Category: Editorial

Del Mar College on Oct. 11 released its enrollment figures, announcing that 12,034 students are enrolled for fall 2016, which beats the previous year’s estimated 11,000. Although enrollment is down from where Del Mar was six years ago, when they had 12,236 students, the announcement comes at a time where the Board of Regents hopes voters will approve a $139 million bond in next month’s ballot for a new southside campus. In fall 2000, Del Mar College had an enrollment of 9,683 and in 2015 it was 10,852, according to the Del Mar Accountability Report — Texas Higher Education Data.…

With social reform and really any change in the political realm, it’s best to start from the roots, letting the change grow and make its way from being minuscule to being major. When students think of voting, the general mindset often is, “My vote won’t matter.” With national elections, there may be some truth to this statement, but with upcoming local elections, your opinion can make a difference, but only if you act on your thoughts. In November 2012, 81 percent of voting-age citizens in the three-county Corpus Christi area registered to vote. However, only 40 percent of those people…

The topic of immigration has been an escalating issue in this year’s election between Republicans and Democrats. As the fight for the presidency continues, America is becoming more and more concerned about the topic. Some would say there already are too many illegal immigrants in this country. But the question we should be asking is, is there a way to allow immigrants working here in the United States to become eligible for citizenship faster? Can we make the process benefit both the undocumented immigrants and the country’s working class? Many already know that if one serves in the military he…

For growing numbers of students, dual credit is a vital part of the Del Mar College experience. This service gives high school students the opportunity to get ahead in their college careers. In the 2014-15 fiscal year, DMC reported a $2.1 million loss in relation to dual credit classes. Dual credit students pay $99.99 for a three-hour course. A traditional student pays $353 for the same course. Despite the loss, President Mark Escamilla recently told the Foghorn that the college has no plans to raise the rate. Simply put, the benefits outweigh the cost. The purpose of the dual credit…

Whether male or female, someone under the influence of alcohol would rather wake up and know they made the right choice by calling for a designated driver to pick them up. It’s also comforting, during the process of waiting and riding with the driver, to know who they are and how much you’re expected to pay. Let’s face it, there’s nothing worse than waking up only to realize you spent more than you remember spending. Uber, probably to be followed by Lyft, pulled out of Corpus Christi after the Council tried to enforce regulations including fingerprint scanning. Uber, for example,…

There’s no doubt that this year’s primaries had a large voter turnout compared with 2014, but why is that? Why has there been a resurgence in exercising the public’s civic duty? Some 51,452 ballots were cast in this year’s primaries in Nueces County, while only 21,108 were cast in 2014. It’s thought the reason for the high turnout has to do with the presidential races, which held great appeal for Texas voters because the state’s primary held more sway in big-ticket national races than it has in previous years. According to the records in the Nueces County Courthouse, 27.3 percent…