University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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STUDENT LIFI HISPMUC HERITAGe MONTH 17 STORY Elise Warner PHOTO Gunnar Rathbun DESIGN Olivia Jones beginning September 14 and lasting through October 26, students, faculty and Fayetteville citizens joined together to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Events ranged from film showings to an evening with bilingual poet and writer Pat Mora. Some events reached 500 participants, which proved to be rather costly. However, due to generous donations from student organizations, sororities, fraternities, businesses ar, d Private donors, participants could enjoy these events for free. they could enjoy a dance concert with live music. When asked what her favorite event was, Erika Gamboa, co-chair of Hispanic Heritage Month Committee in 2009 and 2010, said she especially enjoyed Festival de las Manos Unidas. “That’s a pretty nice event because it has so many different Latin American countries that people are not aware are involved in Hispanic Heritage Month. It gives an opportunity for people to find out more history,” Gamboa said. It teaches about all the countries, all the traditions, our dances, our people... We try to encourage kids to travel, to study in those countries. M The events are funded by the Hispanic Heritage Month ommittee. We reach out to companies and just send em a sponsorship letter. We have a nice response from yson foods, Cox Communications, Arvest Bank, Wildheart signs and private donors. Also, the Latino organizations, T e sororities and the fraternities. Everyone is involved,” ecilia Grossberger, co-chair of the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee, said. e V° n d attending Razorback sporting events in Ce Nation of Hispanic Heritage Month, participants were 9 ' ven the opportunity to dine together at Qdoba, watch a ma riachi band and attend “Dance for Their Dreams,” where Grossberger also had a positive view of the event. “It teaches about all the countries, all the traditions, our dances, our people. We talk about the geography. We try to encourage kids to travel, to study in those countries,” Grossberger said. However, when asked what her favorite event was, Grossberger simply could not choose. “Each event has a learning outcome. So each event targets, I don’t know, different people, or different audiences, Grossberger said. I think that this month, I’m the mom of all the events. So I can’t pick one because each one of them, it’s amazing.

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STUDENT LIFE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 16 TOP Strumming the guitar, a member of Mariachi Tamazula” mariachi band performs on the Greek Theatre stage. This was one of the many events during Hispanic Heritage Month spanning from September 14 to October 26.

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STUDENT LIFF CAMPING 18 STORY Sean Dixon PHOTOS Bob Thomas DESIGN Katherine Norwood TOP Two students stay dry under the rain fly of a tent on Stadium Drive in line for the football game against the University of Alabama. Students’ tents were lined from gate 16 of the stadium to Pomfret residence hall. BOTTOM Stacy Parker, Joelle Herman and Linden Chamberlin, freshmen, slide down a hill on an air matress. Students were allowed to camp the two nights prior to the football game.