Category: Editorial

Del Mar College has recently taken a unique approach to its social media communication strategy by incorporating memes and humor into its content on Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter. While humor can be an entertaining and a popular way to connect with students online, as an educational institution, it is vital to ensure that messaging is respectful and appropriate to avoid any potential negative impact on the community. Del Mar College recently made a comment on a local news page regarding an article about a woman who suffered from food poisoning at a seafood restaurant. When one gets…

Online classes and thus online testing had been around for years before the start of the pandemic and provide a valuable option for those who require the flexibility of the more self-paced environment. Online courses then grew to become ubiquitous when Del Mar College went into lockdown during 2020 due to the pandemic. Everyone had to take them, as in-person classes were either rare or simply non-existent for many courses. Today, most courses have at least one class provided in-person while still maintaining their online option. Though many of them, despite having returned to holding instructing face-to-face, have continued many…

Anyone who has lived in Corpus Christi for the past half decade is all too familiar with the city’s water problems. If it is not some industrial spill or sanitizer shortage causing a citywide water boil, it is instead Texas’ famous weather engaging the city’s drought contingency plan. In fact, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, Nueces County has not had a single twelve-month period without some level of abnormal dryness since April 2005. As of March 14, most of Nueces County has been in a state of severe drought according to the NDMC, and Corpus Christi is once…

For college students across the country, spring break is fast approaching. For some of us, it cannot come fast enough. With spring break comes all the staples: going to the beach, trips to the cities, and for some, alcohol consumption.  The combination of alcohol and travel is a particularly dangerous one, having claimed the lives of 1,029 Texans across 25,261 drunk-driving crashes in 2021 alone, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. That is one DWI related death every 8.5 hours. These incidents peak during holiday season and break periods, such as spring break and Memorial Day weekend. Only a…

The City Council is the primary legislative body of the city of Corpus Christi. The mayor and eight council members who make up the council guide local policy and make decisions that affect every city resident in both the short and long term, Del Mar students and staff included. In a county with an average voter turnout of 41.81% and where council seats are commonly uncompetitive, the value of residents being able to comment and voice their concerns to the council cannot be overstated. If voters cannot mobilize to hold local officials accountable at the ballot box, then they must…