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Category: Campus
Human trafficking summit to be held at Del Mar College
Raul Alonzo/Staff Writer State Representative Todd Hunter will be heading an all-day summit concerning human trafficking on the Del Mar College campus on March 29th, open to the public. Beginning at 8:00 am with registration and coffee for attendees, the summit will consist of seven presentations throughout the day by keynote speakers followed by panel discussions comprised of community leaders, law experts and advocacy groups. “This is a critical issue to the state, Texas needs to educate and bring this issue to the public. Texas has an opportunity to be a leader nationwide in creating laws to combat human trafficking,”…
DMC Student Nursing Association hosts Easter Egg Hunt
Jeni Buitron – Staff Writer Hiding over thousands of candy filled Easter eggs the Del Mar student Nurses Association will be hosting its Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday March 31, 2012 from 10-11am. The event will take place at Del Mar College West campus, in the grassy common area between Emerging Technology and Health Sciences Buildings. Bring your children and their Easter baskets for fun, food, and entertainment. The event will begin with a guest speaker who will lead the children in some physical activity and teach the importance of a healthy lifestyle along with the importance of…
Stone Writing Center moving to new location
Lucerito Martinez/Staff Writer Known for assisting students with writing services both online and in person, the Stone Writing Center (SWC) will be moving to a new location, the 4th floor of the White Library after this semester. The move is the result of the demolition of the SWC’s building and the Writing Center staff plans to have the center up and running in its new location by summer. Several factors contributed to the demolition of the SWC’s building which included necessary restorations totaling over $1 million – $250,000 for asbestos repairs and $1 million dollars in air-conditioning upgrades due to…
The Magic behind the Gathering
Brittni Young / Web Editor Technology has advanced its way into entertaining individuals, but some of the classic forms of entertainment still remain popular in culture. Trade card gaming or collectible card games have remained a favorable and popular entertainment among many worldwide. Trade card games involve collecting playing cards to use for strategic game play. Magic: The Gathering is one of the earliest card games that set the popular trend for the trade card gaming world since 1993. Magic The Gathering is a strategy game that allows players who play as a planeswalker, a powerful wizard, to build…
Bookstore under new management
Kelsey Heatley /Associate Editor The Del Mar Bookstore in the Harvin Center is under new management. The bookstore went under new management on March 19th 2011 and is managed by TBC. Book storeowner Mark Ruiz, has high expectations for the bookstore under new management. “We aim to provide students with new Del Mar Spirit items, a broader selection of electronics and convenience items as well as working to provide each student with the overall lowest cost on textbooks,” Ruiz said. The Texas bookstore began operations August 1975, in Greenville, Texas. Originally offering used books to small colleges and universities.…
DMC Professor Profile
Dr. Maria Veronica Pantoja English Instructor I got my AA from Del Mar, my BA and MA in English from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and my PhD in Rhetoric, Composition and Linguistics from Arizona State University. I worked at Del Mar in the Stone Writing Center from 1989 to around 1996. After my time in Arizona, I moved back to Corpus and began working at Del Mar again in 2009. Del Mar’s in my blood! I guess always wanted to be an English major mainly because I was an avid reader growing up, and I enjoyed the world of words and…
46th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show
[slideshow] You can view the live pieces of the 46th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show at Del Mar College East Campus Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery in the Fine Arts Center. The gallery will be displayed through May 4, 2012.