Editor’s Note: The following is in response to the commentary in La Prensa San Diego, “An Open letter to the Board of Trustees and Chancellor Charles B. Reed, California State University System,” by Gracia Molina de Pick, published Sept. 18, 2009, written in response to SDSU’s new admissions policy.

An Open Letter to the SDSU Community

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<p>&nbsp;According to a recently released federal government report, the U.S. poverty rate is at its highest level since 1987. Some 13.2 percent of Americans — 39.8 million — live in poverty. A stark figure, to be sure, but it particularly hits home because, according to the report, Hispanics were among the groups that suffered most in the last year.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;Hugo Chávez, el presidente de Venezuela y dictador en entrenamiento,&nbsp; trabaja activamente para conseguir el objetivo de su mentor Castro: destruir al capitalismo.</p>

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Por Maribel Hastings
America’s Voice

 Walter, Huerta, Alonso. Son algunos nombres que han cruzado nuestra vista y nuestros corazones en las redes sociales que se han dado a la tarea de ponerle rostro a esos nombres, de humanizarlos en las diversas peticiones que han buscado frenar, a veces con éxito a veces sin él, una deportación que separa familias, interrumpe sueños y priva a este país de su mejor talento y de un mejor y brillante futuro.

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<p>&nbsp;El Paso was the scene this month as academics, students, journalists, community members, and a smattering of government officials from the United States, Mexico and other parts of the world gathered to analyze and debate the 40-year war on drugs. Located next door to blood-soaked Ciudad Juarez, the event took place at a time when a sense of urgency literally prevailed just outside the conference doors.</p>