Higher education talk set for Latino Heritage Month
Staff Report
September 18, 2019
Latino Heritage Month will continue with “First Generation Latinx Students on Higher Education” by Ana Maria Hernandez, a graduate student from the University of Illinois in the minority student affairs department. The presentation will be at the Edgar Room of Booth Library Wednesday at 4 p.m. This eve...
Latino Heritage Month kicks off at Eastern with free tacos, engagement
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
September 16, 2019
Latino Heritage Month kicked off at Eastern Monday afternoon in the Library Quad with a celebration of the Americas. Students had the opportunity to purchase sides to eat with the tacos they received at the event. The sides available for purchase were sold by some of the registered student organizations on campus as fundraisers. Kenia Gonzalez, chair fo...
Hispanic Heritage Month needs our respect
Staff Editorial
September 12, 2019
Hispanic Heritage Month starts Sunday, and with that, Eastern will be having events to commemorate it. The first event is Saturday, at the Newman Catholic Center, where an “Independence Dance” will be held from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. We at The Daily Eastern News think understanding the reason for a ...
Students play Loteria Monday at Game Night
Valentina Vargas, Staff Reporter
October 8, 2018
Celebrating some of the final events of this year’s Latino Heritage Month, the Spanish Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi hosted Loteria and Game Night in the Cultural House on Ninth Street on Monday at 7 p.m. Spanish professor Kristin Routt said Loteria, which is the Spanish term for bingo, is a game that ...
Student panel to discuss ‘What is Latinx?’
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
October 3, 2018
A student discussion panel called “What is Latinx?” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Charleston-Mattoon Room at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The Latin American Student Organization, Latin American Studies, the Department of Foreign Languages, and the Latino Heritage Celebration...
Observe part of our American heritage with Latino Heritage Month
September 18, 2018
With September being Latino Heritage Month, we at The Daily Eastern News feel that it is best for everyone to look past the issues regarding immigration and the stigma that people place upon Latino immigrants. This month is for meant for celebration of the culture and heritage of Latinos. We unders...
Latino Heritage Month begins
Brenna Scullen, Staff reporter
September 17, 2018
Students and staff gathered in Doudna on Monday for a reception to kick off Latino Heritage Month with music, food, and conversation. The informal reception was sponsored by Eastern, with volunteers from the office of Student Engagement and Inclusion and the Newman Catholic Center. The chair of the Herit...
Latin film to be shown Thursday
Roberto Hodge, Multicultural Editor
September 30, 2014
As part of the Latino Heritage Month’s celebration, there will be an introduction and film screening of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel turned film, “Love in Times of Cholera,” at 7 p.m. Thursday in Seventh Street Underground. Jose Deustua, a history professor, said Marquez is a famous Columb...
