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FRIday Issue SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 FRESNO STATE
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Fiesta Centenario
Google to enter e-book market By Andrew Veihmeyer The Collegian
known. Students majoring in Chicano and Latin American also felt the event was vital to the department’s success. Janette Jacinto was originally a sociology major, but changed to Chicano and Latin American studies after taking a few courses. Jacinto said she felt the event was important because it helped Chicano and Latin students get back to their roots. “I think it’s a critical event because students should not only hear about their heritage through lectures, but to experience it firsthand, Jacinto said.
Originally slated for a summer 2010 launch, Google Editions, one of Google’s newest ventures, is a future online e-book store that seeks to take a bite out of the already established industry, and build upon its current Google Books service. According to Dan Clancy, engineer of both Google Books and Google Editions in The New Yorker article, “Publish or Perish,” Google Editions will be able to function on any device with an Internet connection. Once a user purchases, it will be stored in their collection when users sign in to their Google account, a type of freedom that eludes both Amazon’s Kindle and Apple’s iPad. In addition, the article mentions the service will also work with physical bookstores to sell the electronic books and allow publishers to set the price of their own publications of which they would receive 55 percent of the profits. “I think I’d buy [the iPad] instead,” said Fresno State student Javier Pere z, 19, majoring in mechanical engineering. “You wouldn’t have to worry about being in a wireless area.” Perez also said that e-books would be nice for the convenience in not having to haul around books, and he would do it if the costs were low, but admitted that he probably wouldn’t use Google Editions or a device designed specifically for reading books, like the Kindle or Barnes and Noble’s Nook. The iPad is capable of more things, he said. The Henry Madden Library held “Technolo g y Petting Zoo” on Sept. 15 and 16, giving Fresno State students and faculty the opportunity to talk with representatives from some of Google’s primary competitors like Apple and Barnes and Noble. Those who attended were able to test out the e-book capable products. Publishing companies like McGraw-Hill and Pearson were also present. “ We ’ v e b e e n w o r k i n g alongside Google,” said Kayla Griffith, digital sales representative for Bar nes and Noble. Griffith said the company is trying to give more flexibility to Nook by collaborating with
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Los Danzantes de Aztlan performs Mexican folklore dancing from its rich history to the present day.
Celebrating 40 years of Chicano and Latin American Studies By Leonard Valerio The Collegian Decorated in tr ue fiesta fashion, the University Satellite Student Union was host to the department of Chicano and Latin Studies 40th anniversary celebration. Partnered with the Central Va l l e y L a t i n A m e r i c a n Project, the de par tment’s inaugural event featured traditional mariachi music, display booths and a performance by Fresno State’s Los Danzantes de Aztlan. Though the event was primarily the celebration of the Chicano and Latin American studies department, the anniversary happened to fall in the same calendar year as the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence, the 100-year anniversary of the Mexican Revolution and the centennial anniversary of Fresno State. Department chair Victor Torres described the event as the perfect storm. “It’s Fresno State’s centennial this year, the bicentennial anniversary of Mexico’s independence and the 100th anniversary of the revolutions of Mexico and it only makes the
The festivities began at 3p.m. and lasted until the late evening.
event that much more important,” Torres said. Torres added that the event was just the stepping-stone to the long-term goals of the department.
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Latin American Studies but not a B.A. and are in the process of getting it approved. There are about two to three more steps to go and we hope to attract students with that.”
his event reminds us of where we came from.”
“We are always trying to increase the number of people majoring in Chicano and Latin American studies,” Torres said. “We are working on getting a B.A. in Latin America studies. We have a minor in
— Martin Tinoco, Student
Beginning as La Raza studies of the ethnic department in 1969, Chicano and Latin American studies became an independent program and the exact date at which it became its own department is not