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Opinion: America …what the hell have we become?

Philip J. PerezNovember 15, 2021November 15, 2021

Dear America, what the hell is wrong with you? It’s hard to narrow down to just one complaint because lately, society has taken so many steps back with the lack of common sense and decency that it’s hard to imagine a return back to normalcy … EVER! From 2016 to present day, society has turned into a giant ball of cluster-f*#! that continues to grow like a snowball going down a mountain. Many can argue that it didn’t start there but these past few years have been predominantly stupid. Let’s start with 2016. America was tired of politics as usual…

Campus, Education

SGA gets creative with outreach

Philip J. PerezNovember 1, 2021November 1, 2021

When Del Mar went virtual in spring 2020, the closures impacted the way students were able to interact with one another and altered the college community experience. The Office of Student Leadership and Campus Life and the Student Government Association got together to brainstorm a way to keep students engaged through the pandemic. “When the pandemic hit, we all sat down together to see how we can make this virtual,” said SGA President Sofia Jimenez. “We did a lot of work with the IT department to set it all up and everybody in the whole office pitched in.” Once set…

Opinions

Baldwin should share the blame in death

Philip J. PerezNovember 1, 2021November 10, 2022

Details continue to emerge weeks after the accidental shooting involving actor Alec Baldwin in Albuquerque, New Mexico, bringing new questions to light. What we know is that on Oct. 21, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally wounded on the set of Baldwin’s movie “Rust” after the actor pointed a “prop gun” at the camera lens and fired. Director Joel Souza was also wounded. We know that after preparing the set that morning, including checking props, there was a break for lunch, and everyone was shuttled off set for food. What is not clear is whether props, including the Colt .45 revolver…

Campus

Food pantry sees demand rise

Philip J. PerezOctober 19, 2021December 16, 2021

More students seeking assistance from Viking Food Pantry this semester The Viking Food Pantry is on pace to distribute over 20,000 pounds of food this semester to Del Mar students, according to its director. In its first year of operation in 2019, the pantry only served 15 students but that changed once Travis Collingsworth, a social work major at Texas &M University–Kingsville and DMC alumnus, came to the program. “They didn’t have a full-time pantry person,” Collingsworth said. “As soon as I got here, we had a 200 to 300% increase. We were serving 60 to 80 students a month…

Campus

Del Mar unveils new logo, more

Philip J. PerezSeptember 15, 2021September 15, 2021

Campuses also receive new names as part of rebranding effort After less than a decade, Del Mar College has a new look, as well as new names for its campuses. Part of the rebranding includes an updated logo and tagline. The new logo has a wave underneath the DMC brand. The second part of the process was the renaming of the campuses to Heritage, Windward and Oso Creek, formerly East, West and South campuses, respectively. Lorette Williams, executive director for Marketing and Communications for Del Mar, made the final presentation of the DMC Rebranding Initiative project to the college’s Board…