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Harvin Center gets new look, better vibe

Student Affairs budgeted $125,000 for revamp, to be done by spring Travis Pettis tpettis@foghornnews.com Students may have noticed that the Harvin Center looks different this fall. After almost a decade of looking the same the first floor of the Harvin Center on Del Mar’s East Campus was redesigned and painted over the summer. Student Affairs was given the go-ahead to start planning the new look for the center. Christopher Hernandez, administrative assistant to the associate vice president of Student Affairs, was given the task of the redesign. “We wanted to give it a face-lift, to not only lift campus pride…

Regents approve 2017-18 tuition increase

With costs rising and funding on the decline, the Board of Regents expressed regret as it approved a tuition increase for the 2017-18 academic year. “This is unpleasant,” Regent Sandra Messbarger said before the vote. “This is not something we want to do.” Based on growing enrollment, the anticipated rise in costs for operation and an expected decrease in state appropriations the board was recommended to raise tuition for students. The motion, passed with an 8-1 vote, will raise tuition by $5 per credit hour for students next year. This is the first time  tuition has been raised in three fiscal…

Are you ready for some football? They are!

It was apparent that flag football had been the sport most students were waiting for this semester by the early entries in the Intramural Kickoff back in early September. When game day arrived, more than 60 had signed up for what is traditionally Del Mar’s most popular intramural sport. Last year just 24 suited up to play. This amount of impromptu scheduling and organizing could have easily given the staff a hard time but given how deep the schedule was it seems they were prepared for many students to register late. “The fact that we have a couple more workers…