Class of 2010 transform into graduates - La Prensa De San Antonio

Junio 6, 2010 LA PRENSA DE SAN ANTONIO 3-A
Calendario
de la comunidad
• REGAL REMIX EVENT – June 17, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. – Buick is
back like you’ve never seen it before. Sunset Station will play host
to a celebration of the new “remixed” 2011 Buick Regal featuring
the distinctive sounds of Bob Schneider complimented with gourmet
culinary creations and regal cocktails. The event will also provide a
look at what’s new in the world of Buick. Open bar and free admission.
RSVP by June 16 at regalremix@gmblogs.com.
•RIVER CITY CLUSTER OF DOG SHOWS – June 17 – 20
– The River City Cluster of Dog Shows (RCCDS) is hosting four
all-breed shows at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. For
more information visit www.rivercitycds.com or River City Cluster
of Dog Shows on Facebook.
• SACHS CASINO NIGHT – Friday, June 18, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. –
The St. Anthony Catholic High School (SACHS) Alumni Association
will hold its annual Texas Hold’ Em and Casino Night event
in June at the SACHS gymnasium, located at 3200 McCullough.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and games will run from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. For
more information, contact Alejandro Calderon at calderon@uiwtx.
edu or (210) 832-5622. All benefits will benefit the SACHS Alumni
scholarship fund.
• 10TH ANNUAL FATHER’S DAY FIESTA – June 19, 10 a.m.
– 2 p.m. – You’re invited to celebrate “A Decade of Fatherhood” at
the Plaza Guadalupe, located on 1327 Guadalupe. Come and find
information on employment, education, housing, money management,
child care and much more. Free food, door prizes, free health
screenings and more will be provided. For more information call
(210) 227-3463 or (210) 227-4940.
• MARIACHI SANGRE FATHER’S DAY – Saturday, June 19,
7 p.m. – Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores Instituto Cultural de
México preset Mariachi Sangre Mexicana celebrating Father’s Day
at the Auditorium of the Instituto Cultural de México, located on 600
Hemisfair Park. For reservations please call (210) 227-0123.
• ZUMBATHON – Saturday, June 19, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Join the
party for two hours of non-stop Zumba with Angie Romero. The
cost is $15 per person and will be held at the YMCA San Antonio,
located on 503 Castroville Road. Proceeds to benefit the YMCA San
Antonio Mi Carrera program – a dropout prevention program for the
middle and high school teenage girls. For more information log onto
www.ymca.org/sanantonio.
• SUMMER SUNDAES – June 25, 1:30 p.m. – Grandparents
and parents are invited to bring their grandchildren and children to
celebrate the beginning of summer and the end of school. A FREE
magic show will be held as you enjoy your ice cream sundae. Cost
is $2 per sundae. Registration is encouraged. The annual membership
fee for participation at Granados is $5. For more information
call (210) 207-3285.
• MY GIRL 45TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR – Sunday, June 27,
7:30 p.m. – ARTS San Antonio presents The Temptations at the
Majestic Theatre, located on 226 East Houston Street. The Temptations
will perform in honor of the 45th anniversary of their musical
achievements. Tickets start at $35 and can be purchased through
Ticketmaster by calling (800) 745-3000 or visiting ticketmaster.
com or by calling ARTS San Antonio at (210) 226-2891. Tickets
are on sale now.
• SUMMER THEATER CAMP – Every Tuesday in June and July,
6:40 p.m. – Summer theater camp, which includes classes on acting,
improvisation and movement. Classes and rehearsals will culminate
in a public performance. Classes will be held for the entire family, 6
and up at the International Folk Culture Center, located on 411 S. W.
24th Street, on the campus of OLLU. Registration is $25 per person
plus $4 per class. This event is free for OLLU student with valid ID.
For more information please call (210) 431-3922.
• A SALUTE TO MILITARY FLIGHT – July 4 – This retrospective
exhibit celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first flight at Fort
Sam Houston. It includes artifacts and images from private collectors
and from the official collection of the U.S. Air Force. This event will
take place at the Institute of Texan Cultures. For more information
please log on to www.texancultures.com or call (210) 458-2300.
• SUMMER THEATRE CAMP AT SAC – July 8-17, 9 a.m.-5
p.m. – The San Antonio College Department of Theatre and Speech
Communication hosts a nine-day Summer Theatre Camp, which
includes classes on acting, improvisation and movement taught by
professionals. Classes and rehearsals will culminate in a public performance
of a one-act play. San Antonio area students entering grades
9 thought 12 are asked to apply by JUNE 30. This event will take
place at the McAllister Fine Arts Center located on 1300 San Pedro
Ave., 78212 and the cost is $100 per student. For more information
contact Paula Rodriguez at (210) 486-0492.
• NCLR ANNUAL DIVERSITY CAREER FAIR – July 12, 10
a.m. – 3 p.m. – The NCLR Diversity Career Fair will be featured
as part of the National Latino Family Expo. Professionals from the
greater San Antonio market will be drawn to the NCLR Diversity
Career Fair through extensive promotion. For additional information
about the event please visit www.nclr.org/conference or go to PSIjobfair.com
to learn more about this career fair event and others like it.
Living with an uninvited guest
Sometimes, in life, we have to
move forward no matter how hot
the heat may get. That’s what I
thought to myself the other day
when T.J. and I decided to hire
someone to fix the air conditioning
unit at her previous home—
the house we have been diligently
working on to get sold.
The old unit died out on us
a few months ago so we had to
put that on the list “of things to
repair and replace” before putting
the house on the market.
Now that the simmering summer
heat is upon us, and there is still
much work to be done before
the “for sale” sign gets dug in
the ground, I’m glad we had the
unit replaced.
For T.J., fixing up and selling
the house she shared with her late
husband for 10 years is a definite
move forward with her new life,
but she sometimes takes a few
steps back when the temperatures
begin to rise. Summertime is here
and T.J. knows she won’t be able
to have some of that fun under
the sun when her work is done.
For most people with MS, the
summer heat can be a serious
problem when wanting to move
forward with daily activities and
routines. T.J. has to accept the
fact that she cannot always participate
in summer activities like
a bike ride, a game of volleyball,
roller skating, gardening, etc.
After about an hour in the sun,
her body begins to heat up and
short out like…well…a broken
air conditioning unit.
“I can feel great all day, but
when I go out into the heat, my
body begins to feel numb and
heavy, even immobile,” says T.J.
Although sunlight provides
lots of vitamin D for the body,
which is good not only for people
with MS, but for everybody, too
much summer sun can exasperate
By Johnny Hernandez
johnnyhernandez@hotmail.com
the symptoms, especially when
doing things that can heat up the
body. Cool, calm water activities,
however, like swimming or
tubing down the Frio River can
be very do-able.
“But even though the warm,
blue, summer skies and sun
kissed beaches can look so enticing,
they can be hazardous to my
health,” T.J. admits. “There are
plenty of added worries and concerns
for people with MS when
it comes to the summer heat.”
Since being diagnosed, T.J.
has learned about a few tips for
keeping cool she would like
to share with others…mostly
common sense type stuff. Staying
very well hydrated is one
of the important ones. Staying
indoors is another. If you have
to be outdoors, keep a cool damp
cloth or bandana around your
neck to ward off the heat. Some
people even keep a spray bottle
De acá de este lado…Happy 81st anniversary
Por M. Antonieta González
Founded in 1929, The League
of United Latin American Citizens
(LULAC) was the result
of the merger of three Mexican
American civic organizations:
the Corpus Christi chapter of
the Order Sons of America, the
Order Knights of America of San
Antonio, Texas, and the League
of Latin American Citizens of
South Texas.
This week, they held their 81st
Annual State Convention, under
the title: Reform & Progress “El
Nuevo Movimiento”. The State
Deputy Director and Convention
Chair, Ms. Elia Mendoza, who
has been one of the main organizers
of this event, represents one
the finest examples of dedication
and devotion to the cause
of the organization that she has
embraced for more than 20 years.
In her current position, as
UTEP student wins public interest award
Special to La Prensa
In a Vietnam village, children
grow up healthy because
their father finds a new
food source in the crawfish
that swim in rice paddies. In
post-conflict Uganda, a girl
kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance
Army returns home
to begin a new life as a farmer
and entrepreneur. In Indonesia,
parents develop strategies to
protect their daughters from
human trafficking.
special assistant to the Texas
State LULAC director, she has
been the backbone to one of
the toughest and largest states.
When I asked her about LULAC,
she describes it as, “One of the
oldest, and indeed the largest
Latino civil rights and advocacy
group in the United States that
works to improve opportunities
for Hispanic Americans from
every region, and is one of the
most influential and representative
voice of Hispanics.”
Texas, is indeed one of the
most important states in this
organization, where since its
creation they have been not only
part of the process, but have had
an active role on one of the most
interesting, although difficult
and too many times painful, social
process of the history of the
Latino community, an integral
part of the overall history of this
country.
Therefore, it was only appropriate
to have The Benson
Latin American Collection at
the University of Austin, as the
official archival repository of the
Presidential Papers Project.
The current LULAC National
President, Rosa Rosales will
soon have her place in history at
the prestigious archives, and a
new cycle of leadership will start.
The enormous network of this
organization will go through the
turmoil of new elections, where
different groups will compete.
In fact, one of our own local
San Antonians, Jaime Martinez,
is running to become the next
National President, although
other names will be as well in
the ballots, to try to become ‘The
voice of Hispanics’.
I wish luck to all of them who
have accepted to leave the comfort
of their own life to try to defend
and fight for the rights of all
of us, and for the rights to those
whose voice cannot be heard.
Lucía Durá, a doctoral candidate
in the rhetoric and
composition program at The
University of Texas at El Paso,
has traveled the globe documenting
the success of these
“positive deviants” – those few
individuals in every community
who find unique ways to
look at, and overcome, seemingly
intractable problems.
Durá’s proposal to apply the
positive deviance approach to
help raise student retention
and graduation rates in Texas
has earned her the highly competitive
2010 Public Interest
Award from The University of
Texas at Arlington Academy
of Distinguished Scholars. In
addition to receiving a $5,000
cash prize, Durá will have
an opportunity to present her
ideas to the Texas legislature.
“The use of positive deviance
in problem-solving requires
a simple shift in perception,”
Durá said. “Rather than
focusing on the problem and
seeking external solutions, we
look at what an individual or
community is doing right and
with them anytime they are out
and about during these summer
months. But most importantly,
T.J. suggests keeping your
friends and family well aware of
what is going on with your body.
Often times, people with MS
do not look like they have a
debilitating disease to others.
Therefore, it is vitally important
to keep the people you with
aware that you might have to
leave early or not stay out too
long.
“Just be aware of your body
and your body’s needs, and carry
a strong voice that isn’t ashamed
or embarrassed to speak up,” T.J.
insists.
For more helpful tips on how
to beat the heat—helpful advice
anyone can adhere to—visit
www.nationalmssociety.org
and type in “summer heat” in
the search engine tab field. Stay
cool out there.
However, when we talk about
the voice of Hispanics, as anybody
knows, you cannot expect
to hear only a smooth voice. The
truth is that among Hispanics, we
tend to ‘sing’ with all our hearts
and with all our might. This is
true not only in our music, but in
our views and in our needs that
in reality are so diverse.
It is true that the soft and usually
sad notes of a tango, do not
seem to have much to do with a
loud and rhythmic salsa, and that
might seem difficult to have this
accords being played by a mariachi
or even a conga. However, I
believe that even though we are
different, we can all raise our
voices and sing.
If not as a single voice, let’s
sing as a choir, where the different
tones can add to the beauty
of the whole. Hopefully, we will
not forget something very important
…we all have to sing to the
same song.
make that a model that can be
replicated by others. Positive
deviance is the glimmer of
hope when other, more traditional
approaches have failed.”
“If we want to raise graduation
rates in Texas, we should
study the behavior of what I
call the least-usual suspects:
those students who, despite
facing the same obstacles
and limited resources as their
peers, remain in school and
graduate. How did they do
this? What can we learn from
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