The term Hispanic was created to uniformly lump together different groups of people in order for the U.S. government to count and describe them for the census, according to the […]
What it means to be Latinx
Tag: Latino
Token Latina brings in the tokens
Celebrities, Columns, Culture/Diversity, Entertainment, Opinion, Spanish
While paying Latino factory workers six dollars per hour, fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 launched a Selena Quintanilla collection to celebrate the anniversary of the late Tejano singer’s 1997 biopic. According […]
Minority organizations need help from the majority
Campus Events, Clubs/Organizations, Culture/Diversity, LGBT, Utah
Thirty-nine percent of Weber State University’s student body is non-Caucasian or identifies as LGBT. With a plethora of scholarship money and programs like Dream Weber, WSU attempts to represent everyone. […]
Hispanics unite at the Union
Culture/Diversity, Features, News, Ogden Community/Events, Spanish
Myriad Latin-American communities came together to kick off Hispanic Heritage month at the Ogden Hispanic Festival on Sept. 15. LUPEC (Latinos United Promoting Education and Civic Engagement), a nonprofit organization, […]
Creating a community with brush strokes and conversation
Campus Events, Culture/Diversity, Features, Mobile, Ogden Community/Events, Visual Arts
Traveling from university to university across the nation, Chicanx artist Jake Prendez shares more than just artwork as he discusses how art influences and helps create community around the world. […]
Being a woke brown chingona
Culture/Diversity, Mywebermedia Slider, Opinion, Spanish
Chingona – noun. 1. a Spanish slang term meaning “bad-ass woman.” Being a woman has given me the strength to be unapologetic, especially in a society that tries to […]
La cultura es activa y dinámica
Campus Community, Campus Events, Clubs/Organizations, Culture/Diversity, Spanish
Es importante hablar acerca lo que es cultura y de la herencia cultural hispana. Weber State tiene más o menos 25.000 estudiantes inscritos de los cuales aproximadamente 2.747 son de […]
Celebrating our cultural heritage
It is important to talk about what culture is. At Weber State University, there are approximately 25,000 students traversing the campus. Of those students, 2,747 identify themselves as Latino or […]
Celebrating our cultural heritage
It is important to talk about what culture is. At Weber State University, there are approximately 25,000 students traversing the campus. Of those students, 2,747 identify themselves as Latino or […]
Haciendo de dos mundos uno solo
Culture/Diversity, Opinion, Spanish
Entro a mi carro, prendo la radio y escucho las canciones en mi iPod. Empiezo a cantar las canciones legendarias de Michael Jackson y otras más modernas. De pronto cambia […]