Poet tells of inspirations, influences

Wendy Barker visits DMC for reading, talks with students Poet Wendy Barker greeted Del Mar College with her poetry as part of the Library Poetry Series on Feb. 14 for an hourlong reading packed with words and metaphors about Barker’s life. “I liked that there was lots of humor and profanity in her poetry,” surgical tech major Briana Martinez said. Associate of Arts English Professor Sara Kaplan chose Barker to visit campus. “We are literature. It’s not who we read, it’s who we are. Who we read makes us who we are,” Kaplan previously told the Foghorn News when Barker’s…

Three films to check out before Oscars

With the 90th Academy Awards just around the corner, I thought it would be fitting to shine the spotlight on three particular Best Picture nominees that are important for students to see. I believe these films are applicable to young life. The first film on my must-watch list is “Dunkirk,” directed by Christopher Nolan. You may remember Nolan as the birther of the famous Dark Knight trilogy. Well, “Dunkirk” is a masterpiece for students. The film tells the violent war story of the battle at Dunkirk. It is brilliantly shot. The primary message students can take from this film is…

Corpus Christi to get a little honky tonky

Corpus Christi Live! will present method performer, actor and singer Jason Petty for the Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes Tour show. Petty, a University of Tennessee graduate and native of Manchester, Tennessee, will be portraying his childhood hero, Hank Williams. Petty remembers his dad singing Hank’s hit song “Hey Good Lookin’” to him when he was just a boy. Petty has garnered rave reviews from critics such as The New York Times, Variety and Rolling Stone. “I like every aspect of music he brings to the table,” CC Live! Board member Lynn Worden said about Petty’s skill as a…

Neeson returns to form in an average thriller

‘The Commuter’ entertains despite some potholes The 2018 action thriller “The Commuter” is a portrayal of everyday routine gone horribly wrong. Liam Neeson is that commuter, Michael McCauley, an ex-NYPD officer now turned insurance salesman. He gave up all the complications of being a police officer and is now a devoted family man with a mortgage. He goes through the same routine every day, gets up in the morning, and takes the same train to and from work. But one day when he meets a mysterious woman named Joanna (Vera Farmiga) and she tells him she has a “job” for…

Be entertained, enlightened at movie series

Del Mar to screen different film every Friday in library The following films will be screened this semester as part of the Curricular Enrichment Film Series. Movies are shown at 2 p.m. Fridays in Room 530 of the White Library.   ‘13 HOURS’ (Jan. 26) This film, directed by Michael Bay and based on the book by Mitchell Zuckoff of the same name, chronicles the fight to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, after onslaught terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2012. ‘DENIAL’ (Feb. 2) This film is a British-American historical drama based on Deborah Lipstadt’s book “History on…