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August 25, 2004 <ri’1 IJortlanb © bseruer Page B3 Latin Women Rock in Music Scene Ladies break from glamour mold (AP) — Anyone concerned that traditional machismo would stifle Latin American women who want to rock need look no further than Colom bia's Andrea Echeverri and Mexican songstress Ely Guerra. $34.99 Phone w/60 Mins. Included No Contract - No Credit Check (5 0 )) 235-1M22 Their headliner performances at the recent Latin Alternative Music Conference dem on strate that Latina musicians have broken free of the glam our mold that still shapes the images of many female performers. Historical Fleming Building NOwP Jimmy's Merchant The Latina rockers evoked a panoply of images: Fringed ponchos and pigtails, elegance with a retro-diva afro. Their videos and lyrics did the same. The fifth annual conference drew fans, per formers and industry insiders to a series of panels, exhibitions and concerts in Los Ange les, New York and Toronto. Echeverri and Guerra, who performed in a seaside night concert on the Santa Monica Pier, are part of a generation of Latina musi cians - among them, the gravelly voiced rocker Alejandra Guzman, the accordion-wielding Julieta Venegas and the seemingly spirit-chan neling Lila Downs - who express themselves with a freedom that shatters old ideas of how women “should” behave on stage. ...A Business Incubator 3508 N. William Avenue, Portland, OR 97227 “ We are artists with the heart and mind open,” Echeverri said. "I believe that machismo is some thing from, perhaps, past generations, or o f people who still have their minds a bit closed.” Guerra, 32, says it was easier to find artistic acceptance in the United States than in Mexico. “The people didn’t really understand what 1 was offering when I first began to do this profes sionally,” she said. “And when 1 came to the United States, well, oddly enough, it was ac cepted from the start.” While Guerra says she didn’t grow up think ing ot herself as beautiful, saying her mother and sisters are far prettier, her looks were som e thing of an initial obstacle in the industry. “They doubted my professional ability,” she said. "In a way, it was a challenge I had to face and carry until I could feel secure in myself, and until everyone else realized that physical Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha speaks with the media after he announced at a news conference that a powerful drug gang leader was arrested at a house in Mexicali, across the border from Calexico, Calif. (AP photo) Arellano Felix o f Tijuana. Macedo said Higuera split with the Arellano Felix gang late last year to join Zambada, and that split (A P )— Though Sergio Sanchez came to the Uni ted States fi ve years ago, h e's struggled to learn English and perform academically. Hisolder brothers, who immigrated when they were young children, are hav ing a much easier time. “It’s difficult to pronounce the words, and people laugh,” said Sanchez, 17. “If I were younger, it would be easier.” The difference between Sanchez and his brothers’ experiences is common, according to a study re leased last week on im m igrant youth by the Public Policy Institute o f California. It looked at U.S. D e partment of Labor data on im m i grants ages 13 to 24, focusing on Hispanics who make up the m ajor ity o f this group. The study of more than 11 ,(XX) immigrant youths showed H ispan ics who came to the United States at a young age assimilated quickly and demonstrated academic and English fluency levels sim ilar to native-bom Hispanic children. But triggered a series of bloody con frontations between the two gangs in the Tijuana area. those who came in their teens face many more problems. O f those who immigrated before age 10, 33 percent had attended college, compared to 4 1 percent of native-born Hispanic youths. O f those who arrived later, only 13 percent had attended college. “We are doing something right because kids who come under the age of 10 are doi ng almost as we 11 as their native-born counterparts,” said Laura Hill, the study’s author. “T hey're in school, and that seems to be associated with good out com es.” Mexican Flag Draws Protest (A P ) — C ritic ism o v e r a M ex ican flag h u n g in a D en v er c la ssro o m has led sch o o l o ffic ia ls to c re a te a p o licy th at say s the d isp lay o f fo r eig n b an n ers m u st be te m p o rary an d re la te d to w h at is b ein g ta u g h t in class. O ff ic ia ls at N o rth H ig h S c h o o l, w h e re th e stu d e n t p o p u la tio n is 84 p erc en t H is p anic, said they receiv ed co m p la in ts o v e r a p h o to g rap h in th e R o ck y M o u n tain N ew s tak en on M o n d ay , th e first d ay o f sch o o l. T h e p h o to sh o w ed a M e x i can flag d isp la y e d in a c la ss ro o m n ex t to a U .S. flag. A n d rew F ox, w ho teach es E n g lish to S p a n ish -sp e ak in g stu d e n ts, said he w an ted his L atin o stu d e n ts to feel m ore w elc o m e . S c h o o l s u p e rin te n d e n t J e rr y W a rtg o w sa id so m e p e o p l e c o m p la i n e d th e r e sh o u ld n ev e r be an y n o n -U .S . flag s d isp lay e d in the sch o o ls. In re sp o n se to th e c o m p la in ts , sc h o o l p rin c ip a l D arlen e L eD o u x rem o v ed the M ex ican flag an d an o th e r one d is p la y e d in th e s c h o o l ’s lo b b y n ex t to a p o ste r o f the S tatu e o f L ib erty . Lowest Sq. Ft. 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