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Denim Day meant to support sexual assault victims We often throw on a pair of jeans without thinking much about it, but on April 26, denim will take on new meaning. Taking place on the last Wednesday of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Denim Day is a day of action and awareness in which people are encouraged to wear denim to combat victim blaming and educate others about sexual violence. We celebrate Denim Day in honor of an Italian woman who was forcibly raped in 1992 by her driving instructor. The woman pressed charges, but the case was…

Event helps students reduce stress as semester nears end With final exams coming up, the Counseling Center found a way to alleviate some of the stress in the lives of DMC students. The Go Team Therapy dogs of Corpus Christi provided qualified therapy dogs free of charge for students and staff at Heritage Campus on April 20, as well as the previous day at Windward Campus. The event offered free anxiety screenings and various relaxation strategies such as aromatherapy, offering students Playdough smothered in any choice of essential oils. Pet Therapy at DMC first started in 2016 and has continued…

Constant winds waved the American flags mounted upon electrical poles, while family members, electrical line workers and observant guests strained their necks to watch the four Del Mar college students perform their tasks at the first ever Del Mar’s “Skills Rodeo.” The four students, Andrew “Blake” Galvan, Christopher Luzania, Rodolfo “Rudy” Landeros and Gabriel Garcia demonstrated for judges the skills and knowledge they had obtained from their 10-week electrical lineworker program before graduation. The April 4 ceremony was held at the Nueces Electrical Cooperative (NEC) field. “Ten weeks ago, the guys were given their hooks,” said Del Mar instructor Robert…

DMC libraries and the Mexican American Studies Program celebrated National Poetry Month with an extended invitation to San Antonio poet and author Alex Z. Salinas at Wolfe Recital Hall on April 13. Salinas has written two full-length books of poetry, “Warbles” (2019) and “Dreamt or the Lingering Phantoms of Equinox” (2020), a collection of stories in “City Lights from the Upside Down” (2021) and two books of poetry called “Trash Poems” (July 2023) and “Hispanic Sonnets” (fall 2023) that are to be released later this year. DMC Reference Librarian Alan Berecka introduced Salinas. “We met during the pandemic through an…

The Del Mar College Dental Hygiene Clinic needs volunteers for the Dental Hygiene Program. The program provides patients with dental hygiene services at no cost. Students in the program perform services such as oral screenings, teeth cleaning, and more.   Students are supervised by the faculty of the program during the process. These instructors are required to have a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene as well as clinical experience to teach at the clinic.   “In a given year, we provide the community with over half a million dollars of dental hygiene services. You’re talking about cleanings, deep cleanings, sealants, X-rays, fluoride, all…