November 2010 Blog Posts (31)

As everyone knows, December is here, that means the end of the year, that means FINALS!! As the semester gets to the end, its quite normal for anyone to feel a bit pressured while knowing we need to prepare ourselves to take the finals. However, some students get so nervous during exams, that oftentimes they have a hard time focusing and recalling all the things they…

Tostitos, Cesar Chavez Foundation Join Forces to Establish $500,000 Scholarship Fund to Support Latino Students Across Arizona

I was on Facebook last night and I found that my friend's status said something close to "Why can't men be more chivalrous?" A few guys started commenting and arguing that it's women's fault that men are no longer chivalrous. One guy mentioned that women don't like it when men open the door.

I personally don't believe any woman is against courtesy As a woman I appreciate a man who is…

Is coming!! Is here!!!! It is time to get ready for big savings! Finally, the most wanted sale for all the Americans is around the corner! Black Friday, the biggest event of the year. Black Friday takes place the day after Thanksgiving, and is one of the busiest days in terms of pedestrian traffic at shopping centers. I’ve been in malls and shopping centers and its in saint, you can even be lined up to…

The other day in my International Relations class my professor lectured on the North-South Gap. The North-South Gap is the gap between the more developed countries in the North and the less developed countries in the South. The gap refers to the amount of resources available in those regions. During this lecture, she told us about some of the things that most developing countries lack. One of those things was clean water. I was disappointed to hear this because it made me…

As Thanksgiving gets closer, I decided to write a list of the things that I am thankful for. There are many things for which I am thankful, however, I have narrowed it down to a list of ten.

1. I am thankful for being alive

2. I am thankful for having a loving and caring family

3. I am thankful for having such amazing friends

4. I am thankful for my…

I recently had a conversation with one of my friends about the way Latinas dress. Because I posted up a previous blog about this and my friend isn't Latina, and asked me if I thought that Latinas dressed more provocatively than women in other cultures. I really didn't know what to answer. I mean, Latinas are very diverse and our ideologies are extremely varied.

Still,…

THE HISPANIC COLLEGE FUND ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

Applications will be available online from Nov. 15, 2010 to March 1, 2011

Scholarships range from $500 to $10,000 and will be awarded for the 2011-2012

academic year.



To be eligible to apply, students must fulfill the following requirements:



* Be of Hispanic background

* Maintain a 3.0 Grade Point Average (on a 4.0 scale)

* Have graduated from high school in the U.S.…

Many students enter college not declaring a major. There’s those students who often change their minds up to three times. College is a great time to explore multiple college majors and an optimal time to grow socially and intellectually. Many colleges offer a club of majors for students to investigate about what they might like. Students usually do not need to declare a major until the end of their sophomore year. Being…

It's always a pleasure to meet people that are conscious about several "diseases" our society has nowadays. Unfortunately, we are "ill till death", we suffer from different diseases as a society. Fortunately, diseases are being detected by a large number of people and a small but yet considerable part of this group aware of our illness is doing something about it. We suffer from racism, violence, egoism, materialism, cruelty, ignorance, indifference, etc. I could go on and on telling you…

The best way to be pretty is to look natural, but there are things that can help augment your natural beauty. You don't need to cover your face with makeup, eyeshadow and mascara to look beautiful. The main thing, though is to just be yourself, and people will like you for who are. You could have acne, glasses, braces and not be super skinny, and still be beautiful. Think good of yourself, love yourself and other people will too. Always believe in yourself and never get yourself down about…

Today, November 11, is a national holiday in which we celebrate and honor our veterans: Veteran's Day. Most of us don't know how Veteran's Day came to place and that's why I decided to do some research on how this holiday was born.

According to the web site of the Department of Veteran Affairs, on November 11th, 1918, on the eleventh hour the fighting between the Allied nations and Germany had ceased. However, World War I did not officially…

During our high school, we as students begin to question the importance of a college education. We ask ourselves, "Why is it important to go to college?" The answer is that, more than ever, attending to college provides much more opportunities for graduates to those who have not received a higher education.

Why should you go to college? One…