October 14, 2009
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News and reviews on new motor vehicles
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upgraded version of the 2.4-li-
ter four-cylinder that powered
the last model. That makes this
the second generation of this
crossover SUV.
All models come standard
with GM's Ecotec four-cylinder
by K athleen C arr
The 2010 Chevrolet Equinox engine, now with direct injec­
is a five-passenger, mid-size tion technology that improves
crossover that Edmunds says horsepower from 164 to 182 and
is “available in LS, 1LT, 2LT and torque from 160 to 172 pound-
LTZ trim levels.” For the 2010 feet. Fuel economy is also im­
Equinox, Chevrolet has com­ proved, as GM says the 2.4-li-
pletely redesigned the lineup. ter four cylinder with achieve
It has different styling inside 22/32 mpg. The transmission is
and out and two new engine a six-speed automatic with an
choices. The base engine is an Eco feature that alters the shift
Chevrolet
2010 Equinox
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ter than its predecessor. It is
more carlike than the pre-2010
models, with less lean in turns.
It's not sporty, but the ride is
also quite good. It absorbs
even sh arp bum ps w ithout
disrupting passenger comfort.
T he
2010
C h e v ro le t
Equinox's acceleration with the
new four-cylinder engine is
quite reasonable for the class
and should be good enough for
most consumers and its conser­
vative fuel consumption is a
plus. A snazzy new control
panel and eye-catching two-
tone color schemes make its ri­
vals' cabins seem dreary. The
strong value and appealing
styling, spacious passenger
compartment adds to the ap­
peal of this value.
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Prof Looks at Lower Expectations
Rick Orozco knows the soft students as his teacher once
bigotry of low expectations all did with him.
“I w ould hear th ese d is ­
too well.
As a fifth grader, he remem­ courses betw een teachers and
bers his parents being told by students, and betw een teach­
his teacher that they shouldn’t ers and teachers, which em ­
expect too much from him aca­ phasized the idea that these
demically, and were told that M exican-A m erican students
pushing or encouraging him w ere going n o w h ere,” said
would only result in his humili­ Orozco.
O rozco w anted to u n der­
ation and disappointment.
However, Orozco didn’t give stand the issue better, so he
up. He went on to college and w ent on to earn a Ph.D. from
became a high school teacher the U niversity o f Arizona.
Now a professor at Oregon
at a predominantly Mexican-
A merican school in Tucson, State University, Orozco stud­
ies where the negative m es­
Ariz.
There he heard teachers ut­ sages about M exican-A m eri­
ter the same things about their can students com e from, and
how they tickle dow n to the
stu d e n ts.
O rozco exam ines the m is­
sion statem en ts o f schools
and school districts that serve
p r e d o m in a n tly w h ite s tu ­
dents, and com pares them to
their counterparts that serve
mainly M exican populations.
He found that there are lower
expectations and more nega­
tive attitudes toward Mexican
stu d en ts.
The next step, for Orozco, is
to determine how these lower
expectations make their way
dow n to the teacher-student
level, and what can be done to
address the issue.
“My purpose was not to find
anything new, but rather to un­
derstand how those attitudes
and expectations are transmit­
ted, what is the vehicle with
w hich those things are sent,
and that they might be picked
up by students,” said Orozco.
Orozco wants to apply his
research to Oregon, where the
Mexican American population
is expected to rise to levels seen
in the southwest.
“I’m sure that most of this is
unintentional, but that doesn’t
mean it doesn’t happen. What
I hope my work does is to help
people reco g n ize how d is ­
courses have an effect,” he said.
NOKTMWtST Gallery to Showcase Artist’s Surreal Work
Connection
The Onda Gallery, on 2215
Northeast Alberta Street, is cur­
rently showcasing the surreal
artwork of Eugene artist Rogene
M anas, w hich draw s on her
M editerranean heritage and
passion for Mexican folk art.
Manas’ art attempts to draw
on what she characterizes as the
“essence w ith in .” She uses
papier mache, collage materials,
and acrylic paint to depict natu­
ral images in a figurative man­
ner.
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Rogene Manas will showcase her figurative work at the Onda Gallery through the end of
the last week o f October. It seeks to draw on the “essence within. ’
m ajor graduate w orked for c ific N o rth w est, Italy, and
more than 35 years as the co­ F rance. P rev io u sly , M anas
ow ner o f a design com pany fo c u se d on p le in -a ir la n d ­
before retiring to pursue her scape painting and im p res­
love o f art. She studied with a sionistic still life before m ak­
num ber o f artists in the Pa- ing a su d d en d e p a rtu re in
style after spending time in
M exico, where she developed
a deep interest in Latin Ameri­
can art.
Manas work will show until
O ctober 27.
Refineries Buy Stolen Oil
(A P ) -- U .S . r e f in e r ie s
bo u g h t m illio n s o f d o lla rs
worth of oil stolen from M exi­
can governm ent pipelines and
sm uggled across the border,
the U.S. Justice Departm ent
told The Associated Press —
illegal operations now led by
Mexican drug cartels expand­
ing their reach.
C rim inals — m ostly drug
gangs — tap remote pipelines,
som etim es building pipelines
o f th eir ow n, to siphon o ff
hundreds of millions of dol­
lars w orth o f oil each year,
the M exican oil m onopoly
said. At least one U .S. oil
executive has pleaded guilty
to c o n s p ir a c y in su c h a
deal.
“The United States is work­
ing with the Mexican govern­
ment on the theft o f o il,” said
Nancy Herrera, spokeswoman
for the U.S. A ttorney's office
in Houston. "It's an ongoing
investigation, with one indict­
ment so far.”
In th a t c a s e , D o n a ld
Schroeder, president of Hous­
to n -b a s e d T ra m m o P e tro ­
leum, is scheduled to be sen­
te n c e d in D e c e m b e r a fte r
pleading guilty in May.
In a $2 m illio n schem e,
Herrera said, Schroeder pur­
chased stolen Mexican oil that
had been brought across the
border in trucks and barges
and sold it to various U.S. re­
fineries, w hich she did not
identify. Tram m o's tiny firm
profited about $150,000 in the
scheme, she said.