latiNOhoosier http://www.latinohoosier.com ¿Latinoamericano o Latinohoosier? Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:14:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fordlandia Henry Ford’s miniature America in the jungle attracted a slew of workers. Local laborers were offered a wage of thirty-seven cents a day to work on the fields of Fordlândia, which was about double the normal rate for that line of work. But Ford’s effort to transplant America– what he ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/fordlandia/ Onalfo gets his dream job The hiring as head coach of Curt Onalfo, a former D.C. player, assistant coach, and director of youth development, was hailed at a Tuesday press conference as confirmation of the club’s Hispanic persona as well as its ambition. Onalfo speaks fluent Spanish, played professionally in Mexico, and as a cancer ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/onalfo-gets-his-dream-job/ God has chosen her It is a freezing night in Indiana. A light drizzle is turning to ice as a crowd of 1,000 people shiver and huddle under umbrellas in a shopping mall car park outside the small Midwestern town of Noblesville. But no one is complaining. “I came to hear the truth get told,” ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/god-has-chosen-her/ Even basketball is suffering in Indiana Poverty rates are high here, college graduates few. Drug use is rampant, several said, and many residents live in ramshackle trailer homes strewn about the hills that surround the checkerboard streets of the town. In these depressed times, there is little to cheer but the high school basketball team. In Rural ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/even-basketball-is-suffering-in-indiana/ The Notre Michigan Irish Wolverines Surely by now you know that the greatest crisis facing this country isn’t the economy or war, but the perilous states of the Michigan and Notre Dame football teams. It’s gotten obnoxious, the overwrought attention these once-storied, now-torpid programs still command, and no one’s stepping up and offering the smoothest, ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/the-notre-michigan-irish-wolverines/ Students protest race discrimination About 200 Washington University seniors were attending Mother’s Night Club Original bar on Saturday night as part of their class trip to Chicago, sponsored by the Senior Class Council. According to Senior Class President Fernando Cutz, the six black students were told they would not be allowed in because of ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/students-protest-race-discrimination/ Soccer in Indianapolis Hoosiers have a history of soccer dominance. The Indiana University men’s soccer team is one of the most successful in NCAA history, having won six NCAA National Championships - including three back-to-back wins. Indiana Youth Soccer proudly calls 60,000 young players its own - with 8,000 coaches, 3,800 referees and thousands ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/soccer-in-indianapolis/ Gun Advocates and Sotomayor With the 2010 election season already under way, gun-rights groups are ramping up the pressure on lawmakers to side with them on every vote. By telling senators that a vote for Sotomayor was a vote against gun rights, the National Rifle Association and other leading Second Amendment advocates forced a ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/gun-advocates-and-sotomayor/ Man hauls lobster in quest to work 50 jobs in 50 states He has stayed with the Amish in Pennsylvania, Arabs in Michigan, African-Americans in New Jersey, Latinos in Iowa, cowboys in South Dakota, Jews in Connecticut and “red necks” in Indiana. Bangor Daily News http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/man-hauls-lobster-in-quest-to-work-50-jobs-in-50-states/ Pataruco http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/pataruco/ Feliu Gasull http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/feliu-gasull/ IU student launches new chapter of PATHE Growing up in Elkhart, Ind., Cesar Escovar never doubted that he’d eventually go to college. A first-generation American whose family came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, Escovar was the son of two doctors who instilled in him a clear understanding of the importance of higher education. His perspective ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/iu-student-launches-new-chapter-of-pathe/ Indiana, Mexican state to cooperate Even after Juana Watson came to Indiana from Mexico, became a professor and achieved the American dream, she dared to dream once more — that her new and old homelands might work together for the mutual benefit of their citizens. Last week, more than 30 years after Watson arrived in Indiana ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/indiana-mexican-state-to-cooperate/ Venezuelans practice twice as hard In his second season with the Lugnuts, having experienced a taste of American life, Chavez was able to help his four countrymen and teammates. “He said, ‘It was easier, because I had English to share,’ ” said Carol Walker, Chavez’s host for the summer. Some of them are already rich from their ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/venezuelans-practice-twice-as-hard/ Mariano Morales http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/mariano-morales/ Sotomayor excites Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Close to 20,000 Hispanics live in Fort Wayne; many are closely watching Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing. Sotomayor excites local FW Hispanics http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/sotomayor-excites-fort-wayne/ Jackson en Venevision http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/jackson-en-venevision/ Teague to Pacers? In the league’s early years, when teams were struggling to include fan bases, the draft included territorial picks. Before the start of the draft, a team could forfeit its first-round pick and instead select a player from its immediate area, presumably with a strong local following. What if the NBA Draft ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/teague-to-pacers/ Making Movies makes great music At the Record Bar, Making Movies frontman Enrique Javier Chi shares a complaint with the audience. “My waitress last night was totally racist — ‘Are you black or Spanish?’ ” he says, aping her. Kansas City Music - Blending rock-and-roll guitar, salsa rhythms and Spanish-English lyrics http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/making-movies-makes-great-music/ Shortstop Embargo CARACAS, Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez today threatened the United States with an embargo on the export of shortstops until Venezuelan native David Concepcion, a five-time Gold Glove winner for the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” teams of the 1970’s, is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Venezuelan Dictator Threatens ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/shortstop-embargo/ Wordle Amazon.com Widgets http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/wordle/ Calypso Fantasies The calypsonian of old combined the bawdy wit of a lovelorn English bard with the improvisatory praise instincts of an African griot. For me, the concept was driven home when my father took me to Trinidad as a 10-year-old, and I watched a roadside calypsonian whip up a rhyming verse ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/calypso-fantasies/ Entrepreneurial Spirit Still Alive except in the Midwest The rate increased in all regions from 2007 to 2008, except in the Midwest, in which the rate declined slightly to 0.23% from 0.25%. Among states, Georgia and New Mexico showed the hightest entrepreneurial rates at 0.59% and 0.58% respectively, while Pennsylvania and Missouri showed the lowest rates, 0.14% and ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/entrepreneurial-spirit-still-alive-except-in-the-midwest/ Miss Subway Finally in April 1948, Thelma Porter, a psychology major at Brooklyn College, was selected as Miss Subways. Her picture was splashed across black newspapers and magazines nationwide as a point of pride. She was feted nationally, including a reception at the Royal Manor Ballroom. Among those who honored her: Thurgood ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/miss-subway/ Fortune Cookie Chronicles When Jennifer 8. Lee was in seventh grade, she made a startling discovery — fortune cookies are not an authentic Chinese food. In her New York Times best-selling book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Lee wrote about the experience, “It was like learning I was adopted while being told there was ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/fortune-cookie-chronicles/ A Gym of Their Own Anyone who doubts that people can turn their lives around quickly should meet Jose Colon. Over the past 10 weeks, the 33-year-old Colon, of Sixth Street near Indiana Avenue in North Philly’s Fairhill neighborhood, has morphed from a crepehanger whose depression and irritability threatened to cost him his family into an ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/a-gym-of-their-own/ Diamante Negro Jose Mendez was perhaps the first Latino baseball legend ever. In his homeland of Cuba, they called him “El Diamante Negro,” The Black Diamond. From 1908 to 1914, Mendez was one of the greatest Negro League pitchers, along with Rube Foster and Smokey Joe Williams. Born on March 19, 1887 in Cardenas, ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/diamante-negro/ Indiana high school forbids a female student from wearing a tuxedo You might wonder why I allude to this topic on this blog. It’s because, just as diversity and discrimination issues, it is all about human rights and equal rights. A 17 year old female from Boone County, Indiana, is suing her her high school, Lebanon High School, for forbidding her from ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/indiana-high-school-forbids-a-female-student-from-wearing-a-tuxedo/ Hoosier Videos Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/hoosier-videos/ Face of farming changing in many areas of the U.S. The 2007 Census of Agriculture, which was released in early February, found the operators of American farms have become more diverse in the last five years. The count of Hispanic operators grew by 10 percent, and the counts of American Indian, Asian and black farm operators rose as well, according to ... http://www.latinohoosier.com/index.php/archive/face-of-farming-changing-in-many-areas-of-the-us/

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