Sound Engineering students apply their skills at Día de los Muertos Festival

Del Mar College’s Sound Engineering Program got a chance to let students practice their skills at the annual Día de los Muertos festival Oct. 29. The students ran the sound for the Funky Rockin’ Soul stage on Mesquite Street next to La Retama Park. “There’s nothing like hands-on experience,” said Josh de Leon, one of the many sound engineering students who participated in the event. “A festival is a perfect way for all of us to run sound and trade out different jobs. Without this opportunity we wouldn’t be able to practice our skills that we learned in class.” Andrew…

Can you escape in time to save the world?

Escape Room scenario involves zombie apocalypse Imagine being locked in a room with a group of strangers and you only have 45 minutes to stop the mad scientist who has plotted to start the zombie apocalypse. You are mankind’s only hope, but the question is, can you save us all? Students got a chance to experience the Escape Room on Oct. 20 inside the Harvin Center in the Retama Room to get into the spirit of Halloween. “The Escape Room was awesome,” said Jennifer Aguirre. “It gets your adrenaline running to get things done and work as a team to…

Going Purple to make a difference

Community gathers in support of domestic violence awareness “It takes everybody in the community to end the violence,” said Frances Wilson, president/CEO of the Women’s Shelter of South Texas, on the importance of combating domestic violence. The shelter hosted its third annual Safe Families Festival at Del Mar College’s East Campus on Oct.1 to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  One in three women and one in four men have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. A Women’s Shelter of South Texas 2015 report also showed that the facility provided domestic violence services to 2,830 adults…

Public takes stand to end the violence

200 support to move legislation process by Jan.10 The room was silent and all eyes were on Danna Damore as she held back tears listening to an audience member recount her court case, which happened early Oct. 4, to a large audience at the town hall meeting at Del Mar College’s Center for Economic Development. Her assailant asked for the judge to remove his GPS bracelet because of his positive progress in a Batterers Intervention and Prevention Program, but Damore pleaded with the judge, “If you take off his bracelet, I will be dead.” The judge acted in Damore’s favor…

Richardson still under renovation

It’s been more that three months since the Richardson Performance Hall suffered severe damage from heavy rains back in May, and on Aug. 30 Del Mar College opened its doors to the media to show the current condition of the building’s renovation. “When we first saw the damage the following Monday we were able to watch on the security cameras exactly what happened in that overnight timeframe,” said Bill Wilson, vice president/principal of WKMC architects as well as the coordinating architect for Del Mar College. The hall has withstood numerous hurricanes and tropical storms in its 65-year history, but this…

‘Stranger Things’ offers a sense of mystery, nostalgia

If you haven’t seen Netflix’s new popular series “Stranger Things” yet, you really should, but fair warning — you may not get enough of it once starting. Set in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, in November 1983, 12-year-old Will Byers vanishes mysteriously. Will’s mother, Joyce, becomes frantic and tries to find him while Police Chief Jim Hopper begins investigating, and so do Will’s friends Dustin, Mike and Lucas. The next day, the boys find an extraordinary girl with psychokinetic abilities and in return she helps find Will. As they uncover the truth, a sinister government agency tries to cover…

Research day features local science students

  Photos by Meagan Falcon/Foghorn Graham Hatfull, professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, served as the keynote speaker and presented a presentation on his research. Hatfull’s research focuses on the molecular genetics of the mycobacteria and their bacteriophages. Del Mar College student-researchers who performed research at locations across the nation presented a poster session afterwards on April 29 in the White Library for Student Research Day. Graham Hatfull, a professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, served as the keynote speaker and presented an “Exploration and Exploitation of Mycobacteriophages” on his research focusing on the molecular…

Benghazi survivor shares story of the chaos

As Mark Geist was running for cover, he could feel the burning and piercing sensation of the shrapnel in his body slowly getting deeper with each hurried motion. It was in this moment that Geist knew he was fighting the battle of his life. Geist had the audience in Richardson Performance Hall nearly at the edge of their seats as he shared his riveting first-hand account of what happened in Benghazi in September 2012. Geist visited Del Mar College for the April 6 Nueces County Republican Women’s monthly meeting. “For us, it was like any other night because every day…

Week of the Young Child

Meagan Falcon/Foghorn Aven Patterson dances as the Center for Early Learning children sing to “One Love” while playing hand made instruments on the last day of the Week of the Young Child. April 10-16 marks the Week of the Young Child. Each year, schools across the country celebrate children and bring awareness to their needs by organizing special activities and events recognizing children, their families and the teachers in their lives. DMC Center for Early Learning had children learn to be creative in art, food and music. On April 15, children sang “One Love” while playing hand made musical instruments…

19th year of Inovidable

Dancers lined up backstage in their finest costumes as they prepared to walk on the dance floor in front of a crowded auditorium. Many wore colorful Jalisco dresses layered with exquisite ribbons while the men wore their classic charro ensembles topped with decorative sombreros. These dancers changed quickly from outfit to outfit several times throughout the evening so they could show off and perform the sets they practiced all year. Samuel Alcorta, instructor of Alcorta’s Folklórica, yelled to the dancers backstage at Richardson Performance Hall on April 8: “Tamaulipas, you’re up after this next set. Hurry up and change!” Inovidable…