Public Safety Complex captures fire on Del Mar’s West Campus

Cayce Berryman/Foghorn The damage left behind from the flames at the Public Safety Complex out on Del Mar College West Campus. Emergency responders responded to the call at 4:17 a.m. As flames spewed from within the Public Safety Complex on West Campus, Charles Miller was jolted awake by a phone call. He immediately took action. “I called everybody I could,” said Miller, Del Mar College’s superintendent of physical facilities. The Fire Department was already on the way after being alerted by an alarm at 4:17 a.m. March 30. Firefighters were unable to go inside because they were unsure about the…

Del Mar College raises scholarship funds at Bernie’s Famous Crawfish Boil

Photos by Cayce Berryman Concrete Street is no stranger to crowds who come to listen to a band play late into the night, but once a year, the Old Market Pavilion hosts a large crowd that comes to celebrate the Del Mar College Scholarship Foundation. And crawfish—lots of crawfish. April 7 was the eighth annual Bernie’s Famous Crawfish Boil, which helps raise funds for student scholarships through live and silent auctions, open scholarship donations and more. The event served more than 250 pounds of bright red crawfish and more than 125 pounds of shrimp, as well as the fixings including…

Del Mar College students play at new KEDT studio

Cayce Berryman (From left to right) Eric Shandy, Bradley Sosa and Michael Hernandez play as a trio in the KEDT studio on Thursday, Day 3 in the grand opening week of the new broadcasting station building. Behind the doors of the new KEDT building and through the glass window of the broadcasting room, the Del Mar College low brass ensemble played beautiful music that escaped through any radio tuned to 90.3 FM. Day 3 in KEDT’s grand opening festivities involved students from the DMC music department with Donald Pinson, assistant professor of trombone and low brass. The experience was different…

Public Complex in flames on West Campus March 30

While flames spewed within the Public Complex, the Fire Department was responding when they received alert at 4:17 a.m. When Charles Miller learned of the incident, he took action. “I called everybody I could,” he said. Cayce Berryman/Foghorn Emergency responders responded to a call at 4:17 am of a fire on Del Mar College’s West Campus. Superintendent of physical facilities at Del Mar College, Miller learned of the fire early in the morning and did what he knew to do. The Fire Department arrived to take care of the fire on Del Mar College’s West Campus, but they couldn’t go…

DMC raises stalking awareness

You never know who’s watching. That’s the warning representatives from the Corpus Christi Police Department Victim Assistance Program gave to Del Mar College students on Jan. 27. The event, held in recognition of National Stalker Awareness Month, focused on cyber stalking and how not to be a victim. “Privacy settings are no good. A lot of the things you know, or think you know, because you are tech savvy, you’re the first ones to come in crying because you said or did something you shouldn’t have,” said Debra Garcia, a victim case manager with the Victim Assistance Program. “Once it’s…