Word: mexicans
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...burrito, king of the quesadilla, and redeemer of the ravenous undergraduate. Yes, the one and only Felipe’s. Unfortunately, it seems that the Cambridge Licensing Commission (CLC), nor Felipe’s landlord, does not share the typical undergraduate’s view of the wildly popular Mexican eatery. Felipe’s recent application to the CLC for later closing hours (2 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends) has stalled before ever really getting off the ground. According to CLC’s executive officer Elizabeth Y. Lint, the Commission is “highly...
Some dreamers chase butterflies. FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ pursues them through international airspace. This fall the Mexican hang glider flew more than 4,000 miles, following the annual migration of the monarch butterfly from Montreal to Mexico's Michoacn state in his ultralight plane. Gutierrez, 44, spent six years planning his 10-week trip and securing funding for a documentary about it in order to draw attention to the logging and pesticide use that threaten the monarch. Gutierrez overcame hardships insects don't face--like understanding foreign air-traffic controllers and fixing an overheated engine. But, now back on the ground...
...Laura Castro de Cortes doesn't deny that her ethnicity and background-she is a Mexican-American who was born in the U.S. but raised in a Mexican border town-helped her to segue from years of working in nonprofits and education to a career as a consultant on Latino marketing...
...Like Water for Chocolate Home cooking is the sorcery of the oppressed. In this sprawling banquet of a romantic Mexican melodrama, forbidden love finds the recipe for fulfillment -- even if it takes a lifetime and beyond. Screenwriter-novelist Laura Esquivel and her husband, director Alfonso Arau, capture a savory passion that comes straight from the hearth...
...institution allowed to “choose” a student’s race? Harvard proudly posts the class of 2008’s racial composition to incoming freshmen on the undergraduate admissions website. It celebrates the 8.9 percent African American, 4.1 percent Hispanic American, 3.1 percent Mexican American, 19.9 percent Asian American, and 1.1 percent Native American composition of the 2008 class and pats itself on the shoulder for recognizing diversity. However, the site doesn’t show the number of mixed race students or recognize that they even exist on campus. The college is clearly overlooking...