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NICHAELA SHAHEEN | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF nshaheen@foghornnews.com While some students may have been struggling to find parking spaces this semester due to the ongoing construction at Heritage Campus, it is a struggle that will soon reap rewards. “I’ve had to drive around twice trying to find parking,” said Candice Gray, a sound recording technology major. “Today I thought I was going to be late because of it.” According to Lorette Williams, executive director of communication and marketing who helps oversee the construction projects, there will be pockets of construction taking place until the end of 2023 and plans for parking at Heritage Campus are fluctuating. “There are going to be additional areas that we’re going to be opening up. We are going to have to probably be looking into bringing the shuttles back because it is going to Williams said be a situation where DMC may bring we are going to have back parking lot some limited parkshuttles. ing, and that means some people may have to park further away from their destinations,” Williams said. The construction taking place on Heritage and Windward campuses is funded by a bond approved in 2014 for $157 million. The addition of the new campus on the southside, Oso Creek, is funded by a
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The demolition of Heritage Hall continues in late March. Students are expected to see construction on campus take place until the end of 2023. bond from 2016 for $139 million, which was used for the first phase of development. While some classes on the Oso Creek Campus will begin meeting during Summer II, the main building is set to open Spring 2023. Inflation and shipments of supply issues have put the construction schedule in a fluid state, according to Williams. “One of the biggest issues that causes
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MIRANDA MEDINA|MANAGING EDITOR mmedina@foghornnews.com When the end of a semester is near, many students anxiously think, “What’s next?” Del Mar College made it one step easier with College Day on March 29 at the Harvin Center, where students had the opportunity to meet with numerous universities and their recruiters. Noah Sanchez, who started at Collegiate High School in 2021, said that opportunity has helped prepare him to further his education once he graduates. Sanchez spoke with recruiters of several colleges at the event. “The medical field draws my attention because there’s so much about the human body that is so complex,” said Sanchez, who hopes to be a surgical technician. He spoke with Jessica Lopez, a health science map adviser who represented Del
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us to have that fluctuation is the supply issue. There is a set time frame and a schedule, but that schedule is very fluid. Sometimes we have to bring change orders that come to the Board of Regents for their review and their approval and it’s absolutely tied to what’s happening in our economy right now,” Williams said. Renovations to the Harvin Center were originally set to start in May 2022, but it
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Noah Sanchez, a Collegiate High School student, talks with Jessica Lopez, a health science map adviser, on March 29 during College Day. Mar’s nursing program, to gain more information on his career options. Sanchez said if he could choose any school to attend it would be at the University of Texas at Austin. Izabella Martinez, a DMC biology major, said she likes that Del Mar provides advising before registering for classes and most importantly that they focus on having credits transferable. Martinez visited with Loida Gonzalez Utley, the assistant director of transfer recruitment from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, who assisted with questions about the university. “I would probably choose TAMUCC because it’s close, convenient and I can transfer a lot of my credits as well,” Martinez said. Martinez said she is eager for the next step and hopes to become a forensic scientist.
Utley said she is happy to assist students with all questions they have about admissions and any concerns with credits. She has been recruiting students from Del Mar since 2019, once she started her position at TAMUCC. “I feel like our partnership with Del Mar is supportive,” Utley said. “The students have been successful.” She said Del Mar has done a great job assisting students with the transfer process. Utley encourages students to reach out early to avoid any unwanted surprises. “What saddens us the most are two things: when students come to us and find out some courses don’t transfer or if they keep maxing out their financial aid.” She recommends contacting an adviser to prepare for the next step. “We want to guide you,” Utley said.
Laughter and applause filled the room as George Bilgere, author of the newly released poetry book titled “Central Air: Poems,” read a few poems aloud on April 6 in the Venters Business Building. As Bilgere made his way to the podium, he donned a stylish pair of reading glasses, warmly greeted those in attendance and began with “Push,” a poem from another book about the peculiar nature of being a witness to childbirth. Despite the poem’s subject being an awe-inspiring experience, Bilgere opted to write it in a manner that emphasized the mundane small talk between a doctor and nurse on such a big day. Before reading a majority of the subsequent poems, Bilgere established context for each one. Small explanations would last no longer than five minutes, but they did a wonderful job of establishing understanding and rapport between speaker and listener. The stark emotional contrasts between the situations he described and his perceptions of each one aroused laughter among SEE POET ON PAGE 3
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Table tennis rallies back
Intramurals is making a comeback since the pandemic. They have held a few events this spring, most recently table tennis on April 6. Intramurals will continue to hold more events throughout the semester.
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Diana Nguyen a nursing student, begins a table tennis match against accounting major Shawn Nguyen on April 6.
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Spoken word artist ShySpeaks performs ShySpeaks, an American hiphop and spoken word artist, shared her voice to highlight a message of empowerment and resilience at a Women’s History Month in March. While the event’s purpose was to focus on the strength of women, ShySpeaks emphasized the importance of strength in males as well. “I loved how her message accompanied all people,” said Mat Morels, a liberal arts major. “I was most inspired when she said that we can achieve anything as long as the work is being put in.” With a combination of hip-hop instrumentals and spoken word, ShySpeaks creates a reflective dialogue using personal stories that
relate to her audience. She said this allows the message to have a greater impact. “My words and message come out of my mission,” ShySpeaks said. “My mission is to reinfuse positivity and spirituality into our urban culture through the arts and the power of our voices.” Having a Women’s History Month event speaker motivated and inspired many students. “It meant a lot to hear her message and reminded me to just keep going,” said Marisel Lemos, a nursing major. “Coming from a Hispanic background there is a language barrier, but I know if i keep grinding I will do it.”
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Shyspeaks, a hip-hop artist, raps on all things women’s history in the Retama Room at the Harvin Center.
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Journalism students win big title at TIPA Staff brings home more than a dozen awards from annual state conference NICHOLAS MARIANI | REPORTER nmariani@foghornnews.com Students in the college’s journalism and radio/TV programs recently attended the annual Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference in Fort Worth, returning with more than two dozen awards including Overall Excellence for Best Newspaper and also for News Video Production. Nichaela Shaheen, editor-in-chief of the Foghorn News, said the awards are a result of the staff’s dedication. “Knowing that all the time spent putting together our paper shined through gave me a sense of pride and accomplishment,” Shaheen said. “The Foghorn staff goes above and beyond to cover events with truth and design pages with creativity. This is a collective award that we all will remember and cherish receiving for years to come.” Thirteen Del Mar College students attended the March 23-26 event, which included workshops, live contests and an awards ceremony for students’ work published during 2021. Nearly 250 students from 34 two- and four-year schools from across Texas attended.
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Del Mar students, most of whom competed at the conference for the first time and against large programs such as Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Arlington, Rice University and more, won six awards in the live contests. The added another 23 from the previously published competition. This was the first year Del Mar won Overall Excellence for News Video Production, and the first TIPA conference since Radio/TV Assistant Professor Rachel Jennische joined the college in fall 2021. “I never dreamed we would sweep the whole thing,” Jennische said. “I can’t take all the credit for it — I was lucky to walk into a department that already had welltrained students and high expectations. (Former Professor) Mac Aipperspach got the students ready before his retirement. I just finished the job.” Associate Professor Robert Muilenburg, who serves as TIPA’s executive director and an adviser to the Foghorn News, organized much of the conference. “We had a good participation from the schools. The students and the advisers were really engaged. We were really excited about it and happy with the way it went, not just for the organization as a whole, but the way the Del Mar students performed,” Muilenburg said. TIPA was founded in 1909 and is the nation’s oldest and largest collegiate press association.
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services, that we’ve delineated other areas that we’re going to have for food and beverage services,” Williams said. Even with a fluctuating schedule, the finalization of construction is a reward for students and will create more learning opportunities. “It’s exciting to have new things here and be able to learn with everything that will help us as students,” said Yennifer Rodriguez, a biology major. “It’s a new day at Del Mar,” Williams said. “What you’re going to see as a student is, the ambient learning that’s going to take place, the natural light that makes a difference when you’re in a classroom setting and pile on top of that all the technology that is going to be upgraded as we remodel and upgrade these buildings and its infrastructure.” This facelift is meant to give community college students a sense of attending a university. “We want our students to feel like they are almost attending a university. That’s what we’re implementing. We want our students to come here. We want to be accessible. We want to be innovative. We want to be creative, and we’re building the spaces to do that,” Williams said. Work is expected to last until late 2023, Williams said. To follow construction updates visit www.delmar.edu/progress/.
the crowd and set the tone for the remainder of the reading. According to Bilgere, his poems are inspired by “scenes from real life.” Even when dealing with less than pleasant topics like death, aging, and longing for elements of the past, Bilgere had a knack for finding humor in just about any facet of mortality. At the end of the event, which was part of National Library Week, Bilgere expressed his pleasure regarding the event’s turnout and said he enjoyed his time in Corpus. Roughly a decade has passed since his last visit to Del Mar College. “I flew in from Cleveland … I’m from southern California and I like this culture. I like the food, I like the water, I like the way the air feels … it felt kind of like coming home,” Bilgere said. Bilgere said his target audience is con- Bilgere said his stantly changing. poems are in“The target audi- spired by “scenes ence has changed from real life.” over the years. … When I was in my late 30s, I started writing about being middle-aged and my target audience was middle-aged people. Now, it’s people sort of like my age, so it’s changed a little bit,” Bilgere said. “The people who probably don’t read my poems are the super serious poetic types.” Bilgere said reading his poems aloud gives them a refreshing sense of poignancy and meaning. “I think poems exist to be read aloud. … When I read my own poems aloud, I just like them a lot more than I do lying there on the page,” he said.
Counseling Center plans several events for students The Del Mar College Counseling Center is planning several special events for students this month. The department will host Paws and Relax, a pet therapy event, from 10 a.m. to noon April 13 in the Coleman Center on Windward Campus and from 10 a.m. to noon April 14 in the Retama Room, Harvin Center, on Heritage Campus. They also will offer “The Eye Contact Experiment” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 19 outside the Fine Arts Center, as well as Denim Day to raise awareness of sexual assault survivors on April 27. — Staff Reports
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Overcoming the stigma of mental health in the Latino community Editor’s Note: Due to the sensitivity of mental health issues, we have chosen not to reveal last names of the participants in this story. This is part 1 of 2.
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or many children, the spectacle of watching your parents get ready for a night on the town can be a bit overwhelming to the senses. The preparation in front of the mirror, the selection of the right outfits and the aromas of overlapping perfumes and colognes leave a memorable impression in a child’s life. Most often, this memory of confusion and curiosity leaves many with hints of pleasant nostalgia. For Emily, those memories leave her with feelings of dread. At a very young age, Emily, who is now a 30-year-old fitness trainer, would sit in her living room and watch as her parents would get ready to go out for another night of drinking. She remembers the frightful feelings she experienced but not understanding what they were or why they were happening. At 4 years old, the words anxiety and depression were foreign concepts to her. “I just remember thinking, ‘Oh, they are not going to come back because they’re going to get in a car wreck and die,’” Emily said. “I thought my parents weren’t going to come back and just being a kid, I never really understood what that fear was. “I always just had this impending dread for as long as I can remember and worstcase scenarios would always pop into my head and cripple me from doing things,” Emily said. Those fears of separation escalated when her parents divorced. Her parents’ complicated and bitter split would separate her from both parents for a short period, causing her to live with her aunt in Houston. According to Emily, this traumatic experience was the catalyst for what triggered her mental health. Eventually, Emily and her siblings went to family counseling but as a child, she really didn’t understand why. It wouldn’t be until she was an adult that she realized she needed professional help after being persuaded by her mother and sister. “I actually sought psychiatric help a year before my wedding,” Emily said. “They said this would be the most stressful time of my life and told me I needed to have a straight head and be calm to be able to go through it.” It was then when she was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, something
CULTURAL STIGMAS According to an article on Bridgestorecovery.com, emotional abuse can be just as traumatic as physical trauma. Types of abuse include taking away one’s freedom or privacy, separating the victim from family and friends, expecting to know the victim’s whereabouts at all times and constant threats and humiliation in front of others. This emotional abuse can be a form of psychological trauma comparable to physical trauma that can leave a major impact on the nervous system. Emily is one of the fortunate ones who was able to find resources to help her with her mental health issues. Oftentimes, many people in the Latino community don’t get the help available to them. According to Heather Garcia, a licensed counselor at Del Mar College, many times those in the community don’t seek professional help because of their socio-economic background. There is also a negative stigma that comes with mental health that discourages Latinos from getting help. “They often don’t have access to what the more affluent communities have,” Garcia said. “There’s also a negative perception in the community that counseling doesn’t solve anything and all they need is a hug or a hot shower.” The common misconception is that mental illness, specifically depression, has more to do with feelings than with an actual illness. Because of that, those suffering from mental illness develop a form of guilt for feeling depressed. “It’s like, you have such a great life, what do you have to be sad about?” Garcia said, “And you feel worse not understanding not knowing why you feel that way, so sometimes it’s difficult for individuals to explain to somebody what they are feeling when they don’t understand it themselves.”
op certain bonds with a variety of people who are in and out of our lives. For many, the strongest bond is between child and parent. One of the strongest connections is that of a father and his daughter. It’s been said that no other love in the world is like the love of a father has for his daughter. It’s also been said that a daughter’s first love is her father. One of the hardest things we deal with is watching our parents grow old and preparing ourselves to eventually say one final goodbye as life begins to fade away. Many of us are never really prepared to the inevitable. For Alisa, the process of watching her father’s final days were overwhelming and detrimental to her mental health. Alisa, a 41-year-old real estate marketing agent in Denton, suffered from intense, uncontrollable panic attacks three years ago the same week that her father passed away. The attacks started as she and her family were preparing themselves for the impending loss and continued after he died. “I knew that I needed help, but I didn’t want to take pills,” Alisa said. “I wanted to heal the natural way with therapy and herbs and vitamins.” After three weeks, she finally decided to go to therapy with the support of her family and friends who encouraged her throughout the process in spite of the social stigma that surrounds mental health. “They mentioned how some people can let pride can get in the way and not seek help,” Alisa said. “By me seeking help, it encouraged others to finally seek help with their mental illness that they had put off.” Despite the negative stigma surrounding mental health, Alisa is glad she sought help with her illness. Many others will not for fear that their community peers will treat them differently. “I understand that there are misconceptions about mental health and therapy in today’s society, especially with men who put off seeking help due to their pride,” Alisa said. “They feel that it will make them look weak but I want to be the example that receiving therapy works. “It was the best steps I have ever taken,” Alisa said. “I look back in my journey, if I hadn’t sought help, there’s no telling where I would be today. I would probably be in a deep depression or even dead.”
DEALING WITH LOSS As we progress through life, we devel-
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she knew she had but it took a professional to actually put a label to it. Emily met her husband when she was 18 and they dated for about six years before finally getting married. It was a marriage that would only last for two and a half years when they ultimately divorced. During their eight-year relationship, she endured mental and emotional abuse leaving her with a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder diagnosis that she continues to struggle with now.
“I always just had this impending dread for as long as I can remember and worst-case scenarios would always pop into my head and cripple me from from doing things.”
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Post wisely — your future depends on it Kychelle Del Rosario could possibly have ruined a career she has worked so hard to get. Four years of college and another four years of med school have essentially gone down the drain all over a Tweet she sent bragging of intentional malpractice on a patient who made fun of a trans rights pronoun button that she wore. Del Rosario, a medical student at Wake Forest School of Medicine, sent out a Tweet in late March saying, ““I had a patient I was doing a blood draw on see my pronoun pin and loudly laugh to the staff ‘She/Her? Well of course it is! What other pronouns even are there? It?’ I missed his vein so he had to get stuck twice.” Within two days, she was no longer seeing patients, according to the hospital she worked at, and the future she strived so hard for is now in doubt. This is just one example of many where a social media post can turn a person’s life upside down. Why are people so quick to broadcast their disdain for something or someone on social media? Did we forget the meaning of consequence over actions? For whatever reason, there has been an extreme increase in letting the world know every detail of our lives. The burger at a
certain restaurant was raw, post about it. The machine at the gym was covered in sweat, post about it. The police are chasing you on Interstate 37 and you don’t understand why the DPS hasn’t stopped chasing you even though they’re “out of their jurisdiction!” — so let’s broadcast the chase on Facebook Live. Insert facepalm emoji. At a young age, our elders taught us that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Many times, those reactions come with consequences but for the past 10 years or so, the YOLO mentality has increased at horrifying levels and with that is the need to let everyone know every detail about every thought and action we are involved in. Just stop already. A few years back, a Texas girl got a job at a pizza restaurant and complained on social media how bad her job was and how she didn’t like her manager. She was fired the next day. In 2014, during the Ferguson protests, a Houston hospital employee made a post encouraging racial purging. The hospital fired her after receiving backlash from Facebook users. Caitlin Davis, a cheerleader for the New England Patriots, was fired after posting photos of a passed-out party
goer on whose face she drew swastikas and anti-Semitic words. The list goes on but it doesn’t have to if we all just take a few seconds to step back and consider the possible repercussions of what we are about to do, or post in this case. We all know that one couple who constantly goes through a bad breakup and makes negative posts about how crappy the other person is by airing out all their dirty laundry only to get back together a week later as if all is peaches and cream, leaving the rest of the world to remember how that person was a drug addicted womanizer with bad credit and erectile dysfunction and now we’ll never be able to get that out of our heads because, “Hey, it was on Facebook, so it must be true.” Many people will say, “It’s my Facebook, I can post what I want,” and it’s true. After all, we have free speech. Consider this, though. Your free speech can c o m e
with costly penalties. There is this thing called consequence that follows us like a dark shadow in a shady back alley just ready to pounce on us the minute we stop to pick up a shiny quarter on the floor. Employers, present and future, and potential dates or future mates will look at your social media to see what kind of person you really are. It’s time to post responsibly and stop broadcasting how irresponsible we can be. Get rid of the “no regrets” mentality and realize that the things you post online may come right back to bite you in the ass. The law of probabilities dictates that. You’ve been warned.
7 THINGS EMPLOYERS LOOK AT IN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA n Engaging Posts — Companies want to hire active employees and not dull ones. If you create posts that can engage people and start social media conversations, then you may attract your employers. You should display your talent, knowledge and skills through your posts and try to garner attention on your posts. Following pages, understanding trends, liking things and connecting to people suggest that you are proactive. n Online Clashes or Conflict — Those who gel well with everyone are preferred over ones who don’t. So, if you are engaging in social media fights because of your radical views, you are asking for trouble. You should stop doing that, since no company would want to hire a person who has the potential of creating a displeasing environment in the office because of his strong political views or religious hatred. n Online Conduct — No employer would want their employees to badmouth them on social media sites. If you have raised complaints, have posted objectionable comments, or have revealed confidential or sensitive information about your previous employers, then employers will doubt your conduct and will most like reject such candidates. n Social Media Activities During Work Hours — This is again an essential thing that any employer would like to check about your social media account. Are you creating posts during your work hours? If yes, then you would be seen as an employee who is not sincere about his work. This is considered as a wastage
of productive time when you should be contributing to the company’s work. n Sarcastic Comments About the Company After the Job Interview — Many candidates make sarcastic comments about the company even before their offer is accepted or rejected. This can go against them. Even if the company would have been considering you for the job, after reading such comments, they would rather reject your offer. So, why be so vocal about what you felt or think and post any negative remarks about the company. n Lying at Job — Often employees take an off for being sick or any other emergency reasons and then mistake posting their pictures of partying with friends. Well, harmless lies to take off from work is okay occasionally, but don’t be stupid enough to post your pictures on social media the day you do so. n Grammar Mistakes — Most employers don’t like to see grammar and spelling mistakes in social media profile descriptions, especially about your academic and employment details. Your profile description and posts should be free of grammar and typo mistakes.
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QUESTION: HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
“Personally, I use social media but I don’t post on it. It’s more of a form of entertainment for me. I only scroll through and like things, but I don’t comment.” — Amber Ashworth, Radio and Television
“I don’t have social media. I prefer people not knowing what’s going on in my life. Staying off social media gives me more time to spend with my loved ones.” — Linda Pozos, Dental Hygiene
“I post pretty much whatever I want. I think ahead, and ask myself if it’s appropriate or not. I don’t want to look back and feel like my post wasn’t a good decision.” — Recon Beyer, Humanities/Fine Arts
“Whatever comes to mind and if it’s funny or not. I do like to make sure it’s appropriate and be sure no one will be offended.” — Frank Soto, EMT-Paramedic
“I think you have to be responsible for all your posts, because it could really effect people. Be mature on what you post because it will be there forever. Remember that everyone has a different opinion.” — Yennifer Rodriguez, Biology
“I just post pictures. I like to make sure that I look good, and that my jawline is poppin’. That’s how I usually decide.” — Ismael Castellanos, EMT-Paramedic
“Something that’s appropriate. Not something that could hurt anyone’s feelings, because sometimes posts can be directed toward other people.” — Carmen Almeida, Nursing
“I only post positive things on the Internet. The world has enough negativity floating around.” — Janelle Rosser, Social Work
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such excitement that a wax model of it toured the British Isles. n A hen will eat her own raw eggs if not satisfied with her diet. n The Mexican language Ayapaneco, or, more properly, Nuumte Oote (“the true voice”), is dying out, and small wonder: Its only fluent speakers number a grand total of two, and they refuse to talk to each other! n A paired kidney exchange allows people to donate their kidney that wasn’t a match for an intended recipient to a stranger in exchange for a kidney that is a match for their loved one. n In 2010 a San Diego Chipotle customer in a wheelchair successfully sued the restaurant chain with the claim that their tall order counter denied him the full “Chipotle experience” — like watching his order being assembled. n Sand is the most extracted material in the world. n Actor Joe Pesci was a singer and guitar player in his early 20s and once played in the same band (called Joey Dee and the Starliters) as Jimi Hendrix.
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DMC hosts high school welding competition High school students traveled from across Texas to compete in several welding events at the SkillsUSA State competition April 1 at Windward Campus. According to Assistant Welding Professor Jose Cortez, the event is a great opportunity for Del Mar to spark interest in high school students by allowing them to see
and use the college’s facilities. “Hosting the state event lets schools all over Texas know what Del Mar is doing,” Cortez said. “If they get exposed to this kind of welding and we talk to them we sometimes do get students who register at our program.” — Nichaela Shaheen
PHOTOS BY NICHAELA SHAHEEN| FOGHORN NEWS
TOP: Rudolfo Hernandez participates in the SkillsUSA State competition April 1. BOTTOM LEFT: Jose Mendoza (left) and Anthony Acosta weld during the competition. TOP LEFT: Cameron Baker works on his project at Windward Campus.
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