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Travis Comal Guadalupe HaysFree Gratis LaLa VVozoz (512) 944-4123 Volume 8 Number 6 A Bi-cultural Publication June, 2013 Inside this Issue Pensamientos del Jefe de NHI: Ernesto Nieto Hispanic Quality of Life Report Johnston High School Memorial Searching for Sugarman Hablando de BBQ Master Sergeant Readership Contest Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez En palabras hay poder See PageSee Page 16 13 Page 2 La Voz Newspaper - June, 2013 Angela Valenzuela is the director People in the News of the National Latino/a Education Research Agenda Project (NLERAP) that aims to improve teacher quality and the teacher education pipeline for Latino/a youth, nationally. Valenzuela received her doctorate from Stanford University and is a professor in the College of Education; Director, Texas Rosalie Ip Named Center for Education Policy; and Teacher of the Year Graduate Advisor the grad students at The University of at Houston Elem. Texas at Austin. Eva Longoria Congratulations Rosalie Ip, Luna Helps Take Art Murillo Shows In 2010 she was elected to Teacher of the Year for J. Houston Earns Masters Team to College He Knows How to Member-At-Large position of the Elementary in Dove Springs.She Degree in Chicano World Series Drive a Bus Executive Council of the American teaches 3rd grade ESL Studies Educational Research She also was a semifinalist for Blaire Luna, star pitcher for the Congrats to Cap Metro Driver Art va Longoria has officially Association, and received the district wide Teacher of the Year. E Texas Longhorns Women’s Murillo for winning the State wrapped up her post-graduate 2010 Fellow of the American Baseball team, threw a no hitter Championship for 35' bus in studies, earning a masters Educational Research against Florida State to qualifiy McAllen, Texas. Murillo will now degree in Chicano Studies from Association; 2010 Paulo Freire, her team for the Women’s advance to the International Bus California State University, Critical Pedagogy and College World Series. Roadeo in Long Beach, Northridge. Emancipation SIG Distinguished California. Scholar Award; Austin 2010 A four-year letter winner at Bowie It’s the second degree for LULAC Council 650 Advocate for High School, Luna has earned This will be his fourth time Longoria, who already holds an Education 2010; 2008 Top 25 many distinctions and awards competing for an international undergraduate degree in Influential Hispanics, City of throughout her career. “This title. The Roadeo competition kinesiology from Texas A&M Austin, La Voz de Austin; and doesn’t feel real at all,” Luna said showcases the skills of University-Kingsville. The 38- 2007 Fulbright Award, University after her teammates dogpiled on operators and mechanics while year-old actress decided to of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, the field, dumped water and promoting safety and pursue her graduate studies Mexico. Eli Villarreal when she was still filming whipped cream on coach Connie professionalism in transit Clark and sprayed one another operations. “Desperate Housewives,” Dr. Valenzuela also maintains a Receives Doctorate with sparkling cider. “It’s been sharing with Jay Leno that she blog called Educational Equity, from UT Austin awesome, and I am just really wanted to “study immigration.” “I Politics & Policy in Texas. She is grateful that I ended it with this Eli Villarreal graduated from Col- wanted to be literate on the author of Leaving Children kind of memory,” Luna said. lege of Education at The Univer- everything,” Longoria shared on Behind: How “Texas-style” “The Tonight Show,” who also sity of Texas at Austin last month The Longhorns are going to their Accountability Fails Latino Youth called herself “the old one” in her and is now Dr. Eli Villarreal. A fifth World Series, their first since and Subtractive Schooling: U.S. classes. graduate of La Joya High School All-America pitcher Cat Osterman Mexican Youth and the Politics of in 1992, Dr. Villarreal earned her led them there in 2006. Last Caring, winner of both the 2000 Longoria is originally from first degree from The University month, Luna pitched her eighth American Educational Research Corpus Christi, Texas and is the of Texas at Austin in 1996. A career no-hitter and fourth of the Association Outstanding Book youngest of four daughters. As a mother of four, she has worked in year. Osterman was the last Award and the 2001 Critics’ teenager in high school, she the education field including a stint Texas pitcher to toss a playoff no- Choice Award from the American worked at Wendy’s for 3 years. Dr. Angela Valenzuela with AVANCE. She is currently the hitter. She did it in consecutive Educational Studies In 1998, she won the Miss Corpus Selected as a Women Academic Dean of the National games in 2005. Association. American University here in Aus- Christi USA contest and talent of Distinction tin, Texas. contest led her to Los Angeles PRODUCTION La Voz Newspaper - June, 2013 Page 3 PRODUCTION Editor & Publisher AlfredoEditor & SantosPublisher c/s EDITORIAL Alfredo Santos c/s Pensamientos Managing Editors ManagingYleana Santos Editor In this issue of La Voz we wish to call to your attention our En este ejemplar de La Voz YleanaKaitlyn Santos Theiss guest contributor, Ernesto Nieto, Founder and President of the queremos llamar a su atención National Hispanic Institute which is based in Maxwell, Texas. nuestro contribuyente de letras, Ernesto Nieto, Fundador y MarketingGraphics I have known el Señor Nieto for a little more than 10 years. Tom Herrera What I didn’t know was that he is a prolific writer. Over the last Presidente de la National His- Juan Gallo panic Institute. He conocido Rosemary Zuniga year or so, he is putting out pensamientos almost daily. These el Señor Nieto por más de 10 thoughts are often thought provoking and funny. I can honestly Distribution años. Lo que no sabía es que El Team say that I look forward each day to discovering what he has to él es un escritor prolífico. En el Contributing Writers say. (He usually puts it on Facebook) Since we are only a monthly último año, el ha compartido Tom Herrera publication, we get to pick and choose which of his pensamientos casi diariamente por medio de Contributing Writers Alfredo R. Santos c/s Layla Fry to run. We try and pick the best one. But that can be tricky, Facebook, pensamientos y Monica Peña reflecciones sobre una varidad Editor & Publisher Wayne porque the following day, Mr. Nieto, usually out does himself. Oscar Garcia de asuntos. Puedo decir Hector Tijerina Also in this issue you will find the story of Roy P. Benavidez. honestamente que cada día Marisa Cano espero lo que va decir el Señor Ernesto. Tratamos de elegir el mejor Photography Sergeant Benevidez was awarded the Medal of Honor for his Rene Renteria de lo ha escrito y compartirlo con nuestros lectores una vez por courage during the Vietnam War. Read his story on page 13 mes.. PUBLISHER’S and I am sure you will agree this man had courage. Mr. Benavidez PUBLISHER’S was from El Campo, Texas. STATEMENT También va encontrar en estas paginas la historia del Sargento Roy STATEMENT P. Benavidez. El fue uno de los recipientes de la Medalla de Honor La VozVoz de Newspapers Austin is a monthly is a Another story we hope you will find interesting is the one about por sus acciones durante la guerra en Vietnam. Su historia es increible publication.monthly publication The editorial covering and Sixto Rodriguez, Searching for Sugarman. Here is man who y merese su atención.Vea la pagina 13 El Sargento Benavidez era businessComal, Hays address and is TravisP.O. Box tried his hand at music, made a few albums that didn’t sell very de El Campos, Texas. 19457Counties. Austin, The editorialTexas 78760. and well and decided that maybe he didn’t have any music talent En la página 20 va encontrar la historia de Sixto Rodriguez. Este es Thebusiness telephone address number is isP .O.(512) after all. The years go by and he comes to find out that in South un historia increible. El Señor Rodriguez fue y es musico, que no 944-4123.Box 19457 The Austin, use, reproduc- Texas Africa, he is bigger than Bob Dylan. Last year, a film maker sabia que su musica era famosa en las afueras de los Estados Unidos. tion or distribution of any or made a documentary on Sixto Rodriguez which won an Acad- 78760. The telephone num- El año pasado, si hizo una pelicula del Señor Rodriguez que gano part of this publication is ber is (512) 944-4123. The emy Award. See page 20 for the rest of the story. un premio Academy Award. Ahora, poquito a poquito el publico en strongly encouraged. But do use, reproduction or distri- los Estados Unidos se estan dando cuento de quien es este Señor. callbution and of let any us or know part what of this you The last item we wish to call to your attention is the story on arepublication using. Letters is strongly to the en-editor page 23, called Hablando de BBQ. Central Texas is of course El ultimo historia que queremos llamar a su atención esta en la página are most welcome. couraged. But do call and famous for BBQ so we thought it would be a good idea to share 23 y se llama, Habalando de BBQ. Aquí en este parte del estado la let us know what you are some photos that had to do with BBQ. We also thought it might BBQ esta famosa. Hay gente que viene de lejos nada más para provar using. Letters to the editor be interesting to share with you the 10 ways to prepare meat for esta rica carne.