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Latino Caucus may Expand to Include Non-Latino Members (Article for Extra)

February 9, 2012 No comments yet
Latino Caucus may Expand to Include Non-Latino Members (Article for Extra)

The Latino Caucus of alderman is considering opening up to non-Latino alderman who have majority Latino constituencies.  This move could expand the eight member group to as many as 15. When asked by Extra if this move would benefit the Latino Caucus Alderman Daniel Solis said, “It would be beneficial to the caucus, but more [...]

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Vámonos (Travel)

Maps, A Lot of Information in a Small Space (Vámonos Vol. 21)

February 2, 2012 No comments yet
Maps, A Lot of Information in a Small Space (Vámonos Vol. 21)

A map, any map, is a picture of the world in miniature.  They can be frighteningly complex, choc full of annotation and information, but they can and should be easy to understand. A map may have a hundred or more words on it but it’s easy to tell what those words mean.  When the name [...]

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Vámonos (Travel)

Movies, Weight and Hollywood’s Visual Culture (Vámonos Vol. 20)

February 1, 2012 No comments yet
Movies, Weight and Hollywood’s Visual Culture (Vámonos Vol. 20)

People in Hollywood are seen more often than people from any other place in the world. The verb can only be “seen,” because movies were seen long before they were heard. The place and its primary industry still obsess over the way people and things look. Hollywood may not be the movie and television capital [...]

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North and Clark

By: Casey Brazeal