very scared, and I started worrying about my future,” Rios said. Fortunately for Rios and other students, Del Mar College has been making improvements to the registration process that should result in fewer lines, mishaps and headaches. One of those changes is the addition of more IT personnel on hand to help students with issues. Zach Spohn, a student computer specialist for IT, often finds himself helping students log into…

‘You’ll float too’ with suspense

Stephen King’s ‘IT’ gets a horrifying, bloody remake Bill Skarsgard plays a horrifying Pennywise in the new remake of the 1990 TV mini-series “IT,” based on the Stephen King novel published in 1986. The movie has already become the second largest grossing horror film in the box office history, behind the 1973 classic “The Exorcist.” Director Andy Muschietti gives fans the horror that was censored in the TV mini-series. “IT” is about a group of pre-teens coming together in the so-called “losers club” to fight a common enemy that just happens to be a shape-shifting demon named Pennywise the Dancing…