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Last night’s event was sponsored by the Black Men’s Forum, the Black Students Association and Fuerza Latina...
...started this club because of my big latina bootie!! jajaja!!” writes Andrea M. Nosal ’08 in an e-mail. “i invited rivers and he accepted! it was a big thrill for me that he joined up with...
Furthermore, certain issues and events that have had profound effects on certain ethnic groups have gone uncovered because people on The Crimson’s staff had a different perspective on their magnitude. Such a situation occurred last year when the Latino and Latin American show Presencia Latina did not receive sufficient coverage in The Crimson. The President of Fuerza, Felipe Tewes, labeled the show, which included a tremendous amount of involvement by Latino students and faculty, as the biggest of its kind in Harvard’s history. The Crimson ran only a picture from the show, which...
...Crimson cannot decrease the disparities alone. Unfortunately, in the past, controversies such as that over Presencia Latina have caused upperclassmen to tell black and Latino freshmen and sophomores that The Crimson is an organization that does not support them, consequently discouraging them to join. This negative word of mouth needs to stop. Ethnic organizations on campus need to be dedicated and cooperative toward developing a working, healthy relationship with The Crimson, and they should seriously consider how the paper can serve as a valuable tool for their communities...
...With Latina girls dropping out of school at high rates, some critics wonder whether parents should put emphasis on such opulent revelry and are trying to modify the tradition. "We deemphasize the big party," says Graciela Fonseca, who oversees Stay-in-School Quinceanera, a program at the Hispanic Cultural Center of Idaho that helps kids finish school. For most participants, however, the event is about much more than the trappings. "It's an opportunity to express your maturity and be thankful," says Marlowe Veloz, a Miami teen who just celebrated her quince aboard a cruise. "Every girl should have that...