culture

Youth art moving forward 

By Geneva Gámez Vallejo

Por: Paco Zavala

Music doesn’t define a people…but a people that define music

By Frankie Firme

    Chicano music…means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

    To generic “Hispanics” (in particular, those 40 to 60-year-olds who used to be Chicanos, LOL), they figure, “OK…I’ve heard a little El Chicano, Tierra, Malo, Los Lobos, and Santana…I’m grown up now…so what’s the big deal?”

Editorial:

For Mexican Americans, Cinco de Mayo should be a time of honor and the celebration of a great victory. Cinco de Mayo represents our Mexican compatriots’ victory over the superior forces from France. The battle at the Puebla was also a battle between the classes of Mexico, aristocrats against the indigenous population, the poor, the farmers, and the people who were considered commoners.

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; On May 5, 1862, Mexican troops defeated an invading French army in the outskirts of Puebla, a city around 60 miles east of Mexico City. How did events come to this point; what were French troops doing in Mexico and why?</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; On September 15, 1810, a priest, Miguel Hidalgo, sounded the church bells to unite Mexicans in a war of independence from Spain. Independence was declared the following day, September 16th. But it took Mexicans 11 years to oust the Spaniards.</p>