A Parent’s Guide To Twitter by Maria Vasquez
Parents, if you feel the need to join your kids or co-workers or family and get a Twitter, go ahead. But there are a few things you should know when making and using a Twitter account.
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Looking Back: #EmbargoTalk
The staff of MLEC’s The Harbinger engaged readers on Twitter and provoked a discussion about the 50-year-old US embargo on Cuba. Below (linked) are only some of the hundreds of tweets the flooded the Twittersphere last night and made #EmbargoTalk a national trending topic. http://storify.com/FlaviaCuervo/embargotalk
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The Habinger’s #EmbargoTalk Video
On February 19th, The Harbinger hosted #EmbargoTalk, a “Twitter talk” in which staff members engaged with the community to discuss the Cuban embargo. Linked below is the video produced by the Harbinger to promote the talk: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48h-kr6LqVo&feature=youtu.be]
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We’re a Generation of Doers and Thinkers by Flavia Cuervo
Older Cuban Americans, and older people in general, believe that my generation is apathetic. They call us the “me generation,” far removed from the struggles, political strife and activism that they experienced. Cuban Americans specifically feel that my generation of Cubans — most were born here — do not understand the exiles’ plight.
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Fifty Years Later with Nothing Accomplished: Why We Should Lift the Cuban Embargo by Amanda Delgado
In 1962, President Kennedy signed Proclamation 3447, which established the embargo against Cuba to reduce “the threat posed by its alignment with the communist powers,” in response to the confiscation of American property in Cuba under Castro’s newly installed rule. Fifty years later, the embargo is still in place and has not, in any way,…
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Lifting the Cuban Embargo May Have Counterproductive Results By Christopher Romero (Guest Writer)
In the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the United States was prepared to acknowledge the new regime in Cuba. This quickly changed as it came to fear the spread of communism across Latin America as it did in Southeast Asia. This gave rise to debatably the longest-standing piece of foreign policy in the history of…
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Cuban Embargo Debate Ensues by Elizabeth Martinez
Five decades after the Cuban embargo was put in place to hopefully bring down the communist government of Cuba, the Caribbean nation’s 11 million people are still under the hard control of the Castro brothers. Recently, a conversation on it’s effectiveness has reached the national stage and many Cuban Americans are finding themselves on opposite…
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Everything You Need to Know About Common Core by Sana Chaudhry
Many of today’s high school graduates aren’t ready for college or the workforce. According to a college placement test taken by students in the 2010-2011 school year, more than half of high school graduates required remedial education to enroll into college classes.
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Some of the Best Resources Are Out There to Help You Conquer that SAT by Rachel Heejoon Rnoh
Each year, students across America prepare to take the seemingly life-determining test known as the SAT. Preparing for this tends to be very stressful, time-consuming, and excruciating for any high school teenager to handle; even the thought of taking the SAT is nerve wrecking.
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The Extinction of the Flappy Bird by Christian Steiner
One button simplistic gameplay, pixelated graphics, and dodging the green pipes from Mario; now that sounds like a recipe for a hit! And it appears 50 million people all around the world also fancied this mixture for Flappy Bird.