We’re good! Naranjeros and Rayos keep on giving. It’s Country! No bull ~ “Outlaw” music knows no boundaries. Sonora says adios to bullfighting. 8 12 Spring 2014 Published by the Department of Foreign Languages 15 The English Newspaper of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico No. 28 Jackie Reina O f the many things that the states of Sonora, Mexico and Arizona, USA share, the one that most solidly binds us is the Sonoran Desert. And we have a shared responsibility to preserve the desert and its denizens for our own and future generations to enjoy. Last fall, the Art Institute and Ironwood Gallery of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona displayed an exhibit at the Sonora Art Museum, or Musas by its Spanish initials (Museo De Arte De Sonora), in Hermosillo. Holly Swangstu, the Desert Museum’s Art Institute director, said, “Our traveling exhibition ‘Vanishing Circles’ is and was of interest to Musas director C. Ruben Guillermo Matiella Villaescusa and then the community who visited because the paintings represent threatened lands, animals and plants of the extended Sonoran Desert area, many of which are specific to the Hermosillo and surrounding areas. It was an educational opportunity for local school groups and families. We also enjoyed being able to partner on a project that related to shared content through the medium of the visual arts.” Swangstu added that the logistics of moving the display, which included not only art but live plants, was facilitated by Musas operations coordinator Jose Arturo Soto Escobar who worked with them every step of the way. He told the Hermosillo Sun that the project was important to the people of Hermosillo and all of Sonora so that Musas visitors could learn about the ecosystem that covers both states and become sensitive about endemic species, including the endangered species of both flora and fauna, in the region. Pama Oloño Kuñasich, the planning coordinator of educational programs at Musas, added that the art projects conducted by the Art Institute were important to help raise awareness of those attending the workshops about endangered species, which are important for the life balance of our ecosystem. Swangstu was pleased with interest that the people of Hermosillo showed in the project. “On opening day the museum invited families in the community to be the first to view the exhibit. Our staff taught a sculpture workshop. The kids created small plaster, then painted sculptures inspired by the show. For example, a lot of animals and cacti sculptures were created. I was impressed with the parent involvement that day!” The Sonora Ecological Center in Hermosillo took little animals to the closing ceremony in December. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a private non-profit organization founded in 1952. Literature provided by the Museum stresses the commitment their board of directors has to showing its strong tie to Mexico by including the state of Sonora in its official corporate name. This symbolic act was profoundly important in underscoring and promoting relationships with Mexico throughout the history of the Museum, and these ties continue today. The Desert Museum is also home to the Warden Oasis Theater. Its Oasis Project is an innovative program to develop sustaining relationships between the Desert Museum and creative artists that connect new audiences to the Museum’s conservation mission in interesting and novel ways. Photo: Holly Swangstu Photo: Jackie Reina At Musas in Hermosillo, adults look on as children paint nature scenes in a workshop conducted by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Art Institute. Arizona native Jessi Colter gives a benefit concert for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum at the Warden Oasis Theater in Tucson. Read more about the musician on page 8. Photo: Rhonda Spencer Inset: University of Sonora News Service
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We’re good!
Naranjeros and Rayos keep on giving.
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It’s Country! No bull ~
“Outlaw” music knows no boundaries.
Sonora says adios to bullfighting.
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The English Newspaper of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico No. 28
Jackie Reina
Of the many things that the states of Sonora, Mexico
and Arizona, USA share, the one that most solidly binds us is the Sonoran Desert. And we have a shared responsibility to preserve the desert and its denizens for our own and future generations to enjoy.
Last fall, the Art Institute
and Ironwood Gallery of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona displayed an exhibit at the Sonora Art Museum, or Musas by its Spanish initials (Museo De Arte De Sonora), in Hermosillo.
Holly Swangstu, the Desert Museum’s Art Institute director, said, “Our traveling exhibition ‘Vanishing Circles’ is and
was of interest to Musas director C. Ruben Guillermo Matiella Villaescusa and then the community who visited because the paintings represent threatened lands, animals and plants of the extended Sonoran Desert area, many of which are specific to the Hermosillo and surrounding areas. It was an educational opportunity for local school groups and families. We also enjoyed being able to partner on a project that related to shared content through the medium of the visual arts.”
Swangstu added that the logistics of moving the display, which included not only art but live plants, was facilitated by Musas operations coordinator Jose Arturo Soto Escobar who worked with them every step of the way.
He told the Hermosillo Sun that the project was important to the people of Hermosillo and all of Sonora so that Musas visitors could learn about the ecosystem that covers both states and become sensitive about endemic species, including the endangered species of both flora and fauna, in the region.
Pama Oloño Kuñasich, the planning coordinator of educational programs at Musas, added that the art projects conducted by the Art Institute were important to help raise awareness of those attending the workshops about endangered species, which are important for the life balance of our ecosystem.
Swangstu was pleased with interest that the people of Hermosillo showed in the project.
“On opening day the museum invited families in the community to be the first to view the exhibit. Our staff taught a sculpture workshop. The kids created small plaster, then painted sculptures inspired by the show. For example, a lot of animals and cacti sculptures were created. I was impressed with the parent involvement that day!”
The Sonora Ecological Center in Hermosillo took little animals to the closing ceremony in December.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a private non-profit organization founded in 1952. Literature provided by the Museum
stresses the commitment their board of directors has to showing its strong tie to Mexico by including the state of Sonora in its official corporate name. This symbolic act was profoundly important in underscoring and promoting relationships with Mexico throughout the history of the Museum, and these ties continue today.
The Desert Museum is also home to the Warden Oasis Theater. Its Oasis Project is an innovative program to develop sustaining relationships between the Desert Museum and creative artists that connect new audiences to the Museum’s conservation mission in interesting and novel ways.
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At Musas in Hermosillo, adults look on as children paint nature scenes in a workshop conducted by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Art Institute.
Arizona native Jessi Colter gives a benefit concert for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum at the Warden Oasis Theater in Tucson. Read more about the musician on page 8.
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It is true that Hermosillo doesn’t have a tourist shop in every corner like other places, but there is a nice
and well-located place near downtown that is worth visiting. “Lynda’s Artesanías” (Lynda’s Crafts) is a place where you can buy souvenirs depicting the culture of Sonora and other parts of Mexico.
You can find items like chiltepineros, candles with images, shirts, “palofierro” or ironwood key chains, toys, dresses, necklaces, paintings, sculptures, ornaments for the house, and many other cultural objects.
The prices are within reach for most people. The cheapest things you’ll find are the ironwood key chains for 10 pesos each, and the most expensive would be a big basket made of palm by the Seris, an important tribe in Sonora. One of their baskets costs about 2500 pesos.
Other baskets sell for less than those made by the Seris. You can get a nice basket for 400 pesos or so; the price depends on their size.
Shopkeeper Brisa del Mar explained the high prices of the baskets compared to other items in the shop. She said that even the baskets are still quite reasonable taking into consideration the effort of all the people involved in the process of making them which takes more than a year from the start to the finished basket. They are made of palm which needs to be sewn tightly so the basket will hold water or other liquids.
The owners of the place are Leonel García and Rosa García, who have been in charge for 50 years. Del Mar, their daughter, said that all the souvenirs are chosen personally by her mother.
She added that in addition to selling items, they are always looking for objects that represent the essence of Hermosillo, the state of Sonora, or even our country.
The shopkeeper said that she’s glad to be sharing our culture with tourists from Mexico and around the world.
When she was a child, before there was Internet, the store was one of the few places that you could listen to other languages besides Spanish before Internet made other languages
accessible. She used to play a game with her mother, trying to guess from which country the tourists were before they entered the place.
They have a Facebok page: “Lyndas Artesanías” where you can see some of the beautiful souvenirs they have or even send them a message telling them what you would like them to get for you. However, they recommend you to pay a visit to the place first to see with your own eyes this emblematic place in Hermosillo.
Lynda’s Artesanias is open from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The store is located on the downtown side corner of Rosales and Serdan Streets, across from the post office and the little plaza where all of the ironwood stands are. When you finish there, the ironwood stands are worth a visit as well.
CJ Contreras contributed to this report. Editing by Jackie Reina
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Humans know the Totoaba fish for its medicinal qualities and good taste, and that’s why it has been
threatened by extinction since 1975. The fish is indigenous to the Gulf of California between Sonora and Baja California, and Mexico’s Attorney General’s office for Environmental Protection, PROPEFA by its Spanish initials (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente), is doing its best to protect this species.
PROPEFA is responsible for enforcing environmental laws, and according to the federal website each state has a delegate responsible for seeing that the job gets done in their respective state.
We had the pleasure of talking with Sonora’s delegate, Jorge Carlos Flores Monge, about the threat of extinction of the fish species scientifically called Totoaba macdonaldi which can grow to more than six feet in length.
Flores Monge pointed fingers directly at the Asians as the major perpetrators of the killing of our dwindling numbers of Totoaba fish. For what? The Totoaba’s swim bladder.
The bladder isn’t what first comes to mind for humans. According to Smithsonian.com, the Totaba’s swim bladder is “an organ that fills with gas to change the buoyancy of the fish, allowing it to ascend and descend in the water.”
He said that the Asian people trade the product and will pay $2000 U.S. dollars per kilo of swim bladder. An adult Totoaba is enough to generate that amount. The Sonora delegate said fishermen cut the swim bladder out and throw the rest of the fish to the ocean. By getting rid of everything but the swim bladder, fishermen have less chance of inspectors catching them.
It’s a concept similar to shark finning in which sharks are caught, their fins are cut off, and then the shark is tossed back into the ocean. This is the same kind of scenario that Sonora is up against with our Totoaba fish.
Flores Monge said that PROFEPA has saved the fish to be illegally sold in several occasions, one in November 2013 when three people were convicted of selling and buying the product.
The punishment for sellers can be nine years jail time or a fine of almost 3 million pesos, according to the delegate. But the more severe consequences have not deterred the sellers. Flores Monge added that as acquiring the swim bladders gets more complicated and risky for the fishermen, they just charge m o r e , and the
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have been willing to pay up to $7000 dollars for the prized fish parts.
But PROPEPA is making headway, he said. The headquarters in the Federal District of Mexico has sent support for this situation with more boats and resources to prevent the extinction of this fish.They patrol day and night. Sometimes the alleged culprits are caught in the fishing act, picked up and whisked off, having to leave their gear behind them.
Flores Monge said that they are proud of doing the best they can to save this species, but there’s still so much work to do.
He would like to make people aware of the Totoaba’s predicament and ask them to do the right thing. After all, the protection of this species and many others depends on international cooperation to stop the demand for these products.
Maria Renee Lafontaine and Jackie Reina contributed to this report.Editing by Jackie Reina
Jorge Carlos Flores Monge, Sonora’s PROFEPA delegate. said that there are
three environmental offices in Sonora. Their duty, as in the case of all Mexican border states, is to protect the country from any kind of non-existing plague in our country.
During the winter, especially around the holiday season, the pine trees are suspect. Flores Monge explained that when the trucks full of trees arrive at the checkpoints, the supervisors use special devices to help them detect any irregularity. According to
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Jorge Carlos Flores Monge is the Sonora delegate for Mexico’s Attorney General’s office for Environmental Protection.
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After you’ve read our newspaper and shared it with your friends, you can —• Crumple it up and put it in stinky sneakers for a couple days.• Line the bottom of a trash can to absorb odors.• Put sheets—black ink only—inside containers for a few days.• Line the kitty box before adding litter.• And of course, you can do what everyone has always done—line your bird cage!
Fabulous ideas from The Frugal Path
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The Hermosillo International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de Hermosillo) is a 5-day annual
festival in which movies and short films of different categories are in competition to be recognized as the best films of the year. During the festival, the films are evaluated by a committee of people considered experts in the films world. The general public is welcome to watch the movies and enjoy five days full of culture and fun.
The grand opening of the event is celebrated with the projection of a movie and the presence of special guests such as the movie director and the film’s main characters. A welcome and ice breaker party is also on the agenda during which people have a chance to talk with the special guests about the experience of making a movie and about new projects they may have in progress. Movies are shown during the
festival at various venues around town, and on closing night, a final movie is shown, the winners are announced with fanfare and good-bye party is given.
Last year, the second edition of this event was performed from October 29 to November 2. It appeared so successful that this Hermosillo Sun reporter decided to interview the people behind this amazing event to get to know them better and ask them more about what it took to bring a simple idea in something so big and important.
Sebastián Rosas, a 27-year-old publicist that has always like going to the movie theater and watching movies, and Martín Soto Saracho, 22, who studied performing arts in Phoenix and is currently studying communications, are the founders and directors of this international event. At their young age, they have managed the development of the festival and have received the help needed to take the planning to an incredible reality.
It was in 2012 that Soto Saracho got the idea of creating the festival. He has been interested in movies and filming since he was a kid. He told us that when he was a child, he used to carry his camera everywhere and ask his cousins to act for him so he could film them. He always dreamed about becoming a movie director.
He shared his idea with Rosas and suggested that they do it together. Rosas has always liked working on new and innovating projects and agreed to the proposition because nothing like this had
been done in Hermosillo before. At first he didn’t have confidence that it
would work; in fact, he thought the project so massive that it might be impossible to accomplish. However, when Soto Saracho made the call for participation and encouraged people from around the globe, the people responded and the two young men began to receive a lot of film projects. Their confidence was renewed, and they started diligent preparations for the event.
Four months later, they celebrated the first edition of the festival. Even though they had little time to prepare everything, they were able to invite six special guests and at the end were happy with the results of the first festival officially held 2012.
In 2013, they placed more emphasis on preparation and had more time to get the results they wanted. The interest the festival was now generating was amazing.
Eighty-seven movies were entered into competition and 16 special guests came this time, among them the recognized film directors Pedro Damian and Andrew Fierberg and the famous actors Miguel Rodarte, Osvaldo Benavides, Mario Zaragoza and the extraordinary actress Maria Aura.
In addition, the global premiere of El Cielo es Azul (The Sky is Blue) was celebrated here in Hermosillo thanks to the festival. Soto Saracho explained
that when he contacted The Sky is Blue people, they were very excited about having their movie premiere in Hermosillo. It was a movie that had been finished a short time ago, and the festival organizers were eager to show it.
Soto Saracho said that he saw a give and take opportunity—the film was a great attraction for the public and Hermosillo gave the movie an official outlet for the premiere. Rosas also expressed that the main goal of this event, and something that they consider really important, is to get people to pay attention to our city. He said that they want people in the industry to start seeing Hermosillo differently—to see it as a viable city for a global movie premiere.
Among other things, in 2012 they had a round table where the special guests talked with the public and shared tips and ideas about the filming and acting environment. In addition, the actor Mario Zaragoza offered acting lessons.
However, the festival founders knew they wouldn’t have been able to prepare everything by themselves and they therefore invited students from different universities to come and join their staff. Also, they received help from different sponsors such as the city. The Municipal Institute of Culture, Art and Tourism (IMCATUR by its Spanish initials)
c o o p e r a t e d because thanks to this event tourism was expected to increase in the city.
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Film festival soars into spotlightparticipate in the competition came to see if they would win, and friends and family came with them to support them in the contest. So there were people here from Spain, Argentina, the United States, Mexico City, Monterrey, Sinaloa, and other places all vying for the big prize which would be the distribution of the winning film into national movie theaters rooms.
When this reporter asked the two men about their plans for this year, they were unwilling to disclose much, insisting that what they have in store should be a surprise. Rosas said he didn’t expect that participants or the public would be disappointed at the 2014 festival, that they are always looking at innovative things and ways to improve the production.
Both of them encourage the public to visit them and get involved in this year’s edition. It is there for all the people—those who are interested in the filming environment and those that just like to have fun.
If you want to know more about these two successful guys, how they built all this from zero in such a short time, look them up on the festival’s official website www. fichermosillo.com, on Facebook FICH Festival Internacional de Cine de Hermosillo and on Twitter @FICHermosillo.
They said the calls for 2014 participation, both for artistic entries and for staff, will be posted online as well.
Top photo left to rightMartin Saracho, Antonio Zavala, Gerardo Taracena, Mario Zaragoza, María Aura, Juan Aura, Sebastian RosasPhoto above Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Top photo courtesy Fidel Javier Castro Photography Other photos courtesy Hermosillo International Film Festival
A portrait of former Mexican President Felipe Calderon, which is part of the exhibit “The Art of Leadership: A President’s Diplomacy,” was on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas. The exhibit of world leader portraits by former U.S. President George W. Bush ran from April 4 through June 3, 2014. Source and photo: AP
University of Sonora workers strikeMembers of the Workers’ Union at the University of Sonora voted to strike beginning February 28, giving employees, faculty, staff and students until 5 p.m. to exit the buildings before sealing the doors.
According to various news releases, through arbitration the workers were ordered to open the doors and report to work beginning May 8. Classes resumed that day.
Teachers’ Union members accepted the University’s offer.
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Born in the Sonoran border town of Nogales, David Vera is a visual artist
who recently has gained local as well as national recognition for the statements in his artwork. In a recent interview, Vera described his work as a “critique to marginal issues and what is happening at the social, cultural and political level.”
In 2012, he was awarded with a scholarship from the Sonora State Fund for Culture and the Arts (FECAS) to work on his project titled Border Face.
“The project’s name obviates what I wanted to do,” said Vera, “Portraits of the Mexico-U.S. border, but the real subject was violence.”
“I wanted to reflect violence in Nogales through portraits; I didn’t want to do a typical journalistic work to register the symptoms of violence, intimidation, fear, or social instability on the border because it is very dangerous to be taking photographs on the street when you’re not a real journalist,” Vera stated. That is why he decided to use a studio in which he could manipulate everything.
Vera added, “The vision of the project was about the violence that was generated due to the war on drugs during the previous presidential administration and how there is a ‘before and after’ the war. Like death and resurrection, it implies taking note of the fact that the war led to a very high level of institutionalized violence and organized crime.”
The artist calls it “the border’s mourning” because death controlled everything, and from there it moved on to a sort of grief, overcoming, and change, but moving on did not mean forgetting.
In his latest work, “Simulaciones” (Simulations), Vera intends to recreate those times of anguish, mourning, and paranoia that the people of Nogales went through.
For the project, Vera created a mock cover story in one of Nogales’ most popular newspapers in which he faked his own abduction and murder; just like most of the cover stories that were printed in 2012.
“I wasn’t only talking about violence but also about being solidary with the victims and the fact that I could’ve been a victim, anyone could’ve been a victim,” Vera said.
He then called on 100 of his friends, family members, and even strangers to come to the studio dressed in black. He
handed the mock newspaper to the person, asked them to read it, and then Vera proceeded to photograph their reaction through a series of portraits.
Other ProjectsIn 2012 he won the 8th Sonoran
Visual Arts Biennial with his piece titled “Los Rechazados” (The Rejected), an installation created with photographs that were found in an institution’s waste bin. They were rejected scholarship applications which included photos of the applicants which Vera appropriated in order to re-signify the objects and make a social statement.
For the piece he used 317 id-size photos which he categorized by color. His intention was to point out “the situation that many college students face when competing for a scholarship that is in high demand and low supply.”
In late 2013, his work “Positivos” (Positives) was one of four chosen to win first prize among 221 pieces entered for the 14th Northwest Biennial of Visual Arts. This piece was the result of Vera’s quest around this father’s clinical laboratory.
It turns out that Vera’s father owns a huge archive of microscopic slides which he has collected from patients that tested positive for some sort of disease. Vera scanned 280 of the slides and created a composition of hues; he calls it “an atlas of a sick and decomposed society.”
On March 29, he also inaugurated a series of portraits with one of the participants at “El Rastro” a new downtown gallery owned by a University of Sonora art student.
David Vera has several plans for future projects and will surely keep on making statements about the shape of society through his art work. He said that he chooses the media of his work depending on the message that he wants to convey; it could be installation, photography, video, or sculpture.
Be sure to keep a lookout for this self-described border visual artist who enjoys working in anonymity. He is on the rise.
www.facebook.com/el.rastro.hermosillo12See the Border Faces at www.simulaciones.tumblr.com
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Rafael Antonio García Mar, an 18-year-old
freshman in the Physics department at the University of Sonora (Unison) won the gold medal at the XVIII Iberoamerican Physics Olympiad held last September in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
In an interview with the Hermosillo Sun, García Mar said he had already participated in several high school contests in physics and mathematics but for this contest he had to prepare himself even more than before. Teachers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM by its Spanish
initials) as well as those from Unison helped prepare him for the regional and national competitions, and they continued to support him in quest for gold in the competition while also pursuing his studies at Unison.
García Mar said that he was really nervous before the exam and before the winners were announced. He knew he had won something because after all his preparation he was sure he had done well on the exam, but he didn’t expect to win the first place.
The first people who knew about his triumph were his father and his girlfriend who congratulated him for the success he had achieved
and told him that they were proud of him; his classmates threw a little party in the classroom in his honor.
The budding scholar noted that because it was an Iberoamerican competition he had the opportunity to
interact with other students from other countries like Brazil, Spain, Portugal, and so on, which made it an informative cultural event.
García Mar started to get interested in physics in high when one of his teachers
invited him to participate in the regional contest held at Unison. One of his friends was planning to enter the competition and he decided to enter too.
After the recent winning experience, he started realizing how much he liked physics and started studying more about it. He said that before deciding to study physics, his plans were to study engineering or something related to computing. Now, the gold medalist wants to continue studying physics and earn a PhD someday.
When asked about the importance of physics in our lives, García Mar said that it is an important topic because
the way things in the world works is based on physical principles; the technological advances that have taken place are due to physics.
He recommends anyone interested in participating in this kind of competitions and who have the opportunity to do so because it’s a really rewarding experience and they may end up realizing that there’s much more to physics that we know. García Mar added that he would participate in other competitions like this because they motivate students and promote science.
Find out more about this contest at http://oibf.minerd.gob.do/
the gold goes to MexicoHeidi Areli Lopez Lopez
Photo courtesy Rafael Antonio García
For the project, Vera created a mock cover story in one of Nogales’ most popular newspapers in which he faked his own abduction and murder.
Photos: David Vera
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~ artist Acroy “Dude” Mendoza’s rendering of the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Sonora ~
Carla Gastelum Knight, M.A., has been appointed head of the Department
of Foreign Languages at the University of Sonora, making her the new boss of the Hermosillo Sun newspaper, which is published by the Department. Previously, she had been the head of the B.A. in English Language Teaching in the Department. Gastelum appointed Sofia Cota Grijalva,
M.Ed. as the interim head of the B.A. The administrative secretary, who makes
arrangements with our newspaper printer and takes care of circulation and distribution, is also new. Jesus Leal Olivas is on the job to see that the paper reaches our campuses as well as guests in major Hermosillo hotels.
Jackie Reina continues as the newspaper editor and project director.
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For over 10 years, Dr. José Luis Ramírez Romero and colleagues from around
Mexico have been studying the available research about foreign language teaching in Mexico. In November, Professor Ramírez Romero, a teacher and researcher in the B.A. in English Language Teaching (ELT), Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Sonora (Unison), presented his most recent book on the topic to faculty and students of the B.A. in ELT.
The book, Una Decada de Busqueda: Las Investigaciones
Sobre La Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje de Lenguas Extranjeras en México (2000-2011) or, as it would be known in English, A Decade of Research: Investigations about the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages in Mexico (2000-2011), is the third one of a series to provide the most up-to-date information on the topic.
In the presentation, held on the stage in the courtyard of the Department of Foreign Languages at 7:00 p.m. on November 14, the researcher talked about the development of the project.
He briefly described the first and second books but concentrated on the content of this book which he said would be valuable to anyone interested either in conducting research on foreign language teaching in Mexico or in what we have discovered about how Mexican students and teachers learn and teach a foreign language. He believes that the series of three books gives depth and breadth not available anywhere else in Mexico.
Among other researchers from around Mexico, Unison’s Sofia Cota Grijalva, M.A., made a short presentation during the event. According to Dr. Ramirez Romero, she is a founder of the B.A. in ELT and has taught in the program since its inception. It was important to the author that she share in the evening’s activities which also commemorated the program’s anniversary.
After the presentation, there was a drawing to see who would be the three lucky winners of a free copy of the book. Then people lined up to congratulate Dr. Ramírez Romero on the launch of his book.
We asked the professor how he felt about the book presentation, now that it was over. He said that there were a lot more people than he expected. He laughed and added that he was happy about that because usually book presentations aren’t well attended, so he saw this one as a big success.
The Department head had combined the presentation with the B.A. in ELT’s 19th anniversary celebration and arranged for fine refreshments to be served to the guests, not the usual fare of boxed cookies. Tony Olivas provided live soft rock music in English to get everyone in a festive mood.
Before and after the event people could view the paintings by Jeanette Kuri Gallardo, a teacher in the general courses, on display in the courtyard. The editor of the department’s English community newspaper, Hermosillo Sun, provided a selection of students’ poems that had been published over the last 10 years.
To get the book, contact Dr. José Luis Ramírez Romero through the Department of Foreign Languages at Unison or via email at [email protected].
Jackie Reina contributed to this report.
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Nayely Trevino Gil, a teacher in the Department of Foreign Languages general courses, stands next to a poetry display and Hermosillo Sun newspapers. She was in charge of ma-king the Department’s courtyard look especially pleasing for people to enjoy their refreshments on the occasion of the Department’s 19th anniversary and the presentation of Dr. José Luis Ramírez Romero’s most recent publication.
Dr. José Luis Ramírez Romero (right) presents his book “A Decade of Research: Investigations about the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Lan-guages in Mexico (2000-2011),” to the faculty and students in the B.A. in English Language Teaching at the University of Sonora. Seated with him, from left to right, are Sofia Cota Grijalva, M.A., University of Sonora; Dr. Beatrice Blin, National Autonomous University of Mexico; and Dr. Angelica Sandoval, Autonomous University of Chihuahua.
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If there is any one name in country music that comes to mind when someone
says country music Outlaw, it’s Waylon Jennings. While many will remember the Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and musician from his “Good Ol’ Boys” theme song and narration of the television series Dukes of Hazzard, others recall the struggle he had just to get his music out to the people.
The key word here is his music, not the interpretation that the executives in Nashville, the “country music capital of the world,” wanted him to release. And he fought the good fight, acquiring the name Outlaw in the process, a name he wasn’t overly fond of.
In the Time Warner audio version of Waylon: An Autobiography, the Texas native said, “I always hated labels, and they kept trying to stick
one on me. To us, Outlaw meant standing up for your rights, your own way of doing things. We took our stand outside the country music rules.”
He credits his friend and mentor Buddy Holly, in whose band Waylon played bass guitar for a while, for instilling in him the importance of doing his own music, not letting anybody box him into any single style.
Waylon soon would tragically lose Buddy. On a tour in Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota in freezing cold February, Waylon had a seat with Buddy on a little plane. But the “Big Bopper,” a musician who was to travel by bus, became ill. Waylon took the bus so that the sick man could fly. The plane crashed, and all aboard perished.
In his autobiography, Waylon said it took him years to get over the grief and the feelings of guilt he had for being alive when his mentor was dead. He returned to his job as a DJ in Texas before
pulling up stakes and heading to Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona was good to him. He got back on stage and earned a large following in the nightclubs and would be “discovered” and head to Nashville. His future wife Jessi Colter was also born in Phoenix, but that’s another story.
The music executives in Nashville and Waylon were not a good mix. In his book, Waylon talked about how cold and hurtful
Jessi Colter, also known as Mrs. Waylon Jennings and
“the first lady of outlaw music,” is still out there making music. In an exclusive interview with the Hermosillo Sun in March, the singer-songwriter told us that she’s doing mostly benefit concerts. On this occasion, the recipient of her generosity was the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
And what a show it was! It had been many years since Jessi Colter shot to stardom with her number one record “I’m not Lisa,” but she hadn’t slowed a bit. When she sat down at the piano and started to sing, it was clear she had not lost the ability to pull people’s emotions in every which direction.
She started the show on neutral ground, an Elvis Presley song. Then she made it personal, doing songs that she had sung with Waylon, had written about Waylon, bringing to life the magic that she and Waylon used to make on stage together.
Jessi was a star in her own right before she became an Outlaw on the “Wanted! The Outlaws” album. She wrote and sang about
real life situations, and she shared them with us that evening. She and Waylon used to sing about the ups and downs of marriage in “Storms Never Last.” She said “Without You” was one of the first songs she wrote after knowing Waylon.
“He just disappeared,” she comments in a live video. “And I thought he was gone. I started writing sad songs, and this is one of them.” It’s an upbeat sad song, Jessi at her finest.
When she did “You Were My Mountain,” a song she wrote about Waylon after he had passed, the audience was so captivated that they sat silent for a few seconds after she finished before they started applauding. People who know the Jessi Colter - Waylon Jennings love story had to at least have a lump in their throats or tears running down their cheeks during that one.
Jessi Colter accepted the Desert Museum date because her and Waylon’s son Shooter Jennings wasn’t available.
“Actually, it was kind of a stroke of fate because Shooter was asked to do this date, and he’s over in Europe
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the Nashville record people were. He said when he would be in some “big shot’s” office and one of his band members would ask a question, the guy would turn to Waylon and answer him, not the band member who had asked.
Waylon said he could see the hurt in his band members’ eyes, and he said, “Those guys been everywhere with me, we’ve been
hungry together, and if they can’t be there,
then I won’t be there. If they’re not welcome, then I’m not welcome either.”
He said the Nashville recording people were so closed
that they refused to release one of his songs simply because he had recorded it in Los Angeles.
Waylon hit it big in the 1970s, selling millions of records, filling auditoriums and stadiums, traveling in a caravan of buses and 18-wheeler trucks that would make your jaw drop or, if time was short, flying on a private Leer jet.
It was a 1976 RCA album called “Wanted! The Outlaws” that catapulted Waylon and another Nashville adversary,
Willie Nelson, to fame. Jessi Colter, who had a hit called “I’m Not Lisa” and was by now married to Waylon, was also on the album. The release was the first country album to top a million copies sold. The term Outlaws was here to stay!
In her book, Playin’ on the Tracks: A Memoir, Waylon’s background singer Carter Robertson said, “It’s important to note that Waylon didn’t name himself an ‘Outlaw.’ He just
wanted the freedom to do his music the way he saw fit and take it to the people, which is exactly what he did.”
He started his own production company, and people crossed over to him.
Waylon liked being around regular people, and he had a special kinship that went back many years with the Native Americans.
In personal correspondence with the Hermosillo Sun, Waylon’s son Terry Jennings explained, “In the 60s and early 70s, Dad played the reservations outside of Gallop, New Mexico. His first road manager is from there. He fell in love with them and they with him. They also paid him well, and in those days he needed all the money he could get.”
Neither fame nor money would change Waylon’s dedication to the Native Americans. Terry said that even in the late 70s when Waylon’s career was at the top he would still occasionally drive out to a reservation and make his music in a high school gym.
Terry also said that Waylon got kicked out of music class in school because his teacher said he couldn’t sing!
As for Nashville’s packaging of the Outlaw concept, Waylon said, “We mostly thought it was funny.”
It was also lucrative, and the boy who started out picking cotton was living the American Dream picking on his guitar, singing and writing songs—his way.
The world lost Waylon in 2002. In her book, Carter Robertson wrote, “Life had not come easy for him, and when he had trouble staying on track, he just built a different line and ran his train down that one. But I guess all tracks have to end somewhere.”
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Accompanied by Ray Herndon, Jessi Colter sings at a benefit concert in the Warden Oasis Theater at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona in March.
Photo: Jackie Reina
To us, Outlaw meant standing up for your rights, your own way of doing things. We took our stand outside the country music rules.”
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Outlaw essence, cowboy hats, and a sweet sound of country music make their
way as dusk falls. This is not some story in a Western town. It is the Forajidos Country Band coloring the streets of Hermosillo, Sonora, with its stunning music.
In English, Forajidos means Outlaws. The band is led by musician Gaspior Madrigal.
We arranged the interview at a restaurant downtown and as he entered the place there was no doubt it’s him, wearing his cowboy hat, boots and country spirit. He smiled, ready for the interview with our newspaper.
Gaspior told us how the Forajidos began by going back to his childhood. He said that since he was a kid he liked music and he knew he had the ear for it. At that time he didn’t have a preference for a specific genre. As he progressed musically, he became more interested in country music, a genre that has been gaining popularity in Sonora.
He always liked to do something different, something that was not common in his hometown of Huatabampo, Sonora. He played rock ‘n roll, blues, reggae, and other genres that were not well
known. Now he plays country music, which is also not a common genre in Mexico, but it’s one that’s gaining popularity.
As for his favorite instrument, he said that as a kid he liked the drums, but he’s been playing the guitar since was 10 years old. With the Forajidos he plays the pedal steel guitar and electric guitar. He also sings lead on some songs and background.
Not only is he the guitar player, but he is also the musical manager of the band. Pure poetry turned into sound becomes alive as Gaspior shreds on his guitar.
Talk about a wide musical range! He also writes songs. As for his inspiration for writing, he said that he doesn’t have a formula. It
just happens. It could be during dawn, or as night falls. But the thing for sure is that he has a need to write what he sees. He says his songs have tint of everyday life, and this is indeed reflected in the Forajidos music.
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is composed of good friends who are also good musicians. They have never needed to call for auditions. They trended toward country music just because that’s the kind they all liked to do the most. Gaspior has been doing country for 18 years.
The Forajidos do a cover of Waylon Jennings’ famous Dukes of Hazzard television show theme song, “Good ‘Ol Boys,” in which lead singer
Eduardo Coronado sings the English vocals. Gaspior said they picked that one because he thought their listeners would identify with the theme song.
Hermosillo Sun editor Jackie Reina, who came along on this interview because she wanted to meet Gaspior personally, said she first heard the Forajidos do “Good ‘Ol Boys” on YouTube a little while back from a show the group did on Televisa in 2010. She liked their version, mostly because
they did such a good job on it, and they’re such talented musicians.
She shared the song on Facebook with Waylon Jennings’ son Terry Jennings to get his reaction. He liked it so much that he reposted it and got a lot of positive responses from his Facebook and real life friends. It’s nice that people on this side can hear U.S. Outlaw music, and people over there can hear our versions.
They also play Waylon Jennings’ song “Honky Tonk Heroes.” In addition to feeling a certain affection for those particular songs, they like Waylon Jennings as an artist.
Some of the group’s other
musical influences are Willie Nelson, George Strait and Zac Brown. They try to get the best from everything. Music is a fusion, Gaspior said.
The songs that they write and the band’s usual repertoire are in Spanish. If an adaptation works well, they translate some songs to Spanish so they can convey more meaning to their Mexican audience.
In addition to other projects, Gaspior is the organizer of the annual Country Music Festival in Hermosillo. It’s a wild time of music and dancing, and country bands from all over Mexico come to join in on the fun.
The Forajidos have two official releases. The most recent is called Elegante (Elegant). Gaspior himself designed the CD cover. He said the CD title came about when after recording and remastering the 13-song album, he thought, “This disc is elegant!”
You can get their CDs by contacting them on their Facebook page or at their shows. And you can find out about their upcoming shows on—where else? Facebook!
You can also listen to them on YouTube. As you’re browsing , if you see the group “8 Segundos,” lend an ear to the tunes. That’s what the band used to be called. Same people, different name.
Now the sunlight is almost gone. But look! You might catch a glimpse of cowboy boot footprints marked in the streets of Hermosillo. And listen. Do you hear the strains of country music calling you?
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right now. So I guess the booker got word to my office and said would you like to work this date? And I said, That sounds wonderful! I’m really happy that I came.”
In our interview, Jessi said, “I pulled these musicians together who never play together. . .They all pulled up and came. Wasn’t that beautiful the way they played?”
It surely was, and one of those musicians was Reggie Young, one of the most famous guitar pickers in Nashville! It is a good day indeed when the price of admission includes helping the animals at the Desert Museum, and seeing Jessi
Colter and Reggie Young. The Warden Oasis Theater was a
perfect venue for cozy and personal interactions between audience and star. Seating for only 250 people ensured that every seat was a good one, and when Jessi would talk with the audience between numbers, it was as if she knew us, cared about us. She talked to us the way she might her neighbors—soft-spoken, gentle, truly interested in communicating with us.
She is a spiritual person, and songs of praise were sprinkled throughout her program. But she is also a professional and has certain
expectations on stage—for one thing, water. The theater people had neglected to put water out for her and the band.
A few songs into the show, she said, “Where’s the water? We don’t have any water up here. Could someone please bring us some water?” after which Ray Herndon, a guitar picker who also harmonized and sang duets with her, chimed in, “And wine! Wine for the audience too.”
As the theater workers scurried off to the lounge, Jessi gave the audience a little sermon about how Jesus turned water into wine. The
workers returned, arms laden with water bottles and glasses of wine but, alas, just for the musicians, none for the audience.
The singer does mostly special events, like this one at the Desert Museum. “It has to be kind of the right thing.” she told us. “I’ve done a lot of charity work in the valley, but I’m kind of pulling back.”
Pulling back, but still busy. And she’s reaching a wide audience. The next weekend she would be doing another benefit concert, this time with Shooter in Los Angeles.
Jessi enjoys Mexico, particularly the San Miguel de Allende area.
She thanked us for driving up from Mexico to see her show and said, “You’re so nice!”
Maybe some crisp winter day Jessi Colter will visit us in Hermosillo!
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Gaspior Madrigal with the Forajidos Country Band play at a concert commemorating the children who died and who were injured in the ABC Day Care fire in Hermosillo five years ago.
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InevitableI hear steps coming.My voice breaks down in terror.They come for my life…
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I’m HereA lot of people in here, no one to talk to.Feels like things are falling apart in front of me.I try to talk to someone, but that’s hard to do.I could be more outgoing. Yes, I could. (maybe)I’m nobody’s first choice; I am always the last.Nobody sees me. “I’m here!” I am an outcast.
Yessica Melina Zazueta González
Thank You for Nothing!Thank you for all the precious moments you gave me.I still remember all the words you said to me. Thank you for all the little things you would demonstrate,For all the moments we went out to celebrate,For all the right hard decisions you helped me choose.Thank you for nothing. Now I have nothing left to lose.
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The Girl Across the Street
The girl across the street has her eyes looking at me straight.I wonder what is she thinking.I don’t know why I can’t stop shaking. She wears a little dress of whiteand the coldest heart in her chest.Maybe she is looking for a friend—I could be one, but I’m too scared.
Sofia Arvizu
Pulsing earth, teeming with life
Pulsing earth, teeming with life — from the blackness of the oceans to the heights of an encircling atmosphere. Glistening seas rolling with tides — filling and rising massively from the planet’s deepest valleys. Lush forests that harbor a web — rich with creatures of every song, color, and dance.
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It was October the eighth, the day I will never forget. She appeared to be only sleeping by the way she was still breathing. Fine, it seemed.We all cried.
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Fashion and style will never be a problem;my body can be any shape or color.Women are beautiful. I love all of them!(My number one love will always be Mother.)
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In a world where violence is everywhere you look, why should we encourage it even more? We should stop this so-called sport, not only to protect the animals but also to stop the audience who are looking for a way to fulfill their lives
in a sadistic way. In sum, bullfighting is a sport that we need to put an end to, not only because of the animals who suffer and are humiliated but also to create a healthy environment in this violent society.
Laura Gutierrez
Bullfighting is a long tradition and has become part of our culture, just as Thanksgiving is in America. Americans celebrate that holiday by eating roast turkey and nobody is against killing a turkey for dinner. So why do some people go crazy
and make a fuss if a bullfighter does his job? The bull is supposed to die for a purpose, and so is the turkey. The only difference is that in one culture they show how they kill the animal and in the other they don’t.
Andrea Lizárraga
As man evolves, customs should evolve too. We should teach our generations customs free of cruelty.
Natalia Vega Robles
Bulls must be respected because they are someone, not something.
Ana Karina Sanchez
Bullfighting is not a tradition; it’s murder. It makes us look like we are the animals.
Aurora Salazar Castillo
Bullfighting has two sides, a good one and a bad one. We all have to respect each others’ opinions about it.
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Bullfighting is a “sport” in which bullfighters put their lives on the line. But sadly, the bulls’ lives are already taken.
Sebastián Ibarra
Bullfighting has been part of my culture for a very long time. It brings thousands of years of tradition. If you take away bullfighting, you might as well take my language away too.
Caleb Moreno
People don’t really have a problem with cruelty to animals. They just don’t want to see it.
Andrea Lizárraga
When the followers of the “game” kill the bulls, they cut the bulls’ tails and ears off as trophies, and that’s sick.
Francisco Mendoza Vargas
People who watch this horrible act must have a lack of values and emotions. Bulls breathe and they feel.
Guillermina Urrutia PérezBulls can hurt the bullfighter or the people in the audience. But the truth is that the animal is only trying to save his life.
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Imagine someone running behind you trying to kill you while a packed stadium is laughing, screaming and clapping.
Paloma Díaz
Even though it is true bulls are sacrificed in bullfighting, cows are sacrificed so you are able to eat.
Caleb Moreno
Children who see bullfighting will someday learn that they don’t have to respect animals.
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A fter unrelenting pressure by animal rights organizations and
Congressional Representative Vernon Pérez Rubio Artee, last year Sonora outlawed bullfighting.
Sophomores in the University of Sonora’s B.A. in English Language Teaching chose to give their opinions on the subject in a writing exercise. The excerpts are representative of the overwhelming support the bulls get from the students.
Photos including front cover: AP/Andres Kudacki
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“On May 6, the world lost a giant presence in the defense of animals and the environment, Farley Mowat. The Canadian author denounced some of the worst cruelties and abuses in the wildlife sector, rising to the defense of bears, seals, whales, and wolves, among other species.
Mowat was a courageous, heroic figure who will long be remembered for his principled stands against the mistreatment of Canada’s indigenous peoples, and for his stalwart resistance to the wanton killing of wildlife. He was a true-blue animal person
and we mourn his passing. The beautiful thing about Mowat’s
legacy is not simply that his works will live on and continue to inspire future generations of wildlife protectionists. It’s also that every time we speak up or take action for the world’s wild creatures, we’re extending his compassionate vision. Mowat wrote with hope and clarity for a future in which wild animals would be safe from the depredations of thoughtless humankind, and it’s our job to extend his vision and build upon it.”
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1928 - 2014Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, shares his sentiments about the loss of an environmental activist and staunch supporter of animal rights. We thank the HSUS for permisson to reprint Mr. Pacelle’s thoughts.
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The popularity of archery as a sport is growing here in Hermosillo,
Sonora. Gloria Paola Alcocer Medina, who practices Archery through the State Sporting Commission (CODESON for its Spanish initials), has participated in several archery competitions.
These Archery competitions are held once a year by the Mexican Federation of Archery where archers from around the country and sometimes from outside the country come and compete against each other in various categories.
Paola, as the girl likes to be called, practices every day at CODESON. She says her training is supervised by a coach and she has to shoot around 200 arrows per day. She pointed out that during practices, she feels exited but that those feelings cannot be compared with the excitement she feels when she is out on the field competing.
During this interview with the Hermosillo Sun, Paola said she has been practicing archery since she was 12 years old and that she has won several competitions since her debut.
Paola’s love for archery comes from her sisters whom she used to watch during their training at CODESON, and she said that the first time she touched a bow and an arrow, she felt exited and willing to learn. Little did she know then that when she touched an arrow for the first time it would be the beginning of what would later become a long list of competitions and training.
Paola’s first competition was in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon where she won two bronze medals in the individual and team categories. Ever since experiencing the taste of winning, she hasn’t stopped dreaming of becoming one of the best archers in Sonora.
When asked if she had any advice for someone who was interested in practicing archery, she replied that it was a really exiting sport because you never know how well you will shoot the arrow.
In addition to ability, it depends on the archer’s mood and confidence level.
The Department of Foreign Languages at the University
of Sonora (Unison) once again successfully carried out its soccer tournament on March 8 and 22. The annual event gives students the opportunity to play for a team representing one of the languages that the department offers as well as students in the department’s B.A. in English Language Teaching.
This year, students of eight languages plus the B.A. participated, interacting with other students, friends and teachers who have a passion for soccer, one of the most popular sports in the world.
In a previous interview with the Hermosillo Sun, Karin Neudecker Heilmann, coordinator of the event, said the department has held the tournament since 2007. She said she thinks it started because of the soccer fever generated by 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany. She is also a German teacher in the department and the coordinator of all of the foreign languages taught there, except English.
Unison workers had gone on strike which closed the university, and the games couldn’t be held at “Castro Servin,” the field located on the Unison campus and the official location of the tournament. But that didn’t stop things. The first four games were played in a high school field in the city.
That day, the United States, England, China, and France won their pass to the semifinals and Japan, Italy, Portugal, and Germany were out. The exciting final marches had to wait for two weeks because the organizers changed the place again. To the players’ surprise, and for the first time in the history of the tournament, the games were set in “Heroes de
Nacozari” stadium, the city’s biggest soccer stadium at the Multiple Uses Center, known as CUM by its Spanish initials. What a treat!
The sun was shining brightly, conditions that made it hard to play, yet all the players looked enthusiastic to give great games to the people supporting them. Starting very early, people began to arrive, excited for the finals. Though it is not an official tournament, both the players and supporters take the competition seriously.
The favorite to win was the USA, last year’s champion and this year formed by studernts in the B.A. in English Language Teaching, but they had no such luck this year. France toppled the U.S. and
advanced to the big final. The second semifinal was
between China and England (students from the general English courses). England had no mercy for the Chinese team and defeated them badly.
Before the final, the match for the third place had to be played. The USA and China were hurt by the earlier defeats. From the kick off, the game was balanced to only one side. The USA scored early and gave the team confidence to score three more goals. China didn’t want to go home with empty hands and scored their only goal of the day, and last year’s champion walked away in third place.
It was time for the
anticipated final match. England started dominating France and it didn’t take long for the first goal. A certain anxiety was present in both benches, but for England a time of calm appeared after they scored the second goal.
Emotions ran high on both sides for a while until France scored a penalty a few minutes before the end. Everyone was really excited and watching carefully, waiting for France to tie the game. But an excellent play by Miguel Orlando Leon Castro scored the third and final goal that made England champion of the tournament in a dramatic game.
In an interview with Miguel Orlando, he said that he was nervous about the goal France scored and felt
happy to give his team the winning goal.
After the match, trophies were given to third, second and first places. Players from all teams received free “tortas” and sodas after the ceremony. Showing its
support, the department paid for everything—field, referee, and food—except for the trophies which were donated by the Sonora Sports Commission known as CODESON in Spanish.
In addition to the languages represented in the tournament—German, French, English, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian—the Department offers Arabic, Russian, and Spanish for Foreigners.
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Ana Silvia Bencomo Rascon of Team USA wards off Juan Pablo Ramirez of Team Chinaduring Unison’s Department of Foreign Languages annual soccer tournament.
Event coordinator Karin Neudecker Heilmann keeps the action running smoothly during the March soccer competition between students representing various foreign languages at the University of Sonora.
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It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea. To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit. I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don’t ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
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Last year’s CIBACOPA champions, the Rayos
of Hermosillo, were edged out this year, but that didn’t shut down their professional attitude nor their enthusiasm for the game. Our newspaper
had the chance to interview some of the players and ask them how sportsmanship is a role when vying for the trophy.
First, we interviewed Emmanuel Little, a renowned
b a s k e t b a l l player from C h i c a g o , I l l i n o i s . Little has been with the team since last year when the Rayos took the trophy home. Little told us what it has been like to be playing with the Rayos.
“ T e a m is great. I believe in everybody, e v e r y b o d y is good, and we are all focused right now.”
W h e n a s k i n g him what his game
philosophy is, he answered, “Focus, pay attention to what’s going on, execute, find out what type of guys you are going up against.”
We also asked him what he recommends to young players who are starting a career in basketball, and his reply was that getting your studies done is as important as putting effort into sports.
“Education is a must. Education goes forever. Play hard; leave everything on the court no matter what happens at the end of the game, focus and train.”
We also interviewed Jorge Camacho and asked him what he thinks is the key to being in the playoffs.
He said that playing as a team is the key and added that none of their players are selfish on the court. As for what makes a good opponent, he told us that it’s a player who starts from the bottom and will give their best to beat us.
Last but not least Jesus Hiram Lopez granted us his words too. When asking where the strength of the team lies, Lopez said it’s in continuity. They have been
playing for six years with the same team. They know each other really well, they know their coach, they know what they want from each other and how everybody reacts and thinks.
I n d e e d , the Rayos have been a strong team that has been together for a while. Still, new foreign players are being invited to take part of our home b a s k e t b a l l team. We asked Lopez how the team gets adapted to new players.
He explained that it’s a job. They are all doing their work in synchrony. When one player is out, another one enters and they know what they have to do.
Lopez didn’t hesitate to leave a suggestion for the fans too. “Keep supporting us! Everyone has been really faithful; you are the soul in our team. In good and bad moments our supporters are there. We will always leave
our heart in the court.” So, the team invites
everyone to keep supporting basketball in Sonora, for our players are giving their best!
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Emmanuel Little poses with reporter Miriam Deneb German Hage in the State Gym, home to the Rayos.
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Enrique Mazon, Naranjeros council president, and team manager Matias Carrillo hold the trophy after the big Caribbean Series win in Venezuela.P
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