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...Dance, but we’re trying to show other regions that haven’t been showcased as often.” One such energetic piece, “Zacatecano,” features men in tight charro suits and women in full skirts. It originates from the state of Zacatecas...
...with Harvard’s Edward Eager Fund Prize last year for his short story, “Snow.” The piece is included in Keenan’s collection, “Alive Enough,” whose stories are set in and around his home state, Kentucky. Titled ironically to reflect Keenan’s emotional and physical state at the time of his thesis deadline, “Alive Enough” addresses themes of melancholic family dysfunction and emotional confusion, presented in subtle, but evocative language. Despite the setting and the occasional piece?...
Last Friday, Arizona’s Republican governor Jan K. Brewer signed into law the nation’s strictest bill on illegal immigration to date in spite of concern expressed by President Obama. Under the legislation, police may now detain individuals whom they reasonably suspect entered the United States illegally and authorities can charge immigrants with state crimes if they fail to carry proper immigration papers at any given time. In addition, it even grants citizens the right to sue their cities should they feel that the law is not being enforced strongly enough. While we understand that Arizona...
...This provision will permit police officers to arrest any individual they superficially judge to be suspicious, and it seems reasonable to suggest that such superficial judgments will only perpetuate the racial tension so deeply entwined with the issue of immigration in the U.S. In a border state such as Arizona, it is unfortunate that this new piece of ill-advised legislation will likely reinforce existing stereotypes and legitimize to some degree the de facto racial profiling that already troubles the region...
...older brothers], so I definitely pushed myself in the sport and wanted to pursue it because of that, but I also enjoyed it a lot.” Jeff recalled. “When they were in high school, they were all on the same team [that] won the state championship, and in 2004, they were the number one team in the country, so that really motivated me to get where they were, but even before that, I was playing and really had a passion...