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Sept. 20 - Oct. 3, 2010 Volume 52, Issue 2 www.lcc.edu/lookout
As the 2010 school year begins, Lansing Community College is making plans to hold its second Homecoming event in just over 50 years. Plans are underway to begin the finalized activity schedule for the event to be held Monday, Nov. 15 through Sunday, Nov. 21. Andrew Lathrop, a member of the Student Loyalty Initiative Committee (SLIC), said the plan was to schedule activities the full seven days of the week because, “We wanted students to have
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Homecoming spirit sought Sarah Sanders Editor in Chief
Lansing Mosaic showcases diversity
lots of options, to get involved.” Lathrop added this y e a r ’s schedule LATHROP has advantages over last year’s one-day event. “Last year we could only address students on the one day; this year we can catch students even on Saturday, the day of the game.” SLIC plans to send an email to all students, announcing the event See Homecoming, page 2
9/11 remembered downtown
Photo by Michael Caterina
Commemoration: Lansing mayor and gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero spoke in front of the World Trade Center Memorial alongside police and fire chiefs Sept 11. The memorial ceremony was held at Wentworth Park in downtown Lansing and featured a march from the Capitol and the Glen Erin Pipe Band.
Hispanic Heritage Month showcases culture at LCC
Kaitlin Lutz Associate Editor
Thursday, Sept. 16, marked the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month. The event was celebrated in the gym of the Gannon Building due to rain. “The program was very strong and entertaining,” events coordinator Sara Holguin said. “The turnout was mediocre.” The entertainment found fans among vendors in attendance as
Photo by Courtney Baker
Fantastic flavors: Chelsea Platte of Maria’s Tacos stirs a pan of shredded chicken while talking to a customer during the Hispanic Heritage Month Expo.
well. “The performances were very nice,” Mary
Delgado, a vendor at the event, said. Fela Moreno is also a
vendor. One of her favorite performances was Miguel Sevilla, who is originally from Michoacán, México. “He had a very good voice,” Moreno said. “The songs were nice and he composed them all himself.” There were also Mexican Folkloric Dancers from Ballet Maria Luce who performed dances from México, Bolivia, and other Latin American countries. To end the event, La Corporacion, a Tex-Mex
style band of whom all were from the Lansing area including LCC student Arturo Lopez, performed. As the band played, guests began to dance to the music. “When I hear the music, when I see the kids dancing,” Holguin said,. “I think it’s so beautiful that when we sing the (older) songs, it’s not just old people who listen to it. It’s generation after generation … and I think that’s very cool about our culture.”
Tex-Mex style music has the influences of Mexico and Germany. The genre itself is based out of Texas. “It’s like a fusion of those two cultures,” Holguin explained. Holguin also serves on the Hispanic Heritage Month planning committee. “We wanted to have something strong to kick off the month,” Holguin said. “And to get people excited about other things See Heritage, page 2