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Putting the ‘I’ in America
First-time voters become part of the power force in upcoming elections Turning 18 comes with a lot of milestones, but voting is especially important this year because it’s the midterm election after the controversial election of President Donald Trump. Collegiate High School senior Sam Muilenburg grew up hearing about the day of her birth because it fell on the unusual election of George W. Bush and Al Gore in 2000. The vote in Florida was too close to call, which left the nation without knowing which candidate would become president. The United States Supreme Court eventually ruled to stop the…
Age not a factor with education
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…
Del Mar film series aims to educate and entertain
Azrael Montoya amontoya@foghornnews.com Del Mar College will screen “The Burning Bed” as part of its weekly film enrichment series. The 1984 made-for TV movie starring Farrah Faucet tells of a wife on trial for the murder of her husband after being in an abusive relationship for 13 years. It will be shown at 2 p.m. Feb. 24 in Room 530 of the White Library. The film series was started in 2000 by two late librarians, Reference Librarian David Martin and Library Director Chris Tetzlaff-Belhassen. The screenings usually attract around 25 people, said Merry Bortz, head of library technical services.…