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Viking volunteers work with community

The Viking Volunteers program was established in spring 2013 following the realization by Del Mar College’s Student Government Association that many students were offering both their time and services to the Corpus Christi community. Although some students are required as part of their course curriculum to participate in volunteer work, any student who wishes to volunteer can be a part of the program regardless of their area of study. Some of the volunteer work that has been provided since the program began includes building houses for Habitat for Humanity, multiple hours spent sorting through food for families and those in…

DMC, KEDT join forces for StoryCorps project

Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com A rainy day did not stop members of Del Mar College and KEDT from coming together for the kickoff of StoryCorps coming to Corpus Christi. StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that was created to record the conversations of everyday Americans, which are then logged in the Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. It has become one of the largest oral history projects, with over 65,000 interviews from all 50 states, and will now include 150 conversations from the people of Corpus Christi. The kickoff opened with Don Dunlap, the KEDT president and general manager, saying he…

Texas continues to push abstinence-only education, regardless of results

Mia Estrada Collegiate High School “When I first told my parents I was pregnant, they were upset about it and some stuff happened so I cried for three days straight and didn’t go to school,” said Miranda Nava, 17, a junior at Collegiate High School. As Nava would walk down the hall, she always noticed familiar faces staring at her. She felt shamed. “When I started showing, everybody just stared and people would literally call me fat,” Nava said. Along with schoolwork, Nava could hardly keep up with her courses. “It’s hard to focus knowing my baby isn’t with me…