A DEL MAR COLLEGE STUDENT PUBLICATION
Contributed photo by farm3.static.flickr.com Voting for the Teacher of the Year begins online Del Mar College students may go online to nominate and select their favorite professor for the 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year. One faculty member from each campus will be selected. To vote, log in to WebDMC account and select “Click Here to Vote” under “Announcements.” Voting ends April 6 and is limited to one vote per student.
Trey Seal/Staff Writer The Del Mar Poetry series has been a soapbox for big name poets around the nation to show off their talent for the past 8 years. Allan Berecka, the head coordinator of the event and Sara Kaplan, a creative writing teacher, are both published poets who will be featured in the showcase. Berecka grew up in Utica, New York where he lived in a strict catholic household. Bereckas’ poetry deals a lot with the relationship between he and his father and the blue-collar lifestyle that they enjoyed. As a young man, Berecka left and moved to New…
Brittni Young/Web Editor Dr. Paul Gottemoller Political Science Program Coordinator Being raised in a family passionately involved in politics, Dr. Gottemoller found his life calling to include become involved in the world of politics. Despite the idea of becoming a politician beginning to fade, his fascination with the field still burns bright. The professor continued his education in political science, graduating with his PhD from Southern Illinois University. Now, into his third year at Del Mar College, Dr. Gottemoller continues to shares his passion and love for politics with his students.
Paul Lyman/Staff Writer The Del-Mar Drama Program is putting on its’ third annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater show. The Director of the show is assistant professor Carl Yowell. The murder mystery is a special fundraiser by the department and will have four shows taking place in February and March. Professor Yowell says, “Over the years, the Drama Program has periodically produced plays as fundraisers for the program. This is one of them. It’s also a different experience for the students participating onstage and backstage to have dinner service integrated into a live theater production,” said Yowell.
First there was film, then it became digital, and now photography has become mobile. Photography is an evolving medium that has become more and more accessible over the years. Everyone has a smartphone nowadays and with these smartphones comes high resolution digital photography at the press of a button. Thousands of photography apps fill the iTunes App Store and Android Market that allow you to make ordinary photos look like they have had the best photo editors money can buy.
A.J. Benvides/Staff Writer Rush Week will take place at Del Mar College from February 13-17 at the Harvin Center. Rush week gives the clubs and organizations the opportunity to inform the student body of their purpose and recruit new members. “When I first started at Del mar almost two years ago, I had no idea so many clubs were offered here,” said kinesiology major Ryan Salazar. “It opened my eyes to how much of an active role the students take in this campus.” “Statistics show that when a student is engaged in campus life, they do better in school,” said…
If you want to see a good horror thriller this weekend then “The Woman In Black” should be at the top of your list. The movie has been adapted from the 1983 novel written by Susan Hill. The movie is about a young lawyer, played by Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, who travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman who is terrozing the locals. As a fan of Daniel Radcliffe I will be waiting in line this weekend to see what he has to offer to his audience without the magic of his…
Hola Foghorn readers, I decided to continue my bbeautyyy blog about beauty and style this semester. Today I am incorporating two separate lists with food and beauty products that changed my life! These five foods will nourish your skin from the outside in! avocado- moisturizer cucumber- moisturizer oatmeal- exfoliant and moisturizer peach- exfoliant strawberry- exfoliant Beauty products that make my life easier! Clinical strength deodorant -Ex: Secret clinical strength deodorant Deodorant remover sponges- Ex: The original Gal Pal garment deodorant remover sulfate free shampoo – Tigi’s Bedhead Superstar sulfate free shampoo multi- blade razors- Gillette Venus Bikini razor, trimmer, lotion…
Jennifer Powell/ Staff Writer As part of Del Mar College’s Quality Enhancement Plan, a math seminar will be held on Friday, February 23 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 in the Harvin Center. The seminar is titled “Math, the SINE of Times.” “The seminar is one of Del Mar College’s Quality Enhancement Plan’s initiatives. This is the third seminar that will be held at Del Mar College. The fall semester seminar focused on text anxiety, test taking skills, and note taking. The spring seminar is focused on developing strategies to be great learners,” said Dr. Patricia Walter. Dr. Fernando Figueroa will…
Heather McFarland / Staff Writer On December 13, 2011 many in front of their television sets were unable to view programming on KRISTV which carries NBC programs, K47DF a Fox affiliate, K68DJ which broadcasts Telemundo, and KRIS-DT2 also known as CW South Texas. Time Warner Cable pulled the programming due to its inability to renegotiate a carriage contract with Cordillera Communications, the station that owns these four channels. Cordillera offered Time Warner an extension so that programming would continue to be available while negotiations continued, however Time Warner declined the offer. The channels were dropped after Time Warner Cable contended…