Local youth create their own video games

Ashlee Burns After completing the start/stop sequences of her very own Lego character, student Amryss Rodriguez knew she was one step closer to creating her own video game. While many of her peers are spending their summer playing video games, Amryss, along with several other local youths, are learning to make their own games at Del Mar College’s technology camp. The second annual six-week camp offers local elementary and middle schoolers the opportunity to work with high-tech programs that will allow them to build, create and design their own computer programs, apps and animations. “This is new to me,” Amryss…

Youngsters create, race robots

65 local middle, high school students spend summer learning After spending seven weeks preparing, Shiyeon Kim, along with 64 other young geniuses, was finally ready to race robots. Del Mar College’s Corpus Christi Prefreshman Engineering Program summer camp provided sixth- through ninth-graders with the opportunity to get a head start in science and mathematics, with curriculum emphasizing work in computer science and engineering. “It’s very hands on, which is great,” said Shiyeon, a 10th grade Ray High School student. The camp was free to participants thanks to donations by Flint Hills Resources, which presented a $51,000 robot-shaped check to the…

Counseling Center to expand at West Campus

Department also plans group sessions for fall semester After helping more than 4,000 students in the past year, the Counseling Center hopes to do even more to address students’ growing needs this year. The department has seen a 40 percent increase in use by students and will be expanding the West Campus counseling office into a full functioning Counseling Center. The center will be located in Health Science Building 1, Room 262, and is expected to be completed by the first day of the fall semester. “The purpose of all of our programs is prevention and to meet the needs…

This summer, it’s game on

Local youths spend their break learning to make video games   After completing the start/stop sequences of her very own Lego character, student Amryss Rodriguez knew she was one step closer to creating her own video game. While many of her peers are spending their summer playing video games, Amryss, along with several other local youths, are learning to make their own games at Del Mar College’s technology camp. The second annual six-week camp offers local elementary and middle schoolers the opportunity to work with high-tech programs that will allow them to build, create and design their own computer programs, apps…

English Building demolition resumes

General Academic, Music Building to be built at site After a three-week delay, demolition of the exterior of the English Building resumed Monday. Crews started tearing down the building on July 16. The project originally was expected to take two weeks. The building is being torn down to make way for the construction on the General Academic and Music Building Phase II. The demolition is now expected to take another two weeks, according to Manuel Echabarria, a worker with Barlett Cocke Contractors, which is handling the demolition. GAMB Phase II is estimated to cost $46 million, which is being funded…