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Del Mar helps vets to succeed

New Association aims to help those who have served By Alexandria Rodriguez / Reporter Each semester about 1,000 students at Del Mar College use veterans benefits, according to Tammy Micallef, coordinator of the college’s Veterans Center. To find out if they are eligible for benefits, veterans have to contact the Department of Veterans Affairs, which will send them a letter notifying them what benefits they are eligible for. “Once they receive a letter from the VA that tells them what they are eligible for, they bring it here, and we process that benefit for them” Micallef said. “For Texas benefits, which is Hazlewood,…

Not just for the aesthetics: Small changes for Earth Day can have lasting impact

Another Earth Day has passed, with special events and celebrations. But Earth Day shouldn’t just be a social media post we  make every year. The day was created in 1970 as a response to pollution and environmental damage humans have contributed to. It was the beginning of the modern environmental movement.  Earth Day is meant to be an opportunity for us, as humans, to show how we can help Mother Earth by doing significant environmental acts such as community cleanups, planting trees, and recycling. “We are protecting the Earth now for our future generations,” Del Mar student Madi Harlow said…

District 1 applications still being accepted

Regents seek to fill seat following death of Gabe Rivas The Board of Regents has extended the application deadline for the District 1 seat until Sept. 22. The decision to extend the original Sept. 8 deadline another two weeks was “due to a holiday weekend, back-to-school schedules and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” Board Chair Carol Scott said in a Del Mar College press release. The board began the search for a new member following the death of Regent Gabe Rivas III, who died Aug. 5 from complications of COVID-19. “We will strive to find the best representative for District 1…