Melissa Major Staff Writer A male Latino high school student had a 4.5 GPA and would have been a candidate forscholarships to several U.S. universities. Instead, he ended up on the streets. His undocumented status prohibited him from higher education in this country, and he could not get a good job as a result. This [...]
The Student Government Association voted to support the Dream Act on Wednesday October 13, making the University of Maryland the first university in Maryland to officially declare its support for the act.
Toni Calandrelle Staff Writer Luis Alfo Gomez is a construction worker and a 10-year Rockville resident who says he cannot afford to educate his children in America. For that reason, he says, he is returning to his family in Honduras. Gomez, 42, who is not a full U.S. resident, has three children who live in [...]
Romy Zipken Staff Writer A legislation that would allow undocumented students living in the United States since they were young a chance to receive permanent residency and either enroll in college or enlist in the military, failed in congress September 21, but students who have fought for the bill aren’t done fighting. The Dream Act [...]
Hannah Morgan Staff Writer College campuses around the country are making headlines with mass campaigns to pass the DREAM act, which was shot down in its second senatorial reading last week (September 23, 2010). What exactly is causing all the fuss? What is the DREAM act? The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act [...]
Zack Cohen10 Staff Writer Many feel minorities continue to face challenges as students at the University of Maryland despite its current ranking of 14th in the top 25 of national research institutes who have made significant strides in improving minority graduation rates according to Education Trust. Using data from 2002-2007, Education Trust aims to promote [...]
LSU’s annual Latino Kitchen held in St. Mary’s Hall featured free food, games and music. Students sat in random groups with a colored pieced of paper in the center of them. This paper had different Latin country names on them. Students in the groups had to see how many diferent types of food they could name for that country. The group [...]
By Jolie Doggett Staff Writer Hispanic Heritage month is in full effect, and in the course of various fiestas, parades and other celebrations, a trip to an American History museum may seem like a strange detour to take. However, for three days, the culture, music and history of Hispanic America will fill the halls of [...]
By: Felicia Garay-Stanton Co-Editor in Chief A celebration of cultural unity, preservation and acknowledgement, the 39th Annual DC Latino Festival, Fiesta DC, is one of the major cultural highlights during Latino History Month and in the District’s neighborhood of Mount Pleasant. This unique event that brings together businesses both small and large, government agencies, non-profit [...]
By Aliya Faust Special to La Voz Latina The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, SHPE, hosted a kick-off barbeque on Sept. 10 in front of the Martin Hall to welcome back current members and introduce the organization to newcomers. The event was promoted by flyers posted throughout STEM—science, technology, engineering and mathematics—related buildings that invited [...]