Rhythm and Language

March 29th, 2007

Can learning to dance the salsa help students grasp the Spanish language? Spanish instructor and Columbia-native Lucy Campbell says, “Si!”

After pronunciation practice and a vocabulary lesson, to the tune of current Top 40 Latin music, Indiana State University students in Campbell’s 100- and 200-level Spanish classes learned traditional Hispanic dances, such as the salsa and merengue, as part of Foreign Language Music Day on Feb. 21.

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Bush New Plantation

March 22nd, 2007

The Bush Plantation doesn’t exploit Africans as it once happened in America; it takes in cheap docile illegal workers however and wherever they come from instead.

American Chronicle: The Bush Plantation doesn’t exploit Africans


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Terroristas Chiquitos

March 19th, 2007

Banana company Chiquita Brands International admitted in federal court Monday that for years it paid Colombian terrorists to protect its most profitable banana-growing operation.

Chiquita pleads guilty in terror probe


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Si TV to bow in Midwest

March 9th, 2007

Parent Insight Communications announced Monday that the English-language net targeted at Latinos 18-34 will launch in Midwest states including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

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