Fire and festivities, DMC’s inaugural Viking Fest

Finals has approached all of us, and if you still do not know when your next final is we have the schedule up for you. So, get some rest. Eat a well balanced breakfast and lunch and study well. May the odds be ever in your favor! Author Meagan Falcon The reporters and the editors of The Foghorn News are students at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Foghorn staff has a passion for writing and informing the public on the important issues happening locally and nationally, but most importantly what is happening on and off the Del…

Lexy Garcia / Reporter In 2010, just 27 percent of registered voters in Texas cast ballots. Statistics show people younger than 30 are the least likely to vote. Del Mar College Professor James Klein said there are many reasons for this. “Motivating people to vote is difficult,” said Klein, assistant professor of history. Common excuses from students include that they don’t know the issues, and all politicians are crooks. “We live in a participatory democracy; it can only operate if people participate,” Klein said. Del Mar College student Thomas Stevenson, 18, said he is unlikely to vote this November. “I don’t…