Group seeks items for food pantry

Legal Professions Assoc. taking donations to assist fellow Del Mar students Del Mar’s Legal Professions Association is putting together an on-campus project to assist the Viking Food Pantry.  The group is seeking donations of canned food, hygiene products, baby formula and other items for the drive, which runs through March 11. The Viking Food Pantry began in 2019 and has since grown to assist hundreds of students per year. Students are able to get up to 35 pounds of food twice a month as well as toiletries and other hygiene items. Classroom supplies such as erasers and pencils are also…

DMC offers new aid application

The DMC Foundation is now offering a new application that should help with some of the stress of applying for multiple scholarships. There is now a new application available to all current students attending Del Mar College, high school seniors in the DMC service area and all people planning to attend DMC in fall 2023 and/or winter 2024.  The foundation has awarded over $1.5 million to approximately 1,000 students for the 2022-23 academic year. “Scholarships provide an amazing opportunity for students to focus on their academics instead of worrying about how they will pay for college. Receiving a scholarship also…

Speaker connects Hispanic, African-American cultures

Alberto Rodriguez addressed the elephant in the room while giving a presentation for Black History Month. “You might be wondering, ‘Why is this Latino talking about African American History?’… Well, I think, as a scholar, we have been studying slavery the wrong way…brown people have a lot in common with black folks…,” Rodriguez, associate professor of history from A&M Kingsville, said at the Feb. 27 event at Heritage Campus. Throughout his presentation, Rodriguez mentioned how black and brown people have such a rich history with their connection to one another. “With these kinds of conversations, people approach me, they ask,…

Student Government Association seeks new leaders 

Meetings held on the third Wednesday of each month in the Harvin Center The Student Government Association is currently holding meetings for the 2023 spring semester. Students are encouraged to participate in the association to learn more about how they can be involved with activities and services around campus.   The association had two meetings since the start of the semester, with their primary agenda to motivate newcomers to become an active member.  “We inform the students about current student volunteer opportunities, club meetings, services available, and upcoming events,” Sofia Jimenez, the current acting SGA president, said of the importance…

Del Mar hosts national art show

Artist Barbara Simcoe serves as judge for annual drawing, sculpture show The Art and Drama Department kicked off its 57th annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show on Feb. 17, with a lecture given the previous day. This year’s guest juror for the show, Barbara Simcoe, an artist and professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, gave insight into her life and vision for art using multiple mediums such as oil paintings and graphite. A lot of her paintings are based on photos that she has taken on her travels around the world.  The department picked Simcoe to be this year’s…