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COLUMN: In defense of the term Latinx
Kyara Morales-Rodriguez, Columnist
• September 26, 2021
![Student panelists discuss ‘What is Latinx?’ Thursday in the Charleston/Mattoon room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Union. Latinx is a gender-neutral term for Latino or Latina.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1004_LATINX_BS_1-900x276.jpg)
Student panel shares experiences growing up Latinx
Hannah Shillo, Staff Reporter
• October 4, 2018
![Jackie Renteria, a junior pre-nursing major, gets her lunch after waiting in a line of over twenty people for food from Vita’s Mexican Food Truck, which is a part of Latino Heritage Month. Renteria said she enjoyed having the food truck on campus. “I think it’s cool that a lot of people on campus get to experience authentic Mexican food,” said Renteria. The next Latino Heritage Month event will be the “What is Latinx?” student discussion panel that will take place Thursday in the Charleston-Mattoon Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.](https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1004_FOODTRUCK_CB_1-900x709.jpg)
Student panel to discuss ‘What is Latinx?’
Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter
• October 3, 2018
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