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Suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in Texas and the second leading cause of death for ages 15-34 in the state, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Del Mar on Sept. 13-14 held its fourth annual Coastal Bend Suicide Prevention Symposium. The event included speaker Andrea Potter, director of Access Services at Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County, who spoke about facts and myths of suicide, information about other mental illnesses and resources available. “Only 41% of people with a mental illness will access mental health services,” Potter said. Potter said one reason events surrounding mental…

By Kaliegh Benck / Editor-in-chief If there’s anything Ramon “Doc” Mayfield has to share with those inspiring to go back to school it’s that it’s never too late to learn. At the ripe age of 82, Doc is the oldest student in Del Mar College’s industrial machining program. Set to graduate this spring, Doc has delved himself back into the college scene for the second time in his life. Doc graduated from Del Mar’s chiropractic program in 1958, too far back for the campus database to pull up his previous records. Randy Glasson, instructor of Industrial Machining Applied Technology, brags…