El Sol Latino | November 2016 | 13.1

November 2016

Volume 13 No. 1

Un Periódico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Un Periódico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Un Periódico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

Un Periódico Diferente / A Different Kind of Newspaper

¡12 Años!

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Doce Años Siendo Un Periódico Diferente

Twelve Years Being A Different Kind of Newspaper

En noviembre del 2004 salió la primera edición de El Sol Latino. Han pasado 12 años desde que comenzamos a publicar un periódico con una misión diferente a la de las publicaciones existentes en aquella época. En el 2004 lanzamos un periódico con un claro compromiso periodístico con diversidad, inclusión y justicia social. El compromiso continúa.

The first edition of El Sol Latino came out in November of 2004. Twelve years have gone by since we started to publish a newspaper with a mission different from that of the publications that existed at the time. In 2004 we published a newspaper with a clear journalistic commitment to diversity, inclusion and social justice. The commitment continues.

Durante estos 12 años, tres importantes temas han sido recurrentes en las páginas del periódico - la campaña por la liberación del prisionero político puertorriqueño Oscar López Rivera, el status colonial de Puerto Rico, y la lucha por la falta de diversidad en los medios de comunicación y en muchas instituciones públicas de la región. Planeamos continuar prestándole atención a estos tres temas en nuestras próximas ediciones. Este compromiso con diversidad, inclusión y justicia social es lo que nos hace un periódico diferente.

During these past twelve years, three important topics have been recurrent in the pages of our newspaper – the campaign for the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rico’s colonial status, and the struggle for diversity in the media and in many public institutions in the region. We plan to continue to bring attention to these three topics in our future editions. This commitment to diversity, inclusion and social justice is what makes us a different kind of newspaper.

Esperamos seguir contando con su apoyo.

We look forward to having your continued support.

Sinceramente, Manuel

Sincerely, Manuel

Cita del Mes/Quote of the Month “We have fewer rights today, than we had under Spain in 1898.”

Federal Judge Juan R. Torruella, September 10, 2016, in a speech to the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (the Bar Association of Puerto Rico) about the current relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States.

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2 Editorial / Editorial Doce Años Siendo Un Periódico Diferente 3 Portada / Front Page Programa de ESL del HCC Celebra 30 Años 4 La Junta y el Disfraz de la Supervisión 5 Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History 7 The five things no one will tell you about why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color 8 Top Public Universities Close Doors to Black and Latino Students Tinta Caliente / Hot Ink 10 ¿Qué Pasa en...?

13 Opinión / Opinion Two political perspectives on poverty in 2016 14 Deportes / Sports Legends, Campeones del sóftbol 2016 15 Serie Final entre Agresivos vs. Legends 16 Legends Campeones de Liga de los Old Timers 2016

Foto del Mes/Photo of the Month Ana Irma Rivera Lassén e Ian Seda Irizarry en Holyoke Founded in 2004 n Volume 1, No. 1 n November 2016 Editor Manuel Frau Ramos manuelfrau@gmail.com 413-320-3826 Assistant Editor Ingrid Estrany-Frau Managing Editor Diosdado López

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Los conferenciantes Ana Irma Rivera Lassén e Ian Seda Irizarry, detrás del podio, junto a algunos de los asistentes al evento “No Banker Left Behind” - Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Crisis and the Colonial Status, celebrado el sábado 22 de octubre en Holyoke Public Library.

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Programa de ESL del HCC Celebra 30 Años por MANUEL FRAU RAMOS El miércoles, 26 de octubre, el Holyoke Community College celebró los 30 años de su Programa de Inglés como Segundo Idioma (ESL, English as a Second Language).

Este programa se inició en 1986 como una iniciativa educativa sin ofrecer créditos universitarios, financiada mediante una subvención con tres instructores a tiempo parcial. Esta iniciativa ha evolucionado hasta convertirse en un programa de estudios de aprendizaje del inglés como segundo idioma que tiene cinco niveles (cuatro con créditos), cinco profesores de tiempo completo y más de 10-14 profesores adjuntos con un ofrecimiento de cerca de 34 clases diferentes cada semestre.

Por los pasados 30 años, el Programa de ESL ha ayudado a miles de inmigrantes y migrantes para los cuales el inglés no es su idioma nativo para prepararse para tomar cursos a nivel colegial u obtener un certificado o grado asociado.

Esta exitosa iniciativa educativa es considerada como el programa de ESL académico mas grande y más completo en el oeste de Massachusetts.

I-d: El representante estatal Aaron Vega junto a Bella Feldman, Vivian Leskes y Carlos Malavé, quienes fueron reconocidos durante el evento.

“Treinta años es un logro,” dijo Eileen Kelly, coordinadora de los Sevicios de Apoyo de ESL y miembro de la facultad de ESL. “Esta es una oportunidad para celebrar a las personas de nuestro programa, para celebrar a los estudiantes, lo que han logrado y lo que pueden lograr, y lo que HCC hace posible para estas personas.”

Las palabras de apertura de la ceremonia estuvieron a cargo de Idelia Smith, seguidas de comentarios por parte del alcalde de Holyoke Alex B. Morse y del Representante Estatal Aaron Vega.

Durante el evento se reconoció al personal y a ex-alumnos por su servicio de muchos años al programa de ESL - Carlos Malavé, Bella Feldman y Vivian Leskes.

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La Junta y el Disfraz de la Supervisión por ELIVÁN MARTÍNEZ MERCADO Centro de Periodismo Investigativo | 7 de octubre de 2016 El traductor Alejandro Álvarez se le adelantó al gobierno local y al federal.

Publicó en su perfil de Facebook, en julio pasado, la traducción al español que había hecho sobre la llamada ley federal PROMESA.

El profesor usaba entonces el nombre que ya empleaban políticos, comentaristas y gran parte de la población. Desde 2015, cuando se hablaba del proyecto de Ley, decir Junta de Control Fiscal ya era uso y costumbre.

Profesor del Programa Graduado de Traducción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, propuso una versión no oficial, que no pretende abordar con precisión los términos legales y financieros, y sí que los puertorriqueños tengan acceso a la información en su idioma sobre una ley inminente. PROMESA no ordena que su propio texto se traduzca al español, ni los documentos que de su puesta en marcha se desprendan.

Hasta que la misma entidad federal, en su página web www. juntasupervision.pr.gov , se tradujo a sí misma como Junta de Supervisión Fiscal. Sí, pero no. Los traductores, los periodistas, los escritores y toda persona que trabaja responsablemente con la palabra saben que el poder siempre usa el lenguaje para legitimarse.

Se trata de un asunto crítico para quienes aspiran a vivir en democracia. El destino del archipiélago puertorriqueño lo comandan ahora siete miembros de una junta que no ha sido electa por el pueblo ni para el pueblo, sino que fue nombrada por el presidente estadounidense Barack Obama, por el cual los puertorriqueños no votaron. Washington creó un mecanismo colonial para que el gobierno local pueda pagar su deuda.

Durante el proceso de traducción, Álvarez barajó varias posibilidades para encontrar el nombre adecuado para el “Oversight Board”, la Junta que se establece con la Ley. Escogió “Control Fiscal”, en lugar de “Supervisión Fiscal”, porque era el término que más se adaptaba a la realidad legal: ese organismo no viene a supervisar. Tiene poderes plenarios, la última palabra en las decisiones sobre los planes fiscales y el presupuesto de Puerto Rico.

Puede ir por encima del gobernador electo, y posee inmunidad en casos de demanda.

En otro post de Facebook, el traductor explicó sus razones para descartar las palabras “supervisión” o “vigilancia”. Escribió: “Estos dos términos apuntan a un matiz semántico, es decir, de significado, que abre la posibilidad a que el elemento estatal, nuestro gobierno central y la legislatura, tendrían más poder de lo que tienen bajo la ley aprobada.

Supervisar y vigilar, entonces, dan la idea que el poder de la Junta se limita a recomendar o aconsejar, o que su poder de control es limitado, que nuestros poderes ejecutivos y legislativos tienen algún poder decisional en cuanto a lo financiero.”

Su traducción no fue literal, sino que tomó en cuenta el contexto. “Si te lees la Ley, ves que la Junta tiene el control total,” añadió.

Llamarla Junta de Supervisión Fiscal, por seguir el nombre que la misma entidad se pone, es ceder a un eufemismo que elimina toda carga de dominio político y económico que los siete funcionarios de la Junta tienen sobre el País. Álvarez abundó, en otra entrada de Facebook, en que se debe considerar la perspectiva de la traducción en contextos coloniales, como lo sustenta la india Tejaswini Niranjana en su libro Siting Translation. “Hablan de la traducción como ‘estrategia de contención’ frente al poder metropolitano (Reino Unido, en el caso de la autora). Esto quiere decir que la traducción puede emplearse como amortiguador de parte del sector dominante en un contexto colonial para dar la impresión de benevolencia, para suavizar el golpe, si se quiere, de las decisiones que son incómodas para sus dominados.”

“Es una manipulación. Como poner una máscara para esconder lo que dice la Ley,” dijo el tejano Don Walicek, doctor en sociolinguística y ex director del Programa Graduado de Traducción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

El empleo de la palabra supervisión en ese caso tiene un efecto positivo, parecido al de las siglas en español del Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act: PROMESA. Claro, lo corto del término lo hace ideal para titulares, de ahí que se haya popularizado en los medios.

Los periodistas que emplean la palabra “supervisión” para nombrar a la Junta se dejan arrastrar por la estrategia discursiva de Washington. Sería encubrir la realidad de que el país regresa a los tiempos en que el máximo mandatario local era nombrado desde Washington. La fanfarria del alegado gobierno propio del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico se acabó.

Los periodistas deben entonces ponerse de acuerdo y usar la traducción más adecuada y de uso cotidiano para nombrar la realidad y no la mentira.

“Hay que levantarle esta bandera de alerta a la población,” añadió Walicek. “Este problema de traducción me hace pensar en el caso de Associated Press, que usaba la palabra alien en sus reportajes para referirse a inmigrantes que entraron ilegalmente al país. Alien era incorrecto porque tiene una carga negativa. Ya lo rectificaron.”

Años después, bajo la guillotina de la historia y de las consultas e internet, los medios que no rectifiquen el nombre de la Junta quedarán en evidencia por la posición que asumieron ante el lenguaje del poder.

Foto | Archivo Centro de Periodismo Investigativo. Los Integrantes de la Junta de Control Fiscal en su primera sesión pública

Eliván Martínez Mercado, comenzó en 2001 su carrera periodística en El Nuevo Herald de Miami, y luego en El Nuevo Día. Ahora se dedica a desarrollar estrategias de comunicaciones para iniciativas culturales, ambientales, deportivas y sin fines de lucro. Es colaborador del Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

Ganó en 2012 una beca de The Fund for Investigative Journalism, que lo llevó a descubrir ‘El impuesto secreto del alcalde Santini’, serie por la cual ganó premios del Overseas Press Club y la Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History by SHANNON COLLINS DoD News, Defense Media Activity | October 14, 2016 As citizens of the United States, Puerto Ricans have participated in every major United States military engagement from World War I onward, with the soldiers of Puerto Rico’s 65th Infantry Regiment distinguishing themselves in combat during the Korean War. While under Spanish rule, Puerto Rico fought alongside the American colonists in the Revolutionary War. Bernardo de Galvez, the governor of Louisiana in 1779, was named general of the Spanish colonial army and led his troop -- consisting primarily of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics -- to capture the cities of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida; and St. Louis, Missouri, from the British.

Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the U.S. under the 1898 Treaty of Paris, and Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory. The Army National Guard formed the Porto Rico Regiment on the island, and on March 2, 1917, thanks to the Jones-Shafroth Act, Puerto Ricans were given U.S. citizenship by birth, though they aren’t allowed to vote for the U.S. president and they receive only 70 percent of Social Security pensions.

World War I In July 1917, about 236,000 Puerto Ricans registered for the draft for World War I, and close to 20,000 served, said retired Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Ildelfonso “Pancho” Colon Jr. “Those that had to serve in combat had to leave Puerto Rico and enlist in New York,” he added.

Ricans distinguished themselves as part of the 65th Infantry Division, the “Borinqueneers,” receiving many awards and recognition, though they were involved in the largest court-martial of the Korean War. The term “Borinqueneers” is a combination from “Borinquen,” the Taino name for Puerto Rico, and “Buccaneers.” According to history reports, the 65th’s soldiers fought off many attacks by the Chinese in Korea, even though they lacked warm clothing during harsh winters. In December 1950, the Marines found themselves at the Chosin Reservoir area, and in June 1951, the 65th was able to help the Marines withdraw from the Hauack-on Reservoir. When the Marines were encircled by the Chinese troops close to the Manchurian border, the 65th rushed to their defense, Colon said.

The 65th soldiers fought in many battles, such as Operation “Killer,” and became the first regiment to cross the Han River. They also were instrumental in breaking the “Iron Triangle.” They look part in the last recorded battalion-sized bayonet attack by the U.S. Army on Jan. 31, 1951.

The assault took three days.

Colon, who has been the post and department commander of the American Legion in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, off and on for 40 years, has spoken with many Puerto Rican veterans from various wars, some of them being 65th soldiers.

The first U.S. shot of World War I was fired in Puerto Rico by Army Lt. Teofilo Marxuach. He was the officer of the day at El Morro Castle, at the entrance to San Juan Bay, when war was declared. An armed supply ship for German submarines in the Atlantic, the Odenwald, tried to force its way out of the bay. Marxuach opened fire from the walls of the fortress and forced the ship to return to port and be interned.

On May 17, 1917, the Porto Rico Regiment was sent to Panama in defense of the Panama Canal Zone.

One notable Puerto Rican veteran of World War I was Montserrat Padilla, one of the first members of the city of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, to enlist in the Army. Padilla was a member of Kilo Company, 307h Infantry Regiment, with whom he went to the battlefront in Europe in April 1918. After fighting in the battles of Lorraine and Chateau Thierry in France, he was poisoned with mustard gas Aug. 26, 1918, and returned to Puerto Rico.

World War II During World War II, Navy Lt. Maria Rodriguez Denton, born in Guanica, Puerto Rico, became the first known woman of Puerto Rican decent to become a female Navy officer.

The Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment, a segregated Hispanic unit made up primarily of Puerto Ricans, was sent to Panama to protect the Pacific in 1943, and by 1944, was sent to France. They participated in the battles of Naples-Fogis, Rome-Arno, central Europe and Rhineland. The regiment had 23 soldiers killed in action.

Puerto Ricans played key roles during the war. Navy Adm. Horacio Rivero became the first person of Hispanic descent to achieve the rank of admiral.

Ships under his command provided artillery cover for the Marines landing on Guadalcanal, the Marshall Islands and Okinawa. Lt. Gen. Pedro del Valle, the first Hispanic U.S. Marine Corps general, played a key role in the Guadalcanal campaign and the Battle of Guam and became the commanding general of the First Marine Division.

Colon said about 60,000 Puerto Ricans were providing security among the Caribbean Islands or serving in Europe during World War II. Korea About 61,000 Puerto Ricans served in the Korean War, including about 18,000 who enlisted in the continental United States, Colon said. Puerto

65th Regiment Korean War veteran Army Pfc. Pedro Jackson-Morales holds a Congressional Gold Medal in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Aug. 10, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

“All of the officers were in a bunker in a meeting when they took a direct hit from Chinese artillery. That ended that,” he said. “There was no artillery, no air support. They couldn’t dig in, because the ground was all rock. The Chinese had the higher ground. These guys all grew up with each other and trusted each other, and the Army brought in replacements they didn’t know, who ordered them to take the hill that another unit had already lost.”

The 65th’s soldiers refused the order, and were told they had to shave their mustaches off and told they could no longer eat their normal diet of rice and beans. They also had to wear signs that said, “I am a coward.”

In December 1954, 162 Puerto Ricans of the 65th Infantry Regiment were arrested, 95 were court-martialed, and 91 were found guilty and sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to 18 years of hard labor. It was the largest mass court-martial of the Korean War. Army Secretary Robert Stevens quickly remitted the sentences and granted clemency and pardons to all involved.

The 65th is credited with participation in nine campaigns, and its members have at least 10 Distinguished Service Cross awards, 256 Silver Stars and continued on page 6

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Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History 596 Bronze Stars. More than 750 Puerto Ricans lost their lives in Korea.

Army Pfc. Pedro Morales said that after seven days of fighting at Jackson Heights, when his officers, team leaders and half of his team were dead, he didn’t want to go back and continue to fight.

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Marine Corps Sgt. Alexander Munoz, who was in the second push in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004, was part of the team that assisted wounded Marine 1st Bradley Kasal out of Fallujah’s famous “House of Hell.”

“They arrested me, sent me to California and put me in jail for six months,” he said. “They divided us into groups and sentenced us. We had been waiting on backup, and the support just never came. That’s why we didn’t want to fight. It was like signing a death sentence.”

“It was pretty rough,” he said. “The Marines were trapped inside the house.

We were trying to figure out how we were going to get them out.” He said his squad was tight-knit, which made it harder when he saw his fellow Marines get hit. His PTSD stems from that and from having the enemy combatants constantly trying to kill him, he said.

The soldiers were given an honorable discharge, and in April 2016, President Barack Obama awarded them the Congressional Gold Medal.

“At Hell House, the house crumbled and the guy still threw a grenade to kill us,” he said. “They just wanted to destroy us.”

“We waited all these years for this moment, Morales said. “It was so hard to really believe it was true. I couldn’t sleep. It was such an honor to receive it.

I’m so proud to have served my country. I would go back in the service and serve again and do it proudly.”

Munoz said he’s proud to have served, and to be Puerto Rican.

During the Korean War, Pfc. Fernando Luis Garcia also became the first Puerto Rican recipient of the Medal of Honor when he covered a grenade with his body, saving the lives of his fellow Marines.

“A lot of my friends stay in the states and come to visit me,” he said. “They don’t even know where Puerto Rico is. Come on man; we’ve been with you guys since 1898. We’re proud, but we know how to serve. We know how to say thanks. We’re part of the nation. You’re my brothers. We’re here to fight with each other.”

Vietnam During Vietnam, an estimated 48,000 Puerto Ricans served in the four service branches of the armed forces. Of the More than 340 Puerto Ricans died in combat, and 17 were listed as missing in action.

Army Sgt. Jorge Zambrana has post-traumatic stress disorder from his two tours in Vietnam. He remembers picking up service members killed or wounded in action and taking them and their belongings to the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. He also had to work at a cemetery.

He said he did face some racism during his time in Vietnam, but he would just work harder to prove himself. “I would tell my friends to follow the rules,” he said. “We couldn’t shine our boots because we were in the mud.

We didn’t have time for inspections.”

He said he didn’t care what race someone was, and that in Vietnam, soldiers learned whatever job was needed. “If the guy got killed, who else was going to do it? Wherever they needed you, forget about your [specialty].

Your job was whatever,” he said.

Zambrana said he’s proud of his service and would do it all over again.

“Even though I’m 65, I’m pretty healthy,” he said. “I could still man an M50 or M60. I’m still willing to fight for my freedom. Those of us who served in Vietnam served with honor.”

Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan In 1990, about 1,700 Puerto Rican National Guardsmen were among the 20,000 Hispanics deployed to the Persian Gulf in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as part of the Gulf War. In the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, three Puerto Rican women -- Army Spc. Frances M. Vega, Army Spc. Lizbeth Robles and Army Spc. Ramirez Gonzalez -- were among U.S. service members killed. On Nov. 2, 2003, Vega became the first female Puerto Rican soldier born in the United States to die in a war zone when a ground-to-air missile fired by insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, hit the Chinook transport helicopter Vega was in. She was one of 16 soldiers who lost their lives in the crash that followed.

Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran retired Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Ildefonso “Pancho” Colon Jr. speaks about his military experience during an interview in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Aug. 12, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

Colon, who also served in Iraq and as a Marine drill instructor, said he is also proud to have served.

“Even though I was born and raised in New York, I came to Puerto Rico every summer and spoke Spanish at home,” Colon said. “I’m super-proud of my heritage. Like any soldier from Texas who loves his Texas flag and loves his state, Puerto Ricans, we love our flag, we love our state -- we call it a state. I’ve wanted to be a soldier all my life. It’s so motivational being around all of these veterans. We’re proud Americans. We love our country, but we love Puerto Rico, too.”

As of 2010, the Veterans Affairs Department listed Puerto Rico’s veterans at 116,029. More than 1,225 Puerto Ricans have died while serving for the United States. The names of those who perished in combat are inscribed in “El Monumento de la Recordacion” -- the Monument of Remembrance -which was unveiled May 19, 1996, and is in front of the capital Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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The five things no one will tell you about why colleges don’t hire more faculty of color

by MARYBETH GASMAN | The Hechinger Report | September 20, 2016 “The reason we don’t have more faculty of color among college faculty is that we don’t want them. We simply don’t want them.”

While giving a talk about Minority Serving Institutions at a recent higher education forum, I was asked a question pertaining to the lack of faculty of color at many majority institutions, especially more elite institutions.

My response was frank: “The reason we don’t have more faculty of color among college faculty is that we don’t want them. We simply don’t want them.” Those in the audience were surprised by my candor and gave me a round of applause for the honesty.

Given the short amount of time I had on the stage, I couldn’t explain the evidence behind my statement. I will do so here. I have been a faculty member since 2000, working at several research universities. In addition, I give talks, conduct research and workshops and do consulting related to diversifying the faculty across the nation. I have learned a lot about faculty recruitment over 16 years and as a result of visiting many colleges and universities.

First, the word ‘quality’ is used to dismiss people of color who are otherwise competitive for faculty positions. Even those people on search committees that appear to be dedicated to access and equity will point to ‘quality’ or lack of ‘quality’ as a reason for not hiring a person of color.

Typically, ‘quality’ means that the person didn’t go to an elite institution for their Ph.D. or wasn’t mentored by a prominent person in the field. What people forget is that attending the elite institutions and being mentored by prominent people is linked to social capital and systemic racism ensures that people of color have less of it.

Second, the most common excuse I hear is ‘there aren’t enough people of color in the faculty pipeline.’ It is accurate that there are fewer people of color in some disciplines such as engineering or physics. However, there are great numbers of Ph.D.s of color in the humanities and education and we still don’t have great diversity on these faculties. When I hear someone say people of color aren’t in the pipeline, I respond with ‘Why don’t you create the pipeline?’ ‘Why don’t you grow your own?’ Since faculty members are resistant to hiring their own graduates, why not team up with several other institutions that are ‘deemed to be of high quality’ and bring in more Ph.D.s of color from those institutions? If you are in a field with few people of color in the pipeline, why are you working so hard to ‘weed’ them out of undergraduate and Ph.D. programs? Why not encourage, mentor, and support more people of color in your field?

Third, I have learned that faculty will bend rules, knock down walls, and build bridges to hire those they really want (often white colleagues) but when it comes to hiring faculty of color, they have to ‘play by the rules’ and get angry when any exceptions are made. Let me tell you a secret – exceptions are made for white people constantly in the academy; exceptions are the rule in academe.

Fourth, faculty search committees are part of the problem. They are not trained in recruitment, are rarely diverse in makeup, and are often more interested in hiring people just like them rather than expanding the diversity of their department. They reach out to those they know for recommendations and rely on ads in national publications. And, even when they do received a diverse group of applicants, often those applicants ‘aren’t

the right fit’ for the institution. What is the ‘right fit’? Someone just like you?

Fifth, if majority colleges and universities are truly serious about increasing faculty diversity, why don’t they visit Minority Serving Institutions – institutions with great student and faculty diversity – and ask them how they recruit a diverse faculty. This isn’t hard. The answers are right in front of us.

We need the will.

For those reading this essay, you might be wondering why faculty diversity is important. Your wondering is yet another reason why we don’t have a more diverse faculty. Having a diverse faculty – in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion – adds greatly to the experiences of students in the classroom. It challenges them – given that they are likely not to have had diversity in their K-12 classroom teachers – to think differently about who produces knowledge. It also challenges them to move away from a ‘whitecentered’ approach to one that is inclusive of many different voices and perspectives.

Having a diverse faculty strengthens the faculty and the institution as there is more richness in the curriculum and in conversations taking place on committees and in faculty meetings. A diverse faculty also holds the university accountable in ways that uplift people of color and center issues that are important to the large and growing communities of color across the nation.

Although I have always thought it vital that our faculty be representative of the nation’s diversity, we are getting to a point in higher education where increasing faculty diversity is an absolute necessity and crucial to the future of our nation. In 2014, for the first time, the nation’s K-12 student population was majority minority. These students are on their way into colleges and universities and we are not prepared for them. Our current faculty lacks expertise in working with students of color and our resistance to diversifying the faculty means that we are not going to be ready any time soon.

I’ll close by asking you to think deeply about your role in recruiting and hiring faculty. How often do you use the word ‘quality’ when talking about increased diversity? Why do you use it? How often do you point to the lack of people of color in the faculty pipeline while doing nothing about the problem?

How many books, articles, or training sessions have you attended on how to recruit faculty of color?

How many times have you reached out to departments with great diversity in your field and asked them how they attract and retain a diverse faculty?

How often do you resist when someone asks you to bend the rules for faculty of color hires but think it’s absolutely necessary when considering a white candidate (you know, so you don’t lose such a wonderful candidate)?

Rather than getting angry at me for pointing out a problem that most of us are aware of, why don’t you change your ways and do something to diversify your department or institution’s faculty? I bet you don’t, but I sure hope you do.

Marybeth Gasman is a professor of higher education in the graduate school of education at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions and holds secondary appointments in History, Africana Studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice.

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Top Public Universities Close Doors to Black and Latino Students The Center for American Progress | October 13, 2016

Washington, D.C. – African American and Latino students are dramatically underrepresented at the nation’s most selective public research universities, and as many as 193,000 black and Latino students would have enrolled at those colleges in the fall of 2014 were their representation proportional, a new report from the Center for American Progress shows. As a result, this new state-by-state analysis illustrates that across the country, black and Latino students are significantly overrepresented at less-selective public four-year colleges, as well as community colleges, compared with their white and Asian peers.

“The college a student attends matters because the returns from higher education are not equal across institutions,” said Elizabeth Baylor, Director of Postsecondary Education at CAP. “Because America’s most elite public colleges place students on a path for lifelong success, it is imperative to address inequities in the nation’s higher education system by making sure more black and Latino students attend these schools.”

Approximately 9 percent of black students attend top public research universities, while 40 percent attend four-year regional colleges, and a majority of black students—51 percent—attend community and technical colleges. Among Latino students, 12 percent attend top public research universities, 32 percent attend four-year regional colleges, and a majority—56 percent—attend community and technical colleges. The underrepresentation of American Indian and Alaska Native students at elite four-year public colleges is the most significant—with 8 percent of students attending those colleges, while 31 percent attend four-year regional colleges and 61 percent attend community and technical colleges.

who attend community colleges. As CAP’s analysis explains, the differences in institutional completion rates translate into massive national gaps in college attainment: Approximately 21 percent of black young adults and 16 percent of Latino young adults have bachelor’s degrees, far below the 43 percent level of white young adults and the 63 percent level of Asian young adults.

As CAP’s analysis shows, the proportional underenrollment of black and Latino students at top public colleges translates into hundreds of thousands of students who do not end up at one of these schools. If 18 percent of black and Latino students enrolled at top research universities—the same share as students of all races and ethnicities—an estimated 193,134 more black and Latino students would have attended this type of institution in the fall of 2014.

The CAP report also reveals that North Carolina, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Arkansas, and Texas have the lowest share of black students enrolled at their elite public universities, while New York, Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, and Texas have the lowest share of Latino students enrolled at that type of school.

In Massachusetts, just 6 percent of Latino students in public colleges were enrolled in top public universities. Similar to black students, the majority of Latino students in Massachusetts—60 percent—attend community colleges.

Source: The Center for American Progress Press Release

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Western Massachusetts …notably absent from the Oscar López Rivera gathering in Washington, D.C.

On Sunday, October 9, 2016, thousands gathered in Lafayette Park located across the street from the White House in Washington, D.C. to demand the release of the Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera. Representatives from a wide rage of cultural, political and civic organizations and other progressive groups from the United States and Puerto Rico came together in solidarity, including Clarissa López, the daughter of Oscar López Rivera.

Taking into account that the cities of Holyoke and Springfield are among the most active in the campaign to liberate Oscar López Rivera, the representation of Western Massachusetts in this event was considered as poor, with few attendees.

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El Oeste de Massachusetts…notablemente ausente de la concentración en Washington, D.C. a favor de Oscar López Rivera.

El domingo, 9 de octubre de 2016 miles se congregaron en Lafayette Park frente a la Casa Blanca en Washington, D.C. para demandar la liberación del prisionero político puertorriqueño Oscar López Rivera. Los representantes de un amplio abanico de organizaciones culturales, políticas, cívicas y de otros grupos progresistas de los Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico se unieron en solidaridad, incluyendo Clarissa López, hija de Oscar López Rivera.

Teniendo en cuenta que las ciudades de Holyoke y Springfield están entre las más activas de la campaña para liberar a Oscar, la representación de Western Massachusetts en este caso fue considerada como pobre, con pocos asistentes.

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A Celebration of Land and Sea: Modern Indigenous Cuisine in New England November 13, 2016 • Sunday 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm New England is a region often overlooked in Native American studies. Due to its long history of colonization and assimilation, the myth of the vanishing Indian is most prominent here. Many Americans only learn about the first Thanksgiving, and then Native Americans in New England disappear from history. However, the Native American people of New England never truly “vanished,” and many cultures have flourished throughout the region’s complex history.

Contemporary American food culture has similarly elided its indebtedness to the indigenous people of New England. Traditionally, food here was hunted, planted, caught, and harvested seasonally. Stories and celebrations about food went along with those seasons, and were a way of bringing communities together. Today, indigenous chefs in New England utilize local ingredients such as clams, deer, and corn to create both traditional and modern dishes. Some Native American chefs still use traditional cookware and are much sought after for their clam cakes and Johnny cakes, as well as other indigenous foods.

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Salvation Army Comienza la Campaña Anual de la Caldera Roja Noviembre 11, 2016 • Viernes 12:00 pm Holyoke Mall – Frente a la salida del segundo piso de Sears Lanzamiento de la Campaña Caldera Roja del Ejército de Salvación de Holyoke.

Con la meta de recaudar $90,000 para apoyar a vecinos necesitados, la campaña es más importante que nunca. Todos los fondos recaudados en la Campaña de la Calderas Roja permanecen en la comunidad local para proporcionar servicios muy necesarios durante todo el año.

El dinero recaudado durante la campaña de la caldera roja es una fuente importante de financiamiento para los programas y servicios vitales para decenas de miles de familias, jóvenes y personas mayores en Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley y Granby, y a través de Massachusetts cada año. Esto incluye los juguetes de Navidad y otros apoyos de temporada para aquellos que lo necesitan, junto con el financiamiento de las despensas de alimentos, comedores, servicios sociales, y programas de educación durante todo el año.

Through interviews with Mashpee Wampanoag, Abenaki, Mohegan, and Narragansett cookbook writers, food journalists, powwow cooks, and restaurant owners, I will demonstrate how the Native American people of New England have continued to use the same ingredients that were available at the time of the much misunderstood “first Thanksgiving” to create their own modern indigenous cuisine.

Rachel Sayet (Mohegan) is currently the Library Assistant for the Mohegan Tribe. She is also on the board of Directors for Tomaquag Indian Museum in Exeter, RI. Admission $7.00 – Member Admission $5.00

Springfield Symphony Orchestra Presents: Winter Ensemble November 20, 2016 • Sunday 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Join members of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Kevin Rhodes and your friends at Wistariahurst for a special afternoon of music.

The program will include a light brunch, talk-back with the Maestro, and a trio performance.

For more information - Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot Street.

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Las donaciones de la Campaña de la Caldera financian una variedad de servicios locales, incluyendo los Programas de Servicios Sociales del Ejército de Salvación en Holyoke. El Ejército de Salvación espera que el número de personas necesitadas de todo el estado esté en o cerca de los niveles récord este año.

“Con sólo seis semanas para recaudar fondos que deben durar todo el año, es vital que tengamos un comienzo fuerte este año,” agregó el capitán Miguel Garcés. “Tenemos la suerte de vivir en una comunidad solidaria y de apoyo, y estamos pidiendo a nuestros amigos y vecinos que nos ayuden a lograr una exitosa Campaña de la Caldera Roja en Holyoke.”

La tradición de la Caldera Roja comenzó en 1891, cuando el Capitán del Ejército de Salvación Joseph McFee quería ayudar a alimentar a los ciudadanos necesitados en San Francisco. McFee se acordó de los aterrizajes de transbordadores en Liverpool Inglaterra, donde la gente se sentaba con pequeñas calderas donde los viajeros lanzaba el cambio para ayudar a los menos afortunados. Colocando su propia caldera en Market Street en Oakland, California, McFee fue capaz de ayudar a las personas en la Navidad. La idea viajó a Boston en 1897 y la Campaña de la Caldera Roja ha sido una tradición desde entonces.

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Colecta de Pavos para el Día de Acción de Gracias Octubre 26, 2016 hasta Noviembre 23, 2016 Lunes a Viernes 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Debido a un gran número de personas necesitadas. el Ejército de Salvación de Holyoke no es capaz de proporcionar los pavos de este año para las familias que vienen a nuestra Despensa de Emergencia. Contamos con la donación de la comunidad con el fin de continuar sirviendo a los menos afortunados.

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Holyoke Senior Center celebra el Mes de la Herencia Hispana Como parte de las actividades del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, el Grupo Reunión Social del Holyoke Senior Center reconoció a un grupo de distinguidos hispanos por su contribución y dedicación a la comunidad con el Premio Orgullo Hispano. El evento se llevó a cabo el 15 de octubre en el Holyoe Senior Center.

En esta temporada de Acción de Gracias por favor ayúdenos con la donación de un pavo o alimentos no perecederos. Por favor, únase a nosotros para ayudar a las familias en necesidad a tener un feliz y placentero Día de Acción de Gracias.

Juntos podemos “Hacer lo mejor” para que nuestros vecinos con necesidad tengan una razón para estar agradecidos. Esperamos su colaboración.

Contacto: Capitana Nancy Garces:nancy.garces@use.salvationarmy.org o María Flores-López: maria.flores@use.salvationarmy.org / teléfono: 413-532-6310

María Pelchar, Carlos González, Millie Lozada, Julita Rojas, Carmen Morales, Manuel Frau Ramos, Diosdado,Lopez y Ilma Lozano

Centros para Votación Temprana en Holyoke La votación temprana se puede hacer en persona o por correo. Los votantes registrados tienen la opción de solicitar una papeleta de votación anticipada por correo. Sólo hay que rellenar una solicitud y enviarla por correo al Holyoke Registrar of Voters Office en 536 Dwight Street.

Puede encontrar la solicitud en la página web: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele o en el sitio web de la Secretaria de Holyoke en http://www.holyoke.org/ departments/city- secretario/#extra7-tab.

Para preguntas favor de llamar a Brenna Murphy McGee (Holyoke City Clerk) al 413-322-5520.

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Springfield Norman Roldán regresa al Comité Escolar El Comité Escolar de las Escuelas Públicas de Springfield votó a favor del nombramiento de Norman Roldán, ex miembro del Comité Escolar, para llenar el asiento vacante tras la renuncia de un miembro de la junta.

Roldán, quien sirvió en el comité escolar entre el 2009 y 2013 representando los recintos 1 y 3, servirá ahora como miembro del comité general. Roldán fue electo miembro del comité escolar remplazando al reverendo Calvin McFadden, quien presentó su renuncia efectiva al 30 de septiembre con 14 meses restantes dentro de un período de cuatro años.El voto para nombrar a Roldán, tomado durante una reunión especial del comité, fue presentado de forma unánime.

El alcalde y presidente del Comité Escolar, Domenic Sarno, señaló las contribuciones de Roldán al Comité Escolar, incluyendo su desempeñó como vicepresidente y haber presidido el subcomité de Información y Tecnología.

“Él fue una parte integral en el desarrollo de nuestro actual plan de tecnología, que ha sido un gran logro para nuestro distrito,” dijo Sarno. “Él sirvió muy bien durante su mandato y su dominio en temas en diferentes ámbitos es sólido; así que él puede comenzar a trabajar de inmediato y eso es de gran beneficio.”

Roldán dijo que está ansioso por empezar.

“Tengo el privilegio y el honor de servir en el comité una vez más y estoy listo para asumir el arduo trabajo que esto conlleva,” dijo Roldán. “Mi objetivo siempre fue y sigue siendo el fortalecimiento de nuestras escuelas y hacer lo mejor para nuestros estudiantes.”

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FAC Concert Hall, $ Ganadora de ocho Premios Tony, incluyendo Mejor Musical, Once realmente es una original experiencia de Broadway. Incluyendo un impresionante grupo de artistas que tocan sus propios instrumentos en el escenario. Once narra la encantadora historia de un músico de Dublin que toca en la calle y que está a punto de darse por vencido cuando una bella joven se interesa en el y en sus expresivas canciones de amor.

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FAC Concert Hall, $ Para este evento especial, el reconocido baterista de jazz Antonio Sánchez acompaña en vivo la película, recreando su explosiva música ganadora del Premio Grammy, que da forma a la fuerza vital de esta producción visualmente impresionante, ganadora del Oscar 2015 como Mejor Película. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu. ¡Y sí, habrá popcorn! La película está catalogada R.

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Two political perspectives on poverty in 2016 by WALTER MULLIN, Ph.D. and MIGUEL ARCE “It’s the economy, stupid” is attributed to James Carville, a campaign strategist of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign against sitting president George H. W. Bush. Carville was delineating priorities for the campaign. The economy under Bill Clinton was solid: a flourishing stock market, a decrease in the deficit, low unemployment rates, a surplus in the national budget, and low poverty rates. In 2016, however, too many Americans face an economic fight while the Koch brothers enjoy lives of lavish self-indulgence. Equality has eluded the poor as a result of high unemployment and low minimum wage.

In 2013, over 45 million people were below the poverty threshold in the United States. Despite what many believe, poverty is not necessarily a result of lack of effort and hard work. Individuals live in poverty despite employment…a political oxymoron. Women are more likely to be poor than men. Poverty has become feminized, i.e. violence directed against women and as a consequence their children. Children living in poverty, as a group are more likely to live in poverty as adults. Childhood poverty is linked to poor health, lower educational attainment, dangerous living situations, and a greater likelihood to experience disadvantaged life outcomes. Poverty is also prevalent in certain racial and ethnic communities, Native Americans are the most impoverished. Among the previously three mentioned groups, there is an increase in homelessness, the most severe form of poverty. The biggest contributor is the lack of affordable housing. Emergency food assistance and shelter availability is inadequate to meet the needs of those ignored 45 million Americans living below the poverty threshold.

Income inequality and poverty are viewed differently by the two major political parties. The Democrats and Republicans have contrasting positions on economic policies, such as tax breaks to the most wealthy.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has become the standardbearer for economic populism. On income inequality, she stated “Paul Ryan (the Republican standard-bearer) says, don’t blame Wall Street: the guys who made billions of dollars cheating American families. Don’t blame decades of deregulation that took the cops off the beat while the big banks looted the American economy. Don’t blame the Republican Secretary of the Treasury, and the Republican president who set in motion a no-stringsattached bailout for the biggest banks – Nope. Paul Ryan says keep the monies flowing to the powerful corporations, keep their huge tax breaks, keep the special deals for the too-big-to-fail banks and put the blame on hardworking, play-by-the-rules Americans who lost their jobs.” In contrast to his outlook, she points out that in 2008 the economy crashed and washed away millions of jobs, ushering in a new wave of poverty.

mandates and regulates policies, oversees laws, and court actions. When the federal budget is decreased, resources for government programs are also decreased. There is contentious political debate regarding the federal budget amongst the different factions.

The majority of Americans do not consider themselves participants in government programs. The federal government can be invisible. The “submerged state” includes a conglomeration of federal policies: tax deductions for mortgages, charitable contributions, and tax credits. There was over $900 billion in tax revenues not collected in 2013 as a result of tax polices exclusively benefiting the wealthiest Americans. The budget was balanced by cutting spending on job creation and training to support full employment. Catastrophically, in 2008, the government decided to support the mortgage, insurance, banking and car industries. Industries “to big to fail” were subsidized and industrial moguls gave themselves substantial raises, while too many Americans were finding it difficult to make ends meet. The top have benefited from economic growth and failure. They have won either way.

The federal budget necessitates a plan for how much needs to be raised and spent on the business of government. With 14.8% of the United States population being poor in 2014, inequality must be the primary issue for both Republicans and Democrats as changes are contemplated for public policy this year. An enlightened federal budget to raise revenue should include a progressive income tax. People with higher incomes have a duty to pay a higher rate. A progressive federal plan ought to include support of unemployment insurance, Medicare and other social programs to help people make ends meet. The federal government should assist small businesses and not exclusively the banks, car manufacturers, and the insurance industry. The government is obligated to create jobs and job training to support full employment. The budget priority must be directed towards the vulnerable populations who need to find full time and a living wage. For citizens in a democratic society, it is vital that we understand how useful the ideas are of both major political parties. Income inequality and poverty are moral issues and ought to be reflected in the budget.

The Republican standard-bearer, Paul Ryan, clearly does not take Warren’s viewpoint. He subscribes to the political perspective that poverty is the result of a lack of effort on the part of the individual, in fact, whole neighborhoods. “We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning to value the culture of work, so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with.” With these words, House Speaker, Paul Ryan, explains his view of poverty in 2016. The GOP economic policy calls for steep reductions (or outright elimination of) to the capital gains tax, opposition to (or outright elimination of) the minimum wage, and deep cuts to programs that provide income support for the poor.

Walter Mullin and Miguel Arce

The federal government is the largest player in the social welfare arena.

Federal funds are routinely channeled through state and local governments.

The federal government sponsors national defense, agriculture, scientific and space research, transportation and justice. The federal government

Walter Mullin, PhD (wmullin@springfieldcollege.edu) is a Professor at the School of Social Work at Springfield College. Miguel Arce MSW (marce@ springfieldcollege.edu) is an Associate Professor at the School of Social work at Springfield College.

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Legends, Campeones del sóftbol 2016 por MANUEL FRAU RAMOS El equipo Legends se convirtió en los nuevos campeones de la temporada 2016 de la Liga de los Old Timers de Holyoke. Los Legends conquistaron la corona de la liga al vencer en un juego decisivo a la novena de los Agresivos en el McNally Field, popularmente conocido como el Parque de la Flats, el pasado 8 de octubre. La serie estuvo programada a 5 juegos.

Los Agresivos llegaron a la serie de campeonato al derrotar a la novena de los Jibaritos, ganando 3 juegos de 5.

Por su parte, el equipo de los Legends ganó el derecho a jugar en la serie final al derrotar al poderoso equipo y pasado campeón, Springfield All Stars.

Los Legends barrieron la serie tres a cero.

En la temporada del 2015, Springfield All Stars, logró empatar el récord establecido por la novena de los Titanes a finales de la década pasada, cuando se proclamaron campeones en tres temporadas corridas, 2007, 2008, y 2009. Esta hazaña los llevó a ganarse el nombre de “Los Verdugos del Softball de Holyoke.”

Springfield All Stars debutaron en la temporada del 2013. Ese mismo año ganaron el campeonato al vencer a los Agresivos al ganar cuatro partidos consecutivos después de haber perdido los tres primeros juegos. La novena volvió a ganar la temporada del 2014, derrotando a los Legends en solo cuatro juegos.

Lucy Sánchez, representante del Freedom Credit Union junto a Emil Imo Morales, presidente de la Liga.

Junior Colón, encargado de mantenimiento del parque de sóftbol junto a Emil Morales y el Príncipe, uno de los árbitros del torneo.

Los equipos participantes de temporada del 2018 fueron - Springfield All Stars, Legends, Jibaritos, Gigantes, Agresivos, Cerveceros, Leones y NonStars.

Luis Rivera, Félix Rivera, Emil Imo Morales y José Jorito Díaz

Velo, locutor oficial de la serie de campeonato junto al árbitro Chepo.

Los Cardona - Raúl, Rafo, Joel, Juan y Cecilio

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Serie Final entre Agresivos vs. Legends 8 de octubre de 2016

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