SUPERHEROES Maritheresa F
más+menos student magazine fall 2011 seville study center SUPERHEROES Maritheresa F. Frain: Director of the CIEE Study Center in Seville Oscar CEballos: Coordinator, editor, and graphic designer. Resident Editor’s Note Director of the Communication, New Media and Journalism program Oscar Ceballos Eduardo DEL CAMPO: Final editor of contents, staff reporter from El Mundo Gloria MARTÍNEZ: Coordination of University of Seville students and revision of English-Spanish translations Superman wore a cape Lauren SIEBEN: Revision of texts in English and editor assistant más+menos student magazine apes may be normal in Krypton, but on worse, once people get used to them, they’re and respect. After all, they’re just an exagger- fall 2011 Cplanet Earth they’re kind of weird. taken for granted. ated version of us. www.ciee.org/masmenos In one of my favourite absurd dialogues All superheroes are gifted—or cursed— In the pages of más+menos 17, we’ve tried seville study center from the iconic ‘90s sitcom “Seinfeld,” George with some sort of superpower, and they won’t to cover the whole superhero spectrum, even Constanza, the plump, middle-aged maniac be left alone until they put it to what the gener- including the cursed ones. We have stories played by Jason Alexander, gets quite upset al consensus thinks might be a good use. That about stars that once shined brightly, iconic when he realizes that his parents are planning is why, utterly disappointed by our selfishness, figures who died young, brave bullfighters who to divorce. As an only child, the mere idea many superheroes end up venturing into the become pathologically shy out of the spot- contents of having to celebrate two separate Thanks- dark side.
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