Culture

Save KTRU Rice Radio

August 17, 2010

Let Rice Know You’re Unhappy. A website was just put up to help gin up support for KTRU. Students, alumni, and invested interests are trying to keep Rice University from selling the 91.7 FM frequency and tower. There’s also a petition you can sign, if you’re so inclined. I say do what it takes to [...]

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Rice University Sells KTRU Radio Frequency

August 17, 2010

The Great Recession strikes again. Famed, beloved, and renowned radio station, KTRU will no longer be broadcasting on Houston’s airwaves. I heard it this morning on KUHF News, but it was confirmed when I received an email that was sent out to the entire Rice University community. This is sad news in Houston Radio. One of [...]

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History Repeats Itself

August 8, 2010

I wrote an essay for a class I took at UHD, The History of the New South, that focused on the creation of a distinct Mexican American identity in Houston before WWII. While rereading it, and preparing it for submission as a writing sample for my grad school apps, I couldn’t help but post a [...]

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Bukowski: The Immigrant’s Advocate

July 13, 2010

Some may know Charles Bukowski as the Poet Laureate of Skid Row, but I know him as the writer who got me through some of the loneliest moments of my life. What many people don’t know about Bukowski, is that he is an immigrant. Born in Andernach, Germany, in 1920, Bukowski came to the United [...]

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La Cucaracha Celebrates the 4th

July 4, 2010

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Writers Who Make a Difference

June 19, 2010

It took one professor to make the difference during the semester of English Composition II. For the first time in many years, I sat in a classroom where a Latino prodded our premature brains for answers. I had taken a ten-year break from school, was somewhat intimidated by the few eighteen-year olds in the classroom, and I was happy to have a role model whom I could identify with in front of me.

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Survival of the Dreamers y los frijoles refritos

June 8, 2010

En este lado estamos más revueltos que esos frijoles con huevos y un poquito de arroz, pero nos mantenemos separados en la conciencia. If we closely analyze the situation, we will see that, no matter what color or creed, we are all peleando por ser entendidos. Meanwhile, those who have power over us laugh because we do as they say.

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A Visit From a Dragon Fly [Photos]

June 6, 2010

I locked my keys in my car yesterday, and while waiting for my sister to drive out to BFE, I was graced by the presence of a dragon fly. He landed on my arm and let me take a couple pictures of him before flying away into the brown of the setting sun. It reminded [...]

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