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...This year, I spoke of the indestructible cohesion of Mexican society," Vasconcelos says. "Despite the economic and political problems in Mexico, the underlying fabric of Mexican society is still strong...
While the pinnacle of the event was the "El Grito" ceremony and the singing of the national anthem, celebrations of Mexican culture played a prominent role in the four-hour event. On a stage at one end of the Athletic Center, Iliana Vasquez hosted a show that included groups of folk dancers and both pre-Hispanic and modern Mexican music performances. Vasquez, who hosts the local television show Pachanga Latina, has attended the event for several years, but was serving as emcee for the first time...
According to Alethia de Leon, president of the Mexican Student Association (MSA) at MIT, organizing an event as large as this one is difficult at the beginning of the school year. While planning began in May and continued over the summer, the event was still somewhat disorganized and did not go as smoothly as hoped...
Only one of the two Mexican restaurants that was supposed to serve food at the event showed up, and its workers did not know how to operate the stoves that MIT had set up. The result was a line for food that stretched across the dance floor and a large crowd still waiting when the last of the tacos...
...Leon adds that while the event is organized by students from four universities, most of the burden falls on the Mexican association of the host school. The event moves from school to school each year, and was held at BU last year...