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Know the rules before you head to the beach

Andrew-Pól ClementsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Violations can result in jail, fines of several hundred dollars or more With spring break nearly here, many students and residents will likely already have plans to head out to the beach and enjoy the spring weather while it lasts. If you happen to be one of them and are currently counting down the days until you can put away your schoolbooks and pick up your surfboard or fishing gear, you should refresh yourself on the city’s beach rules. In Corpus Christi and the surrounding area, there are two types of beaches: Gulf beaches and beaches within city limits. Gulf…

Campus

Regents approve tuition increase

Andrew-Pól ClementsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

The Del Mar Board of Regents approved a tuition increase of $2 per credit hour at its regular Feb. 14 meeting. The tuition increase will go into effect during the fall 2023 semester. Administration staff presented proposals for a $1, $2 or $3 per credit hour tuition increase to the board to aid in covering an increase in operating costs due to inflation as well as paying for past-due maintenance costs amounting to as much as $150 million. During the presentation, staff assured the board that the annual increase in financial aid grants provided to students would cover the increased…

Campus

New DMC regent sworn in

Andrew-Pól ClementsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Anantha Babbili a former administrator, professor at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi The Del Mar Board of Regents appointed and swore in Anantha Babbili to the vacant at-large seat on Feb. 14. He will serve in the position through 2024. Since the resignation of Linda Villarreal, effective Jan. 1, the Del Mar College Board of Regents has received and reviewed several applications to fill her vacant At-large seat. Before the board’s Feb. 14 regular meeting, the board interviewed three candidates for the seat during a special called meeting. Of the three candidates, the board elected to appoint Babbili, a former administrator and…

Campus, Community

Meetings at DMC focus on city’s drought plan

Andrew-Pól ClementsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

City councilman, officials meet with residents to go over proposed changes City Councilman and Del Mar College history professor Jim Klein held two public hearings at Heritage Campus on Feb. 7 and Feb. 9 to discuss the City Council’s proposed changes to the city’s drought contingency plan. The hearings were also attended by the chief operating officer for water utilities, Mike Murphy; the city’s water resource manager, Estabon Ramos; and Corpus Christi Water’s community outreach specialist, Erin Hawkins. Klein held the hearings to receive public comment on the proposed changes to the city’s drought contingency plan. The proposed changes are…

Campus

Renovations continue for another year

Andrew-Pól ClementsMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

White Library planned for completion in late 2023, set to open in spring 2024 In 2014, Del Mar College District taxpayers voted to approve a $157 million bond to fund capital improvements on the Heritage and Windward Campuses. Nine years later, construction crews are still hard at work trying to turn those plans into reality. The most prominent area of construction work currently ongoing at Del Mar College is Heritage Campus’ White Library. The $21.1 million renovation began construction in the summer of 2021 and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2023, according to Del Mar College’s Department of…