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Power play leads to series win by IceRays

The Corpus Christi IceRays opened the Hilliard Center to fans on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 against the El Paso Rhinos, their first games without goaltender Vladislav Bryzgalov, who earned a tryout contract with the ECHLs Tulsa Oilers. Griffin Wright started in the net on Saturday’s game, where he blocked 17 shots-on-goal. Despite his performance, the IceRays fell 1-2 to the Rhinos, ending their 4-0 series streak.  Just five minutes in, IceRays forward Willem Kerr received a minor penalty for cross-checking. Rhinos forward Raphael Laviolette scored a power play goal at 14:56 in the first period against the IceRays, assisted…

Women engineers – making the impossible possible

Meagan Falcon / Reporter It has always been difficult being a woman in a male-dominated society, but times are definitely changing as women are becoming the new faces of engineering, and engineering industries in both private and military sectors are looking for women in particular. Del Mar College hosted the event Women in Engineering on Nov. 5 in the Venters Building. Everyone was welcome to the event to listen to the guest speakers — Naval Commander Amanda Brooks, a mechanical engineer for the Navy, and Amanda Marie Estrada, a former National Science Foundation scholar and civil/architectural engineer for Kiewit Industries. Engineering…

Youngsters create, race robots

65 local middle, high school students spend summer learning After spending seven weeks preparing, Shiyeon Kim, along with 64 other young geniuses, was finally ready to race robots. Del Mar College’s Corpus Christi Prefreshman Engineering Program summer camp provided sixth- through ninth-graders with the opportunity to get a head start in science and mathematics, with curriculum emphasizing work in computer science and engineering. “It’s very hands on, which is great,” said Shiyeon, a 10th grade Ray High School student. The camp was free to participants thanks to donations by Flint Hills Resources, which presented a $51,000 robot-shaped check to the…