Category: Community

Coffee Waves on South Alameda Street offers a cool, relaxing atmosphere and a variety of space that makes it ideal for any college or university student seeking a place to escape the stress of academic life. Of course, environment isn’t everything, if you’re looking for a cup of joe, here is what to expect: DRIP; BLACK It is to my understanding that drip coffee is the baseline for all other coffee beverages. This is because it is by far the simplest form of coffee, the quality of which being determined more by the equipment at hand and the quality of…

Wild Wolf Halloween store celebrated it’s one-year anniversary on Sept 17. With live entertainment and an onsite food truck, spectators joined in the fun, some wearing their favorite horror character costume. To help bring the Halloween vibes to the Wild Wolf event, some horror movie fans came dressed as movie characters such as “Killer Clowns from Outer Space,” “Trick ‘r Treat” and “Terrifier.” CSL Plasma employee Jay Joel Gonzales dressed up as Terrifier, even carrying the infamous trash bag and a prop – a bloody saw. “I love dressing up and going to comic cons. I have seen all the…

Del Mar hopes to help even more students with a planned expansion and rebranding of the Viking Food Pantry. The pantry, which opened in 2019 on Heritage Campus, soon will have locations at the Windward and Oso Creek campuses as well, according to Lisa Leal-Garcia, coordinator of Student Engagement and Retention. It will also be renamed Valdar’s Market. Del Mar partners with the Coastal Bend Food Bank to stock the pantry. While pantry assistants order the usual staples of canned goods, they also keep students’ wants and needs in mind when ordering. “I always try to keep the essentials stocked…

A new entertainment service in Corpus Christi offers residents, including frustrated college students, a chance to unleash their anger. Act Your Rage, Corpus Christi’s newest rage room, opened on Aug. 18, just in time for the fall semester. Students could be experiencing a variety of issues such as pent-up anger, relationship issues, or major life changes. Rage rooms give students a chance to safely channel their anger out on objects. Act Your Rage not only offers two rage spaces, but also axe throwing, a mechanical bull and more. “We also offer video games, board games, table games, and ping pong,”…