Despite the windy and cloudy day, students and staff still showed up to the Kathy Zolad Stadium on Sept. 15 to witness the raising of the Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month flag that will start the month’s...
Every year, starting on Sept. 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) honors Latines and Hispanics in the U.S. for our culture and history. Congress established Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968, which...
As a closing event to round out Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM), the Myatt Center for Diversity and Inclusion hosted a chalk your flag event on the Bixler-Gerber quad on Oct. 7.
Held outside the Myatt...
October marks the peak of fall, from apple picking, to homecoming, all the way to
Halloween. However, in the midst of all the red and orange of fall festivities, society tends to undermine the power of...
Andrea Alverca, Contributing Writer
• September 21, 2021
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Hispanic Heritage Month honors the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx Americans. This is a time in which Latinxs get to share a love for the culture by embracing...
A famous face in Latin American entertainment is Bad Bunny, a Puerto Rican singer, rapper and producer. He’s known for his Latin Trap music and for being a trendsetter in música urbana. Bad Bunny, birth...
My favorite Puerto Rican “plato típico” to eat whenever I visit home is Chuleta Can-Can. This dish originated in 1957 in Restaurante La Guardarraya in Yauco, Puerto Rico. Chuletas Can-Can, also spelled...
Music has always been a part of me, especially Latin, as I feel it connects me more with my roots, and it’s something I've always been passionate about. These are just a few of my favorite songs from...
While the terms “Hispanic” and “Latinx” are used interchangeably, how similar are the meanings of them both?
Much like white, Black, and Asian, Hispanic and Latinx are used as a way to identify...
Tiara Starks, Entertainment Editor
• October 12, 2020
Hispanic Heritage Month officially began on Sept.15 to mark the independence days of Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile.
At the...
Selena Soto, Contributing Writer
• October 12, 2020
Hollywood has a long way to go when it comes to accurate portrayals of Latinxs and other people of color in movies and television shows.
Whitewashing -- or casting white actors to play non-white characters...
