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...loosely organized around the MTV-style theme of fame and stardom—CDT’s performance will combine impressive athleticism, graceful lyrical dance, and incredibly sexy energy. The CDT spend most of its year intensely preparing for the National Dance Alliance Collegiate Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla., at which they have ranked sixth for three years in a row. The team has only four weeks from nationals at the beginning of April to ArtsFirst weekend to prepare for their annual concert. But Monika Laszkowska ’07, one of the new captains, says the ArtsFirst performance actually...
...show up for school, according to Ana Vargas, a Chicago public schools spokeswoman. In Los Angeles, some 72,000 students in 6th to 12th grades skipped classes, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District. Ulises Estrada, a 16-year-old student at South Dade High School in Homestead, Fla., said he joined a local march because he has been waiting for legalization since he was a year old - when his parents brought him over the border with them from Yucatan, Mexico. "I speak fluent English. I study hard, and I want to join the Army when I graduate...
...Some workers took the day off without permission. Jose Cruz, who is from El Salvador, told the Associated Press that he was willing to lose his construction job in Homestead, Fla., in order to attend the rally there. "If I lose my job, it's worth it," he said. "It's worth losing several jobs to get my papers." Some businesses that employ large numbers of immigrants, however, reported little absenteeism. One of the nation's largest poultry producers, Gold Kist in Georgia, reported that only 400 of its 16,000 workers, half of whom are immigrants from Latin America...
...abiding Latino-American citizens." In Washington, a coalition called "You Don't Speak For Me" held a press conference denouncing the boycott and illegal immigration. And some Latino business owners declined to give their workers the day off. Dick Jackson, the manager at K&A Lumber in Homestead, Fla., made it clear to his 150 day-shift workers (95% of whom are Hispanic) that they had to be at work today. "I'm kind of old-school, and I think we ought to follow the laws of this country," he said. "But does the country need these people? Without...
SETTLED. A charge against Rush Limbaugh, 55, conservative radio host; for allegedly concealing information to obtain prescription drugs; in West Palm Beach, Fla. Prosecutors say Limbaugh, who denied the charge, received 2,000 painkilling pills in six months from four doctors. As part of a deal, the charge will be dismissed in 18 months if he stays in treatment for his drug addiction and pays $30,000 toward state investigative costs and $30 a month for his supervision...