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October 25, 2000
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PSU Chicano/Latino Studies
Recognizes Hispanic Students
H ispanics com p rised 6.7 per-
lt o f O re g o n ’s p o p u latio n in
99, but accounted for less than
percent o f h ig h er ed u catio n
ollm en t and less than 1 per-
tt o f those earn in g degrees,
cord in g to M aria A lanis Ruiz,
o r d in a to r o f th e C h ic a n o /
tino Studies p rogram at Port-
id S tate U n iv ersity , h ispanic
dents face m any b a rrie rs and
• u n d er-rep resen ted in h igher
jc a tio n .
In reco g n itio n o f the o b stacles
;se h isp a n ic s tu d e n ts h av e
ercom e, the P S U ’s C h ican o /
tino S tudies program at Port-
id State U niversity pro d u ces
annual gala that h ig h lig h ts
h ie v e m e n ts a n d p r o v id e s
lo larsh ip s to assist w ith the
m pletion o f th e ir stu d ies to-
rd a degree. G ala 2000 was held
S a tu rd a y , O ct. 14 at th e
ub letree H otel L loyd C enter,
00 NE M ultnom ah in P ortlan d
5:30p.m .
The event aw arded sch o lar-
ps o f $ 1,000 for acad em ic
lievem en t and com m unity in-
Ivem ent to 16 o f P S U ’s ste lla r
panic stud en ts. In a d d itio n ,
iporters o f the C hican o /L atin o
»dies program, and the hispanic
nmunity at-large, recognized Dr.
in M estas, Jose Romero, Carlos
/era and Lisa Andrus Rivera.
I'he recipients o f the $1,000
lolarships were Vanessa Chavez,
a Gandanilla, Alonso Melendez,
Cantores in Ecclesia to
Perform Homecoming
The boys, girls and adults of
G regorian chant and sacred po­
lyphony from all periods on Sunday,
November 12, in St. Patrick’s Church,
Northwest 19lh & Raleigh in Portland,
at7:30p.m.
The program will include music
that was recently performed in sev­
eral churches in Chicago during the
first week ofNovember. Featured on
the program w ill be the M issa
'Laetatus sum ' for 12 voices (or three
choirs) by Spanish Renaissance com­
poser Tomás Luis de Victoria.
This mass was originally composed
w hen V ictoria w as M aestro de
Cappella ofthe Collegius Germanicum
in Rome. Other music will include
sections o f Herbert Howell’s Re­
quiem; Maurice Duruflé’s Ubi caritas;
A nton B ru c k n e r’s Os ju s ti
meditabitur; settings o f the Ave Maria
by Gabriel Faure, Robert Parsons,
Casals’s Nigra sum; and Samuel
W esley’s Si iniquitates.
All ofthis music was performed in
Chicago at the invitation o f His Emi­
nence, FrancisCardinal George, Arch­
bishop o f Chicago. Tickets will be
available on the day o f the concert at
thedoorofSt. Patrick’s: $10 general
admission: $8 seniors and children.
Cantores in Ecclesia, under the
direction o f Dean Applegate, is an
ensemble o f boys, girls and adults
who specialize in Gregorian chant
and sacred polyphony from all peri­
ods. The choir has been featured in
BBC Magazine and has performed
throughout Europe, Mexico and the
western United States. In 1997 the
choir was awarded three gold medals
in the International Palestrina Com­
petition in Rome.
State Farm Meets Needs of Spanish-
Speaking Policyholders
16 students from the Chicano/Latino Studies were awarded $1,000 scholarships
at a gala held at Double Tree Lloyd Center on Oct. 14.
Josefina Espinoza, Josefina Puente,
Adrian V illalobos, Perla Pinedo,
Charlene Robles Rom ero, Dave
Jiminez, Sandra Alvarez, Elsa Tellez,
Diana Lara, Josie M inne Bruno,
Elena Bejarano, Miguel Cabrera and
David Jiminez.
A crow d o f over 600 w ere in
a tte n d a n c e to hear sc h e d u le d
speakers E rnestina G arcia, A sso ­
c ia te S u p e rin te n d e n t, O re g o n
S tate D ept. o f E ducation, and
D aniel Santos from the O regon
S tate E ducation and W ork Policy
d e p a r tm e n t, as w e ll as th e
e v e n in g ’s featured perform ers,
“ D r. L o c o ” an d his R o ck in g
Jalap en o Band.
State Farm is c o n tin u in g e f­
forts to m eet the needs o f its c u s­
tom ers w ith the new bilingual
custom er resp o n se center.
The El Paso site is an o th er e x ­
tension o f the agent and is now
taking a fter-h o u rs calls in S pan­
ish o r E nglish from custom ers
nationw ide.
“W ith the El Paso CRC, we look
fo rw ard to b e tte r se rv in g the
needs o f our S p anish-speaking
custom ers and adding a new d i­
m e n sio n o f se rv ic e fo r S ta te
F arm ,” said D eborah T rask ell,
V ic e P r e s id e n t o f R e g io n a l
S erv ices.A ccording to the U.S.
census in 1990, there w ere 17 m il­
lion people who p rim arily spoke
Spanish. By 2020, 52 m illion
people in the U nited S tates w ill
be o f H ispanic descent and these
num bers w ill keep grow ing.
In ad d itio n to El Paso, State
Farm has CRC sites in M inneapo­
lis-St. Paul, M inn.; Jack so n v ille,
Fla; and B loom ington, 111. The
C R C ’s assisted 4 m illio n p o licy ­
holders in 1999.
S tate Farm serves nearly 67
m illio n p o lic y h o ld e r s in the
U nited S tates and C anada, in su r­
ing about one in every five in­
sured cars and one in four hom es.
The 6th Annual Day of
the Dead Festival
T he M iracle T h eatre G roup
continues its 16,h season o fm a g ic
and d ream s w ith the M ilag ro
B ailad o res 6lh annual the D ia de
los M uertos F estiv al. Join the
M ilagro B ailad o res as they e x ­
plore the c e le b ra tio n o f life and
death, and the sym bolism o f the
Days o f the D ead as it is rev ealed
through tra d itio n a l M exican and
m odern d an ces, p u p p etry , song
and verse.
U nder the directio n o f R ebecca
M artin ez, w ith o rig in a l m usic
com po sed by R odolfo O rteg a,
choreography by Tam ara C astillo
G ra y , R o sa F lo y d , a n d K ris
V e rc o u te re n , th e D ia de lo s
M uertos F estiv al takes us on a
enchan ted jo u rn e y as we en ter
the w orld o f Ju an ito , w ho is dead.
It h appened Friday, M arch 24,
at 10:48 a.m . I t ’s been tough on
his sw eetheart. But now the D ays
o f the D ead are draw in g n ear ad
the re jo ic in g has begun. H ow ­
ever, th ere is a problem .
Ju an ito has never m ade the trip
from the land o f the dead before,
and he never has been really good
w ith d irectio ns. W ill he m ake it
back in tim e? W ill he and his
sw eeth eart by reunited? Join the
M ilagro B ailadores as they dance
a n d s in g th e ir w ay th ro u g h
J u a n ito ’s jo u rn e y to the land o f
the living.
T he festiv al o f the Days o f the
D ead is an o b servance w ith very
an cien t roots in M exico. F o rp re -
H isp an ic cu ltures, life was con­
sidered to be no m ore than a pass­
ing m om ent, a dream from w hich
o n e w o u ld w a k e up a g a in
am o n g st the dead. D eath, repre­
sen ted th ro u g hout tim e as a sk e l­
eton, fin ally was represented in
the 19lh cen tury as a friendly,
com ical figure, a fam iliar friend.
T o d ay , the D ays o f the Dead
are c e le b ra ted each year on Nov.
1 and 2. On these days, it is be-
lieved the dead com e from the
beyond to visit w ith the living.
Special foods are prepared,
breads are baked, and altars to
the d ead and c e m e ta rie s are
cleaned and decorated w ith flow ­
ers. The souls o f the dead are
said to return from the a fte r-life,
to v isit the living, w here they
consum e the food and drink left
for them.
The living receive the dead
with merrim ent, m usic,a nd all the
things they enjoyed w hile living.
The Dia de los m uertos F esti­
val runs from Oct. 27 - N ov. 11.
O pening night is Friday, O ct. 27
at 8 p.m ., tickets are $12. The
p ro d u c tio n c o n tin u e s th ro u g h
N ov. 1 1, T hursdays at 7:30 p.m .;
Fridays and S aturdays at 8 p.m .
and Sundays at 2 p.m . All p e rfo r­
m ances w ill be held at El C entro
M ilagro, 525 SE Stark. For re se r­
vations and inform ation, please
call 503/236-7253.
Piénselo; Usted se siente orgulloso de Jos
hijos que crió. Sus nietos también son
hermosos e inteligentes. La realidad de la
jubilación finalmente ha llegado y ha
resultado mejor de lo que imaginaba
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