Author: Aubree Curran

Community

Corpus Christi neighborhood under attack

Aubree Curran

“We don’t allow other people to speak to who we are. We speak, we define who we are, and we are a neighborhood.” Longtime Hillcrest resident Henry Williams Hillcrest, a historically African American neighborhood first established in the Jim Crow-era, is no stranger to the industrialization of Corpus Christi, with refineries prominently located in their backyards.   It’s an ongoing issue, accounting for the dwindling number of residents in the neighborhood over the years, and one the remaining residents figured had been settled when the federal government stepped in and offered a housing buyout back in 2015, after a Title VI…

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Cast shares their thoughts on upcoming show

Aubree Curran

The drama department’s upcoming musical performance, “The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee,” excites more than just the cast according to its various student performers. “This is the kind of show where there’s no real fourth wall, so if you’re sitting in the audience, you’ve come to the spelling bee and I’m going to look at you and I’m going to talk to you because I can and do see you,” cast member Mia Dobbins explained. She also mentioned the musical’s built-in audience participation moments as one of her most favorite aspects.  Dobbins plays the role of Olive Ostrovsky, who she…

Campus, Community

Providing a helping hand for others

Aubree Curran

In 10 years where do you see yourself? Is it rich and famous? Becoming the parent you always wanted? Paying off all your student debt?  For Del Mar College student and drama major, Ethan Sullivan it’s just the matter of being happy.  “For me that doesn’t mean being the number one movie star that you see in every movie, I don’t want to be in every movie,” Sullivan said. “I don’t want to be a broadway star that you see in every musical either, I can barely sing.”  “The way that I live my life is I do what is…

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Student Spotlight: Finding focus and clarity through weightlifting

Aubree Curran

What sport teaches discipline, routine, commitment and healthy eating habits all at once? According to Del Mar College student and respiratory therapy major, Javier Salas, powerlifting does just that which is why he decided to pursue it even after receiving his high school diploma. “I really enjoy seeing kids lift not only on a team but just in general,” said Salas’s former London High School powerlifting coach, Tony Ramon. “Javi was definitely an asset to the team from just his freshman year. He may have not thought so, but just from working his numbers all the way to his senior…

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Student spotlight: Female welder breaks generational curse

Aubree Curran

What’s your definition of the American dream? Maybe it’s a nice house, maybe it’s having your own sky view office, or maybe it’s all of the above. But for Del Mar College welding student, Joanna Tello, it’s a matter of breaking her generational curse of poor education. A dream made possible, as she put it, through the help of Del Mar College. According to DMC welding instructor, Richard Lugo, he estimates a total of 10-15 female students throughout the whole program, Tello included. An unfortunate occurrence as Lugo describes the opinion of many instructors on their female welding students.  “Honestly…