Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: I liked John Dallas Hicks’ piece “The Particular Value of Pathfinders” as it resonated with what I have thought about for years, or at least since I became old enough to think for myself. What Hicks calls ‘pathfinders’, I would call mentors. It has intrigued me that if […]
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Education Equals Success This first article of the New Year 2016 will reflect the success of the December Christmas events hosted at Jaltepec, describe the current status of the newly renovated Jaltepec Conference Centre, and provide dates for future endeavours that encompass the sponsorship Program. The December 2015 annual Christmas dinner and luncheon were
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El Indio By Gregorio Lopez y FuentesReview by Herb Altman El Indío was awarded Mexico’s National Prize for Literature. The author, Lopez y Fuentes, was at the time the editor of a daily newspaper in Mexico City and had already achieved some renown. One of Mexico’s foremost artists, Diego Rivera, illustrated the novel. Opposite
AP/ CAPSTONE—A New Way of Learning By Tania Romero The American School of Guadalajara has been chosen to pilot a new educational program in Latin America. The College Board in New York and Cambridge University in England has combined to offer a two-year course called AP/Cambridge Capstone at the local school. The class is
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“Two Kinds Of Truth” By Fred Mittag The November Ojocarried a mischievous piece that attacked the Congress of the United States. The real issue is not whether it published some falsehoods, but rather, the motivation. I think it was because the falsities of the piece were based on truth. Several years ago, when I
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Orale! Is pigeon Spanish a term like pigeon English? If so, I speak pigeon Spanish. “Or Spanglish.” It isn’t impossible to learn Spanish yet the more I learn, the more I find out how much more I have to learn. Arriving at Lakeside, I had studied Spanish for
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The Moroccan Men’s Club By Carol L. Bowman It reminded me of Paris, of the Left Bank café haunts where Hemingway, Picasso and Fitzgerald gathered. Rows of small round tables, with two chairs positioned side by side, faced the street in the open-air. The setting provided a backdrop for people-watching and discreet conversation. Moroccan
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Child Of The Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic Director Jesus, S.G. Jesus was born on August 6th, 2015 in Chapala. His parents came to us at our Chapala Clinic on September 1st, 2015. Jesus was born with a congenital heart problem and also with breathing problems. The family needed help with paying for transport
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: I was intrigued to read the successive claims made by John Ward in “The Wages of Sin and Ignorance.” The only claim which might have a factual basis is the one about the legalization of ‘porn’ by Scandinavian countries and how, as a consequence, “all sexual crimes …
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Bus Serenade By Teri Saya It is 8:30 in the evening and I am sitting on the bus for the long ride home from work. I rest my cheek against my palm and gaze out at the city lights going by. I have grown accustomed to the lurching stops and sudden starts as the
