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Talk focuses on health and wellness of DMC students Priscilla Boren pboren@foghornnews.com Eating well, sleeping enough, staying active — busy college students have been known to struggle with those issues and more. Fortunately, for the Del Mar College students, the Coun- seling Department is hosting a series of events to make life easier. A dozen students gathered in the Harvin Center on Sept. 29 for the department’s latest Be Well event, which covered topics on physical, mental and spiritual health. The informative and interactive talk featured tips on healthier living. The sessions were started to become an outreach for students concerned with…

Del Mar College has been preparing for an active shooter for eight years by conducting training with faculty and staff. In addition to any practical training completed, Lauren White, DMC’s interim chief of security, hopes more students prepare mentally for the event, even if the FBI says you have a higher chance of being killed by a lightning strike. “You have to be prepared to take action,” said White, a former Corpus Christi Police Department officer. “The mindset of people committing these acts is to find and kill as many people as possible.” White suggested that anyone caught in a…