Author: Pearl Adams

Campus, Community

DMC’s bachelor’s degrees offer students a cost-effective solution

Pearl Adams

Del Mar College offers two bachelor’s degree programs, one in Nurse Education-RN to BSN and the other in Organizational Management and Leadership.  This allows students to continue their education in the Coastal Bend while also saving money. Both programs are designed for students who have already earned an associate degree and want to advance their education. The RN to BSN program gives the opportunity for registered nurses to strengthen their clinical skills and develop their roles in leadership and education in the healthcare field.  The Organizational Management and Leadership program allows students with any associates degree to increase their skills…

Campus

Del Mar poet laureate Alan Berecka returns

Pearl Adams

Students and community members are invited to an evening of creativity and expression at the White Library on Heritage Campus on April 15.  In celebration of National Poetry month, DMC Libraries is hosting an open mic poetry event, offering a voice for all experience levels to be heard. The poetry open mic will be from 5:30-7:15 p.m. in the White Library Café.  The event will feature local Poet Laureate Alan Berecka. An accomplished writer with three published poetry books and another on the way, Berecka is known for his thought-provoking performances.  Berecka, a retired Del Mar College librarian, used to…

Campus, Student Spotlight

Vocal Vikings’ team captain continues winning streak

Pearl Adams

Del Mar College Vocal Vikings continue to find success at multiple speech and debate tournaments, led by team captain Elyda Vasquez, who has brought back trophies from every tournament she has attended since the fall semester.   In the Fall, Vasquez won second place in Poetry and Prose at the TIFA competition and first place at Nations in Programmed Oral Interpretation (POI) at the Off-Broadway Speech Tournament in New York. Vasquez has been competing in speech and debate competitions since the seventh grade.  Winning first place in five competitions along with second in another five within her history on the…

Community

Corpus Christi a snooze-fest according to national study

Pearl Adams

A recent study by FinanceBuzz evaluated 75 of the nation’s largest cities to find the most boring spot. Corpus Christi landed at the number three spot. FinanceBuzz took into account multiple data points to rank the cities on an “excitement” scale from 0-100. They considered the growing population of younger people compared to older generations, along with culture, diversity and entertainment. Ranking at number one was Jacksonville, Florida with an overall excitement score of 14.3/100. Both Texas and Florida earned two spots each in the top 10: Tallahassee and Jacksonville in Florida and Corpus Christi and San Antonio in Texas.…

Campus

Young adults historically apathetic voters

Pearl Adams

Voter turnout trends for young adults highlight a complex mix of enthusiasm and disengagement, and includes obstacles that decide whether they will show up at the polls. A 2025 study conducted by the Center of Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement by Tufts University estimates that roughly 47% of registered youth cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election. A higher percentage of eligible 18- to 29-year-olds are engaging more strongly in the presidential elections than they are in the mid-term elections. Mid-term turnouts remained far lower at just under 25% nationally in 2022, emphasizing the persistent gap…