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Vol. LIX, Issue 714
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Duo examines new racial identities This is the first study examining ‘Blaxicans’ in the U.S. By Raul CaBRal Contributing Writer
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Dr. Shigueru Tsuha speaks during a lecture titled “Emerging Racial-Ethnic Identities: Japanese Peruvians & ‘Blaxicans’ in California” in the Karl Anatol Center on Monday.
As the number of multi-ethnic people continues to grow, it can sometimes in society.
Rebecca Romo and Shigueru Tsuha addressed the emergence of two such groups in California during their lecture, “Emerging RacialEthnic Identities: Japanese Peruvians and ‘Blaxicans’ in California” Monday afternoon inside the Karl Anatol Center. Romo, a minority fellow at the American Sociological Association, “Blaxicans” in the U.S. and found that people who fall under that category oftentimes have a hard time identifying with either group because they are labeled either not black enough or not
Mexican enough by people of both races. She also stressed that family and peers play an important role in shaping the identity of these multi-ethnic individuals. “Family within the home is where we socialize and where we learn our values and our norms most strongly, through our parents and our grandparents,” Romo said. “I noticed that when participants started going to school, that’s probably when they started thinking about their racial
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Author Susan Heuck Allen gives talk on experience as archeologist Allen completed her fieldwork in Cyprus, Israel and Knossos. By Kaila CampBell Staff Writer
Archaeologists, community memStudent Union Beach Auditorium yesterday to listen to author and archaelatest book. Allen’s book, “Classical Spies: American Archaeologists with the OSS in WWII Greece,” which took nearly a decade to complete, was published in 2011. The book focuses on Allen’s adventures as an archaeologist in Greece. The Archeological Institute of America and Eta Sigma Phi, an honor society for students of Greek, Latin and Classical studies, sponsored the presentation as part of the honor society’s 100th anniversary. A graduate of Brown University, Allen started her career as a dirt archaeologist working in countries such as Cyprus, Israel and Knossos. Allen started her presentation with
she later explained to the audience. “In Greek churches, people would light a single candle of an individual’s action that was symbolic,” she said. Allen discussed her experience of studying archaeologist spies in Greece and the relationships she developed with many Greeks who lived through WWII. She also spoke about her bond with a Greek woman named Clio, explaining that it took six years to gain Clio’s trust
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A matter of faith
Sophomore healthcare administration major Fernando Morales, left, listens as Sister Pat from Campus Ministry U.S.A. practices “Confrontational Evangelism” on the Free Speech lawn on Monday.
Students react to nearby earthquake A 2.7 earthquake shakes classrooms and projectors on campus.
“I was in class; everybody felt it,” around, and that’s how we knew. It was
By Daniel SeRRano anD JaSmine WinDSoR Staff Writers
Some students were surprised to feel the ground shake yesterday after a 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck one mile from Rossmoor
at 3:05 p.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. “I thought something big had fell said. “[I didn’t think it was an earthquake until] the chair of the department came out and asked me if I felt it.” Vichaya Chantamoke, a freshman vices building when the earthquake hit.
Senior healthcare administration too. “I slightly felt it,” he said. “My chair rolled forward a little bit, and I smacked my knee. I wasn’t sure if it was an earthquake or not until someone told me it was an earthquake.” Most students said they would not be prepared if a bigger earthquake struck Southern California. They said that
yesterday’s small tremor wouldn’t spur them to change that. “We all hear about the Big One coming, but I think a lot of us would not be prepared. I know I wouldn’t be,” said Maria Victoria, a senior sociology mer is approaching, these little earthquakes come and go. It hasn’t scared me enough to go buy supplies yet.” da said he isn’t ready for a large earthquake either. “I don’t think I am prepared,” he said. “I don’t have any extra water or canned food. I think most of California is that way ... We feel like we have a certain amount of time or think, ‘Oh, it won’t happen in my time.’”