Author: Bill Eaves

Campus, Featured

City’s strays are a problem on campus

Bill Eaves

Del Mar College has logged seven reported dog attacks so far in 2024. Four dog attacks were reported directly to the DMC Police while the other three were reported to Corpus Christi Animal Care Services. Of the four attacks reported to campus police, three injuries were reported including one DMC student, one Collegiate High School student and one community member on campus looking to file his taxes on campus. The fourth attack was on a DMC staff member, but the dogs snagged the staff’s pant leg with no injury.  Even though there hasn’t been an attack since February, Del Mar…

Campus, Featured

An early look inside the renovations to White Library

Bill Eaves

The Del Mar College White Library is edging closer to completion as crews work to finish in time for its tentative opening in Spring 2025. Cody Gregg, Dean of Learning Resources, has headed up the reconstruction of the White Library, and gave a tour to show off the progress made since construction began in early 2022. Most of the construction is finished, and workers are putting together furniture and laying out each room according to posted floor plans. Each floor has had an overhaul. The fifth floor has been redesigned to provide a 360-degree panoramic view of the city. Those…

Features

Nueces County sees increase in STDS

Bill Eaves

With the new school year underway, new waves of young men and women have hit the Del Mar College walkways, eager to enjoy the college experience. Unfortunately for some, part of that experience is a painful one: sexually transmitted infections Employees of the Women’s and Men’s Health Services of the Coastal Bend have been setting up a kiosk in the Harvin Center with informational pamphlets, condoms, and more, hoping to educate students regarding sexual health, and stop the spread of STIs. Christina Bonner, Chief Operating Officer of WAMHS, encourages students to utilize the services offered by the clinics. “Most of…

Campus

Lights out at DMC lighthouse

Bill Eaves

On June 7 the Del Mar Lighthouse was demolished by Camacho Demolition, after having been donated by the late Dusty Durrill in 2007. Dusty Durrill started a foundation in the name of his daughter Devary, who was killed in October 1978 when her Ford Mustang II burst into flames when rear-ended. Durill filed a lawsuit against Ford, won, and started a trust in his daughter’s name with the settlement. It was through the Devary Durrill Foundation that he donated many of the sculptures and artwork that Corpus Christi is known for, including the Mirador de la Flor and Selena statue…

Entertainment

‘Alien: Romulus’ revitalizes stale market of franchises

Bill Eaves

“Alien: Romulus” is the canonically 7th movie in Ridley Scott’s Alien Franchise, written and directed by Fede Alvarez and produced by Scott.  Fans of the Alien franchise, of which I include myself, have been counting our chickens since Alvarez was announced to helm the picture – many fans of his Evil Dead remake as well as his original horror, “Don’t Breath”.  We believed in Alvarez’ horror pedigree, and had high hopes for the gore and terror he could bring to the always endangered employees of Weyland-Yutani. And boy did he deliver. Much like Remus and Romulus founded Rome to unite…