Jennifer Davis Co-Editor-in-Chief The University of Maryland prides itself in having a diverse and multi-ethnic student body, with the Hispanic community comprising 7.17 percent of the campus population, according to The Princeton Review. Currently, the university has 14 Latino student organizations. These include Latino Student Union, Latino Honors Society, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, three [...]
I started studying Spanish in seventh grade, but I didn’t take my study of the language seriously until sophomore year of high school. Around that time my best friend Cydney began thinking about study abroad in Chile. I remember reading emails from her and envying every one of her adventures.
The right to vote is a freedom American’s cherish. Every citizen’s vote holds the same value regardless of their race, gender, economic status, profession or religion. So why would a group encourage people to participate in an election by not voting?
By Kelsey Miller Staff Writer “Good morning. My name is Stephen Colbert and I’m an American citizen.” On September 24, Comedy Central TV persona and all-around crowd pleaser Stephen Colbert, host of the politically satirical “The Colbert Report” testified before the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Immigration, creating a topsy-turvy day for the US [...]
As I hustled to class, dodging in and out of crowds of students, taking off my fashionable, yet impractical ballet flats to run down the mall, I looked at the faces of those students I was quickly passing in my rush to get to math. When I looked past the comical expressions on their faces [...]
Darlene Reyes Staff Writer Let me start off by saying that, as a Latina, I do plan to study abroad. This, however, is not a sentiment shared by other fellow Latinos. Statistics show that Latinos are not studying abroad in large numbers and it may be more than just bedbugs keeping them away. During the [...]
By Eliot Sasaki Staff Writer George Lopez has no problem generating an audience for Lopez Tonight, and Ugly Betty enjoyed a nice run on primetime TV propelled by the fictional character, Betty Suarez, but there’s an underlying issue behind the screen’s pixels: the stereotyping of Latinos and Latinas in media. Although the mass media underrepresents [...]
By Roshan Farazad Staff Writer Two of the most important issues that our nation is facing today, besides healthcare, are our ailing economy and illegal immigration. The question some of us are wondering is if the two go hand in hand. Is illegal immigration damaging our economy? Or is it boosting our economy? While many [...]
By Elby Hernandez “You look white.” I’ve heard those words more than I’ve cared to in my short 19 years. I am now well aware that I’m not exactly curvy a la Jennifer Lopez or Salma Hayek, nor do I have the typical dark, thick hair and dark features that most people expect Latinas to [...]
By Lianne Maldonado Special to La Voz Melissa Diepold, a freshman on the Women’s Lacrosse team at the University of Maryland, stands out from many of her teammates. Unlike the majority of the Lacrosse team, Melissa comes from a Latino background. Why is it that Melissa’s sport, along with some others at the university, such [...]