Learn something

Go here and read how the early modern art of the Mayans is leading archaeologist as well as anthropologist to a better understanding of the amazing and graceful Mayan civilization.

Earliest Known Maya Painting Found


educate yourself, knowledge is power kids!

NTCC Goers...

URGENT!

If you will be attending NTCC you MUST sign the Conference Contract agreeing to SHPE's and Drexel's guidelines to conference behavior. If you do not sign the contract you will lose all funding (if you recieved any) and will not be allowed to attend NTCC. Contracts can be found at the SHPE Office in the basement of Creese or we can email them to you by request. Post a comment or email anyone on the eboard (our emails are on the DUSHPE Homepage).

DEADLINE FOR PROOF OF AIRFARE IS TODAY!!!!!!!!
Show us proof of your airfare by today or you will lose your funding!

HEAR YE HEAR YE!

T-SHIRT COMPETITION
In keeping with SHPE Tradition, as NTCC approaches we want to look our best for the conference. So we invite our gb to design a t-shirt for us to wear at NTCC and everywhere else we go. Below is Jose Serpas' winning design from last year. Competition rules are below and good luck to all...

RULES:

1. Design must be no larger than 8-1/2" x 11"
2. Design submitted must be in ink. (This rule is for the printers who have to make the shirts.)
3. Design must be submitted no later than Dec 14. You may email electronic copies of your design to jls75@drexel.edu or bring a hard copy of the design to the general body meeting scheduled for this date. The winning design will be chosen by a vote on this date at the normally scheduled SHPE general body meeting.
4. Design must include the following: "SHPE" (you can spell it out too), "Drexel University" (usually text for "Drexel University" or sponsors is saved for the back of the shirt)

THOSE ARE THE RULES...GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

NTCC funding

There are 16 people funded for registration they are:

Kelly Lopez
Jessica Taboada
Joseph Rivera
Nicole Ely
Jose Serpas
Carlos Bahamondes
Chris Maldonado
Veronica Castro
Luly Rodriguez
Vincent Lau Chan
San Juanita Elizondo
Chantal Schneider
Debra Karhson
Christina robinson
Paola Evangelista
Paulina Martinez

if you didn't get an email from Deb please let her know so she can send you the terms and agreements that are expected of those that accept the funding.

Thank you!

Time to get Technical!

WANT TO GO TO NTCC?!

let us know and maybe if you're a good member (read active) and you particpate in our events SHPE can find it in it's large money filled pockets to throw some registration money your way.
(funding is not guarunteed and is at the discretion of the presiding eboard and advisor)

Its the best conference ever; if you thought you had fun at ETCC, if you thought RSLC was a blast, if you super enjoy SHPE, wait until you check NTCC! A over a thousand SHPErs anxious to meet you, more then a hundred companies waiting to hire you. You're given every occassion to impress recruiters, other hot SHPE members and your amazing eboard.

Hit the comments section with your name and member registration status (read if you filled out a membership form and paid Stephanie $10.)

Are you still asking why its worth the "time and effort"? If you truly need one more reason, because this is the year that NTCC is in Disney World kid! it doesn't get better then Magic Kingdom.

Express your interest today in the comment section!

those who do not notify Stephanie before deadline (Nov. 12, 2005) will not be eligble for Drexel SHPE funding of any kind.

Thanksgiving Eve Salsa Party!

Remember the awesome dj from last year's Latino Gala? Check out DJ Jose Rodriguez again this Thanksgiving Eve at North By Northwest....

BTW

happy birthday Mr. CIO (Xenio)!

Merck!

I need a great deal of people to please please please boost our regular meeting attendance because Merck is coming out to talk to us about being Hispanic and in one of the largest pharmaceutical industries. I promise it will be interesting, they're really excited about talking to you us and if me begging wasn't enough your attendance will be taken into account of for NTCC funding. so please please please please with sugar and spice on top come out.

Merck Presentation
Conference Rm A
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm


Thank you sooooo much!

ETCC in a quick summary

NTCC moving to the fall : Region IV gives a resounding no.

Sponsorship: Drexel Eboard + CHiNO worked the career fair like no other and had good response. we also got a promise of cash money funding for NTCC.

Networking: Drexel <3 U. Maryland

Job Interviews/Offers: Jessica Taboada and Xenio Yearwood were both offered on the spot interviews with J&J.

Other Amazing news: President and Treasurer will be featured on Puerto Rican Panorama (a TV show on ABC channel 6) talking about ETCC with UPenn SHPE and Iliana Limon.

Consensus: ETCC is neat, we heart UMD, our new SHPE shirts were amazing, and watch out NTCC here we come!

Drexel and UPenn SHPE with Diego Castellanos of Puerto Rican Panorama and Regional VP Iliana Limon.

Drexel SHPE at the Gala Banquet. Memorable moments: Negroes woot!

DU SHPE posing it up at the Mariott during our Career Fair break.

Sorry this took so long...and now for Che

Che has left the building:

After April 1965 Guevara dropped out of public life and then vanished altogether. He was not seen in public after his return to Havana on March 14 from a three-month tour during which he visited the People's Republic of China, the United Arab Republic (Egypt), Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Dahomey, Congo-Brazzaville and Tanzania. Guevara's whereabouts were the great mystery of 1965 in Cuba, as he was regarded as second in power to Castro himself. His disappearance was variously attributed to the relative failure of the industrialization scheme he had advocated while minister of industry, to pressure exerted on Castro by Soviet officials disapproving of Guevara's pro-Chinese Communist tendencies as the Sino-Soviet split grew more pronounced, and to serious differences between Guevara and the Cuban leadership regarding Cuba's economic development and ideological line. It may also be that Fidel had grown increasingly wary of Che Guevara's popularity and considered him a potential threat. Castro's explanations for Che's disappearance have always been suspect (see below) and many found it surprising that Che never announced his intentions publicly, but only through an undated letter to Castro.

According to Western observers of the Cuban situation, the fact that Guevara was opposed to Soviet conditions and recommendations that Castro seemed obliged to accept might have been the reason for his disappearance.

Pressed by international speculation regarding Guevara's fate, Castro stated on June 16, 1965 that the people would be informed about Guevara when Guevara himself wished to let them know. Numerous rumors about his disappearance spread both inside and outside Cuba. On October 3 of that year, Castro revealed an undated letter[11] purportedly written to him by Guevara some months earlier in which Guevara reaffirmed his enduring solidarity with the Cuban Revolution but stated his intention to leave Cuba to fight abroad for the cause of the revolution. He explained that "other nations of the world are calling for the help of my modest efforts" and that he had therefore decided to go and fight as a guerrilla "on new battlefields". In the letter Guevara announced his resignation from all his positions in the government, in the party, and in the Army, and renounced his Cuban citizenship, which had been granted to him in 1959 in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the revolution.

He was in the Congos Silly:

In 1965, Guevara was assisted for a time in the former Belgian Congo by guerrilla leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila, who helped Lumumba supporters lead a revolt that was suppressed in November of that same year by the Congolese army and a large group of white mercenaries. Guevara dismissed Kabila as insignificant. "Nothing leads me to believe he is the man of the hour," Guevara wrote.[12]

Che teaching guerrilla tactics to Congolese forces. His plan was to use the liberated zone on the western shores of Lake Tanganyika as a training ground for the Congolese and fighters from other liberation movements. To his left is Santiago Terry (codename: "Aly"), to his right, Angel Felipe Hernández ("Sitaini").
Guevara was 37 at the time and had no formal military training. His asthma prevented him from entering military service in Argentina, a fact of which he was proud, given his opposition to the government. He had the experiences of the Cuban revolution, including his successful march on Santa Clara, which was central to Batista finally being overthrown by Castro's forces.
CIA advisors working with the Congolese army were able to monitor Guevara's communications, arrange to ambush the rebels and the Cubans whenever they attempted to attack, and interdict Guevara's supply lines. Guevara's aim was to export the Cuban Revolution by teaching local Simba fighters in communist ideology and strategies of guerrilla warfare. The incompetence, intransigence and infighting of the local Congolese forces are cited by Che in his Congo Diaries as the key reasons for the revolt's failure. Later that same year, ill, suffering from his asthma and frustrated after seven months of hardship, Guevara left the Congo with the Cuban survivors (six of Guevara's column had died). At one point, Guevara considered sending the wounded back to Cuba, standing alone and fighting until the end in Congo as a revolutionary example, but after much back and forth, and after being persuaded by his comrades in arms, he left Congo.

Because Fidel Castro had made public Che's "farewell letter" to him in which he wrote that he was severing all ties with Cuba in order to devote himself to revolutionary activities in other parts of the world, Guevara felt that he could not return to Cuba for "moral reasons", and he spent the next six months living clandestinely in Dar-es-Salaam, Prague and the GDR. Castro continued to importune him to return to Cuba, but Guevara only agreed to do so when it was understood that he would be there on a strictly temporary basis for the few months needed to prepare a new revolutionary effort somewhere in Latin America, and that his presence on the island would be cloaked in the tightest secrecy.

Tomorrow: We'll conclude the week long exhibit on Che with his trip to Bolivia, his capture and execution and maybe even a little on how a cult was formed around this international man of mystery.

His picture is seen so much, might as well educate yourself!

How Che and Fidel Met:

Guevara met Fidel Castro and Fidel's brother Raúl in Mexico City where the two sought refuge after being exiled from Cuba. The Castro brothers were preparing to return to Cuba with an expeditionary force in an attempt to overthrow General Fulgencio Batista, who had assumed dictatorial powers following a coup d'état during the 1952 presidential elections. Guevara quickly joined the "26th of July Movement", named in commemoration of the date of the failed attack on the Moncada barracks that was the cause of Castro's exile.

Shortly after disembarking in a swampy area near Niquero in southeastern Cuba, the expeditionary unit was attacked by Batista's forces. Guevara, the group's physician, laid down his knapsack containing medical supplies in order to pick up a box of ammunition dropped by a fleeing comrade, a moment which he later recalled as marking his transition from doctor to combatant. The remaining rebels fled into the Sierra Maestra mountains, where they slowly grew in strength, seizing weapons and winning support and recruits from the local peasants in rural areas and intellectuals and workers in urban areas. Guevara exhibited great courage, skills in combat, and ruthlessness, and soon became one of Castro's ablest and most trusted aides. Within months, Guevara rose to the highest rank, Comandante (Major), in the revolutionary army. Guevara recorded the two years spent in overthrowing Batista's regime in a detailed account entitled Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria (English translation, Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, 1968), first published in 1963. The book is composed of a series of articles that originally appeared in Verde Olivo, a weekly publication of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Revolutionary Government:

After Castro's troops entered the capital of Havana on January 2, 1959, a new socialist government was established. Shortly thereafter, Guevara was declared "a Cuban citizen by birth" and divorced his Peruvian wife, Hilda Gadea, with whom he had one daughter. Later he married a member of Castro's army, Aleida March. The couple would have four children together.In 1959, he was appointed commander of the La Cabaña Fortress prison. During his six months tenure in this post (January 2 through June 12, 1959[4]), he oversaw the trials and executions of many former Batista regime officials, including members of the BRAC[5] secret police. Some sources say 156 people were executed, others estimate as many as 500. Later, Guevara became an official at the National Institute of Agrarian Reform[6], President of the National Bank of Cuba[7], and Minister of Industries[8]. In this capacity, Guevara faced the challenge of transforming Cuba's capitalist agrarian economy into a socialist industrial economy. After negotiating a trade agreement with the Soviet Union in 1960, Guevara represented Cuba on many commercial missions and delegations to Soviet-aligned nations in Africa and Asia after the United States imposed an embargo on the nation. Guevara helped guide the Castro regime on its socialist, proto-Communist, path. An active participant in the economic and social reforms implemented by Castro's government, he became known in the West for his fiery attacks on US foreign policy in Africa, Asia, and especially Latin America. His highly influential manual on guerrilla strategy and tactics (English translation, Guerrilla Warfare, (1961)) advocated peasant-based revolutionary movements in the developing countries. El socialismo y el hombre en Cuba (1965), published in English as Man and Socialism in Cubain 1967, is an examination of Cuba's new brand of Socialism and Communist ideology. The ideal Communist society is not possible unless the people first evolve into a 'new man' (el Hombre Nuevo). For this a socialist state would first be necessary, a ladder to be ascended and then cast away in a society of equals without states or governments. Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Guevara was part of a Cuban delegation to Moscow in early 1962 with Raúl Castro where he endorsed the planned placement of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Guevara believed that the installation of Soviet missiles would protect Cuba from any direct military action against it by the United States.

Guevara believed that a small group (foco) of guerrillas, by violently targeting the government, could actively foment revolutionary sentiment among the general populace, so that it was not necessary to build broad organisations and advance the revolutionary struggle in measured steps before launching an armed insurrection. However, the failure of his "Cuban Style" revolution in Bolivia was thought to have been due to his lack of grassroots support there, and hence this strategy is now thought by some to be ineffective. It worked in Cuba because the people already wanted to get rid of Batista. All they needed was a vanguard to inspire them. As a government official, Guevara served as an example of the "New Man" (el Hombre Nuevo). He regularly devoted his weekends and evenings to volunteer labour, be it working at shipyards, in textile factories or cutting sugarcane. He believed such sacrifice and dedication on the part of the people was necessary to achieve true Communism through the Socialist society. Guevara was also known for his austerity, simple lifestyle and habits. For example, upon becoming a member of the government, he refused an increase in pay, opting to continue drawing the (considerably) lower salary he received as a Comandante (Major), in the Rebel Army.

Tomorrow: Now you see him, now you don't!

There are 76,000,000 hits for "Che" on Google

This begin our week long series on Che Guevarra:

Time named him one of the most important people of the centuary, his image is plastered all over shirts, hats and other paraphenilia in both the US and Latin America. Some love him, some hate, but he is who he is; which is Ernesto Guevara.

You think you know, but are you sure its right? Read and learn...

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/guevara01.html


He's everywhere:
In Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, a figure leading a Indonesian rebel force know as Darah Dan Doa named Suhadi Sadono bears a striking resemblence to Guevara. During a between mission cut scene in the form of a news report, a girl in Paris is seen wearing a t-shirt with a image of Sadono printed on it. This is most likely a nod towards the famous image of Guevara printed on t-shirts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara


In His Youth:
Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina, the eldest of five children in a family of mixed Spanish and Irish descent. The date of birth recorded on his birth certificate was June 14, 1928, although some sources assert that he was actually born on May 14, 1928 and the birth certificate deliberately falsified to shield the family from a potential scandal relating to his mother's having been three months pregnant when she was married.

Through his first-hand observations of the poverty and powerlessness of the masses, Guevara decided that the only remedy for Latin America's economic and social inequities lay in revolution. His travels also inspired him to look upon Latin America not as a collection of separate nations but as a single cultural and economic entity, the liberation of which would require an intercontinental strategy. He began to develop his concept of a united Ibero-America without borders, bound together by a common 'mestizo' culture, an idea that would figure prominently in his later revolutionary activities. Upon his return to Argentina, he completed his medical studies as quickly as he could, in order to continue his travels around South America.

In Guatemala:
Following his graduation from the University of Buenos Aires medical school in 1953, Guevara went on to Guatemala, where President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán headed a left-populist government that, through various reforms, particularly land reform, was attempting to bring about a social revolution. Around this time, Guevara also acquired his famous nickname, "Che", due to his Argentine roots. Che (pronounced /tʃe/) is a Spanish interjection used commonly in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, some parts of Bolivia, Costa Rica and in the Portuguese of the south of Brazil. It is an exclamation, often used to get attention or express surprise, and so it corresponds in some ways to exclamations such as "hey!", "eh!" and "wow!".

His signature:
It is also used in a vocative sense as though it meant "friend", and thus corresponds in some ways to expressions such as "mate", "pal", "man", "dude" that can be found in the speech of various English speakers. In English, the misspelling "Ché" (with an acute accent) and the mispronunciation are fairly common, probably due to French linguistic influence.
The overthrow of the Arbenz government by a 1954 CIA-backed coup d'état cemented Guevara's view of the United States as an oppressive imperialist power that would consistently oppose governments attempting to address the socioeconomic inequality endemic to Latin America and other developing third world countries. This helped strengthen his conviction that Marxist socialism was the only true way to remedy such problems. Following the coup, Guevara volunteered to fight, but Arbenz told his foreign supporters to leave the country, and Guevara briefly took refuge in the Argentine consulate before moving on to Mexico.

tomorrow: Che in Cuba

DANCERS WANTED!!!

Our wonderful dance coordinator, LULY will be hosting dance practice this Friday October 7th at 6:30 pm in the North hall multipurpose room... there will be a sign up sheet on the front desk. General Body members are strongly encouraged to attend practice in order to put on a great show for Closing Ceremony October 28th.

The Rosita movie screening was last night at Univ. Crossings. It was a truly amazing story and those of us who attended had a wonderful conversation with the producers of the film. Of course DUSHPE was shining with some of the great questions we asked and we now have some contacts in the CoMAD Dept. that may be useful in the future.

Thanks to those who came and don't forget dance practice this Friday!

What: Dance Practice

When: Friday October 7th at 6:30 pm

Where: North Hall Multipurpose Room

In local news...

Happy Late Birthday Kelly L. (Sept. 29th)

and

Happy Birthday Vincent C. aka Chino (Oct. 3rd)

SHPE birthdays are important 'cause our members are important to us!

Recognition in Mainstream America, Yeah for Latinos!

Latino Heritage Month News:
Glendale, CA – The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation is proud to announce that Cesar's image, along with that of Celia Cruz, is featured on select Kellogg’s Corn Flakes boxes in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2005 (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15).


César Chávez:
A true American hero, Cesar was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate.
A second-generation American, Cesar was born on March 31, 1927, near his family's farm in Yuma, Arizona. At age 10, his family became migrant farm workers after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Throughout his youth and into his adulthood, Cesar migrated across the southwest laboring in the fields and vineyards, where he was exposed to the hardships and injustices of farm worker life.After achieving only an eighth-grade education, Cesar left school to work in the fields full-time to support his family. He attended more than 30 elementary and middle schools. Although his formal education ended then, he possessed an insatiable intellectual curiosity, and was self-taught in many fields and well read throughout his life.Cesar's dream, however, was to create an organization to protect and serve farm workers, whose poverty and disenfranchisement he had shared. In 1962, Cesar resigned from the CSO, leaving the security of a regular paycheck to found the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers of America.For more than three decades Cesar led the first successful farm workers union in American history, achieving dignity, respect, fair wages, medical coverage, pension benefits, and humane living conditions, as well as countless other rights and protections for hundreds of thousands of farm workers. Against previously insurmountable odds, he led successful strikes and boycotts that resulted in the first industry-wide labor contracts in the history of American agriculture. His union's efforts brought about the passage of the groundbreaking 1975 California Agricultural Labor Relations Act to protect farm workers. Today, it remains the only law in the nation that protects the farm workers' right to unionize.

Celia Cruz:
Celia Cruz began singing in amateur contests at the age of 14, in her home city of Havana, Cuba. She studied music theory, piano and voice at the National Music Conservatory.
In 1950 she began singing with the conjunto Sonora Matancera, and with that group she was a central figure in some of the most glorious chapters of Afrocuban music, recording a number of legendary songs, including "Yembe Laroco," "Yerbero Moderno," "Burundanga," and "Caramelo." By the end of the '50s the Sonora Matancera was the most popular group in Cuba. Celia's alliance with them took her beyond the coast of Cuba and exported her talent to the world. While in the group she met Pedro Knight, at the time one of the band's two trumpeters. This relationship culminated in matrimony and has lasted 42 years.On July 15, 1960, she left Cuba. Upon arriving in the United States, she made history once again. In the following decade she recorded various albums with maestro Tito Puente, and together they awoke the interest of the Anglo and European public in Latin music, a phenomenon that in the '70s became known as the salsa boom. Other distinguished Latin musicians with whom she collaborated included Johnny Pacheco (with whom she recorded such classics as "Quimbara," "Cúcala," and "Bemba Colorá"), Willie Colón, Pete "Conde" Rodríguez, Ray Barretto, Sonora Ponceña, and the Fania All Stars.
It is not exactly clear when they started calling her "The Queen of Salsa", but she has carried the title with class and distinction. Celia has had the opportunity to work with important figures of American popular music. Dionne Warwick, Patti Labelle, David Byrne, Gloria Estefan and Wyclef Jean among others. As her talent has always embraced people of all generations and tastes, she has also sung with rock groups such as the Fabulous Cadillacs and Jarabe de Palo.
For years Celia Cruz has dedicated herself to helping others, and in the summer of 2002 her lifetime companion Pedro Knight and her manager Omer Pardillo realized one of her fondest dreams by creating the Celia Cruz Foundation. The Foundation's mission is to provide financial aid to low-income students who want to study music, and to assist cancer victims. In March 2003, the network Telemundo presented Celia Cruz:¡Azúcar! a television tribute to her featuring stars of Latin and North American music, and in June, funds generated by that special were donated to the Celia Cruz Foundation.



http://www.celiacruzonline.com/
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/

Rudman Institute to Screen Documentary Rosita

The Kal and Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies will screen the documentary Rosita on Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 7 p.m. at the University Crossings screen room (15 N. 34th Street).

The screening will be followed by a talk by filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, both of whom are from Philadelphia.

Rosita is the true story of a nine-year old Nicaraguan girl who is raped and becomes pregnant.

The film raises issues about women's rights, the role of church and state and medical ethics.

The screening is free and open to students, faculty and staff. Space is limited and reservations are required by calling 215-895-0352.

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Latino Heritage News

So since this is Latino Heritage Month we're going to be presenting you with facts, news, issues and events all month long, check back regularly to expand your mind, be aware, and get involved.

Test your knowledge on important Latino People!

Story of the week:

ELFEGO BACA, NEW MEXICO GUNFIGHTER LEGEND

Anyone with a Baca surname in New Mexico should research the fascinating Elfego Baca, son of Francisco Baca. Elfego was born in 1865 in Socorro, New Mexico Territory, but spent his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas. On October 1884, nineteen-year-old Elfego pinned on a mail-order badge and made a citizens' arrest of a drunken cowboy that was making the Mexican populace dance by firing at their feet.

Elfego was confronted by a small group of men and quickly dispersed them. The next morning a group of 80 cowboys crowded Baca just as he left the prisoner to the local justice of the peace. For Thirty-three hours Baca held the 80 men off. It was claimed that more than 4,000 bullets were fired into the little shed that Baca fled into for cover. The door had 367 holes in it, and a broom handle had been hit 8 times.

Baca agreed to let the deputy sheriff and Francisquito Naranjo take him under custody to Socorro, but only if Baca were allowed to keep his guns. The cowboys rode in the lead, followed by a buckboard in the rear of which Baca was seated with his guns trained on his captors. Baca was tried twice for murder, but won acquittal on both occasions.
Baca was admitted to the New Mexico Bar in 1894 and ultimately served as mayor, county clerk, school superintendent, and district attorney. He was elected sheriff of Socorro County in November 1918. He died August 27, 1945.

Sources: Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters by Bill O'Neal, University of Oklahoma Press (c) 1979 and New Mexico Legend by Chuck Parsons, True West, Oct 1993, pg 12.

First SHPE meeting of the year

TAG YOU'RE IT!

Join SHPE at their 1st meeting of the year for Freeze tag in the quad!

meet us there at 6:3o pm

There's a hidden message that relates to the Latinos today,

Plus Prizes for Latino Heritage Month Trivia!
(good prizes to, the kind that you always asked mom for when you were little.)

So come join us its freeeee!

Northeast Latino Student Leadership Conference

"¡Nuestro Futuro Es Hoy!"

FRIDAY & SATURDAY
OCTOBER 14-15, 2005
HOLIDAY INN CITY AVENUE
4100 PRESIDENTIAL BLVD.
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19131
SPONSORED BY:
THE U.S. HISPANIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

The mission of the Northeast Latino Student Leadership Conference (NLSLC) is to promote education, train a broad cross-section of present and future Latino leaders and to create a servant leadership community that values diversity, community, cultural pride, and empowerment. The NLSLC provides opportunities for advanced leadership skills development and promotes unity among Latino student leaders attending colleges and universities in the Northeast United States.

This year’s Northeast Conference is expected to attract leaders from over 40 student organizations representing at least 20 colleges and universities from states including New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and more.

CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN

VIERNES GIGANTE
Friday night marks the beginning of the conference. We will have a fun program called "Viernes Gigante", which consists of a series of games, activities, and challenges that will get students familiar with each other. Don’t miss out on the fun!


TALENT SHOW
Every conference, we hold a talent show which showcases the talent and diversity of our attendees. In the past, talent acts have included dancing, singing, spoken word, stepping, etc… To sign up, send an e-mail to nlslc2005@yahoo.com with your name and talent! The show will be held after dinner on Saturday night.

SATURDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES
After dinner, we will hold our talent show (details above). After the show, salsa lessons will be offered for those who want to brush up on their moves! Finally, our dance will begin at 11pm with music played by Philly’s own DJ LaClave.

SPECIAL WORKSHOPS
Aside from our selection of workshops available on Saturday, we have also put in some optional open-forums at the end of the second workshop cycle.

WANNA GO? POST A COMMENT TO LET SHPE KNOW, AND WE' LL SEE IF WE CAN'T GET YOU SPONSORED TO GO!

(must but Drexel SHPE member to be eligble)

Puerto Rican Festival Volunteering

As you should know from reading the DUSHPE Announcements our wonderful secretary has sent out, we will be volunteering at the Puerto Rican Festival with Concilio on the 24th/25th of September. If you are interested please post a comment or send me an email (jls75) letting me know you'll be attending. Also, all volunteers must attend a volunteer's meeting Friday, Sept 23 at 5pm at Concilio (7th & Fairmount). There will be food and t-shirts and nametags will be distributed so you don't want to miss this meeting. Plus you'll get to meet the wonderful people we'll be working with.

Enjoy term break everyone

-Serpas


UPDATE: Here are some pics from the parade:

That is Deputy Director of Concilio, Jose Rivera


Ced Teresita and Friend


These are all of Concilio's volunteers and administrators that put on an amazing parade. (we were in the back somewhere)

Its time for the 18th annual Eastern Technical Career Conference (ETCC)! ETCC will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Center City this October 20th-23rd. Events include corporate tours, workshops, networking sessions, and a career fair. This is a great opportunity to grow professionally and most importantly network!! The registration deadline is October 1st. Registration fee for SHPE members is $75 and for non-SHPE members is $100 if you register before the October 1st deadline. The late registration deadline is October 8th and is an additional $25.
If you are interested in attending ETCC 2005 post on the blog
For more information on the companies attending ETCC visit the ETCC website: http://reg4.shpe.org/etcc/

Fall Term Planning

Hey everybody! we've got the schedule for fall term ready, but if you would especially like to see something lets us know, we will cater to our GB. just leave us a comment and we'll see what we can do. It's a packed term so i hope we can get in things that everybody can get into. There's a lot of community service (one a month) and some academic and professional meetings to help out your younger freshman and well as entice and educate our upperclassmen and alumni. and i would like to announce the return of.......FAMILIAS! it's been talked about a lot and i think this year definitely calls for it, so everyone better show up to meetings to hang out, chill, get to know your familia and educate yourself! i hope everyone is looking forward to the meeting as much as i am.

and if anyone has any fundraising ideas let us know, we need some money guys!

see y'all on the 25th of September for the Puerto Rican Day Festival!

End of Term BBQ w/ ASME

Hello SHPE Familia! Finals are coming up next week so to help relieve some of the stress SHPE and ASME is having a BBQ this Friday at 3PM on the volleyball courts across from Buckley Green. Come in beach attire and be ready for some fun in the sun. We will be providing volleyballs and waterguns as well as some hamburgers n hotdogs. We hope to see you there!

Jose

Six Flags Fundraising

I want to just say a super huge thank you to everyone that came out to six flags on sunday the 7th to help fundraise for SHPE. They really put us to task for our money making efforts and despite the long day on our feet we did get to ride a couple of rides at the end of the night that made it well worth it.

Also thanks to Chi Upsilon Sigma for coming out with us, it was a last moment thing since neither club had the required number of volunteers (10 people per org). They were super great to work with and we bonded over our shared labor.

Another special thank you to Ricardo Limon, one of our favorite alumni, for helping us out by providing a car and his time and efforts. Many hugs and kisses for giving back!

In the end SHPE raised about $350.00 and gained 7 free tickets to enjoy at a later date. So, we did good, made some new international friends and most importantly made that money!

Great Adventure Fund Raising Date Changed

There has been a change in plan. We will be going on Sunday August 7th from 12-8 pm. We changed the date because we could only get a 4-12 PM shift on Saturday which would be too late. Nothing else changes. Please let us know if you confirmed to go before but now cannot make it. There are many clothing, facial hair, earring, etc rules that we must adhere so I will post the important parts of the list under comments. Otherwise you can email me at Cfl24@drexel.edu for the complete list. All volunteers must be inside the park at 11 AM meaning we will leave here no later than 9 AM so we can get breakfast and go. As always we will meet in front of Myers.

- Cesar

Scavenger Hunt

This wednesday we'll be hosting SHPE's first InterOrg Scavenger Hunt. You'll get to meet members from WISE, ASME, SWE, and PennSHPE and learn about their organizations and what they do on campus. So this is a great networking opportunity if you're looking to hold an eboard position in an organization pertaining to your major or if you'd just like to meet some new people. Either way it should be lots of fun and of course THERE WILL BE PRIZES!!! Good prizes too! You might even want to bring a camera ; ) to capture some of the fun...

See you Wednesday July 27th 6pm Conference Room B (basement of Creese)

DUSHPE Website UPDATE!!!!!

Latino Gala 2005: AZTLAN streaming video is now available for all to watch on our official homepage! Just click on the link on the right hand side and go to MEMBERS > SHPE Life and choose the videos you want to watch. Pics are coming soon but keep your eyes peeled for future updates. You can also find out whats coming up in SHPE by clicking the Calendar link. It lists this terms meetings and socials.

Thank you Xenio for the hard work.

Enjoy!!

Summer Bash is Upon Us!!!

WOOT!! SPRING BREAK!!! Well, not really. But Summer Bash is coming up so start saving money and break out the bathing suits cuz August 13-14 SHPE is headed to Williamsburg Virginia. Registration fee is $35 which includes tents and all meals. A $5 discount will be given for each tent brought.

If you're interested drop a comment and we'll have some more info for you by next general body meeting.

--Serpas

Roller Skating

This Friday, July 22nd, we're going to The Palace Roller Rink. Group discounts are given only to groups of 15 or more. The group discount is 50cents of general admission and free skate rental. We went a couple years ago and it was mad fun. I am willing to drive my van which can hold like 7-8 people. So we might need one or two more cars. ANY VOLUNTEERS??? If you wanna go just post a comment or email me at jls75@drexel.edu

See yall on Friday

Jose

Six Flags Great Adventure

Hello SHPE Familia! Saturday August 6th DU SHPE will be volunteering at Six Flags Great Adventure to raise funds for members interested in going to one of our future conferences. We will volunteer for one shift (usu. 8hours) and the money raised will go to our bank account. Volunteers will be awarded FREE ADMISSION good for any day this summer, discounted meals at the park, AND you will be offered discounted registration fees for ANY conference of your choice. This is a great opportunity to volunteer as well as develop yourself professionally by attending of one SHPE's conferences.

If you are interested please post a comment (you dont have to become a blog member, simply click OTHER and fill in your name). We plan to go back to Six Flags for fun on Saturday, August 20th (volunteers go for free!).

Current Events in Latin American Nations

This just in:

Cesar Limon and Carlos Bahamondes will be presenting the 6 o'clock Latin American News in Conference Room B this Wednesday. Be sure to tune in and learn what else is going on in the world besides the war in Iraq.

Thanks for Volunteering

OMG! Thanks a lot to everyone who came out and helped with volunteering for the Hispanic Fiesta. Your invaluable was much appreciated and highly praised by all the coordiantors of El Concilio. And they are really excited to work with us in the future, so look for upcoming events like tutoring with El Concilio. And there was an amazing job done by our external VP Jose getting to know the sponsors of Hispanic Fiesta and chatting it up with the coordinators of El Concilio.

So thank you guys for everything it was trully appreciated.

SHPE L.U.V
which now stands for Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers: Latinos United in a Vision
at least in my head it does.

REMINDER: HISPANIC FIESTA VOLUNTEERS

We have successfully recruited 12 volunteers for this weekend's Hispanic Fiesta held by El Concilio. They are very excited about Drexel SHPE lending a helping hand. We will be meeting in front of Myers Hall Saturday and Sunday morning 7:00am. Transportation will be provided to but not from Penn's landing. Free lunch and dinner will be provided as well as free t-shirts for volunteers. So thank you those of you who have signed up and if anyone else is intered please comment or email me at jls75@drexel.edu

your friendly neighborhood external vp

Transition Meetings

How about Sunday mornings are working out for the alumni who are giving us these meetings so lets try:

SUNDAY EVENINGS: 6pm to 8pm

good yes?

Transition Meetings - All eboards and alumni need reply

Would it be agreeable for everyone if we did sunday morning meetings?
something like Noon to 2pm?

Updated Web page

Hello SHPE family, I just want to encourage you all to visit the SHPE official site http://www.drexelshpe.net
Xenio had done a great job updating it, there is also posted incoming events, check it out!! and Happy 4th of July!!
Veronica

Ice Cream Festival @ Penn's Landing

Thanks everyone who came to our first meeting of the term. I was impressed by how fluent some of you were in Spanish.

For those of you who missed it, we announced this year's Ice Cream Festival. Greg Sevcik will be spearheading this endeavor and has invited everyone to join him and friends this Monday, July 4th. If you'd like some more info you can email Greg at grs26@drexel.edu or post a comment.

-Jose

26th Annual Hispanic Fiesta at Penn's Landing

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

July 9-10 noon-8pm The Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations, Concilio, will be hosting the 26th Annual Hispanic Fiesta and is looking for volunteers. We're looking for at least 10 students to help in the following areas:

Registration........(2 volunteers needed) Sat. & Sun 8am-12pm
Set-up...............(4 volunteers needed) Sat. & Sun 8am-12pm
Public Relations....(2 volunteers needed) Sat. & Sun. 12-7pm
Concilio Booth......(2 volunteers needed) raffle ticket sales

FREE LUNCH AND DINNER will be provided for every four hours of volunteering. You can check out some of the sponsors as well as a schedule of events HERE. Deb, Cesar and I are already signed up and excited about helping.

If you're interested please post a comment with your full name, email address and availability, or come to this Wednesday's meeting and sign up. Volunteers will recieve FREE T-SHIRTS so definitely sign up, it'll be lots of fun.

Posted by: Jose

FIRST MEETING OF SUMMER TERM!!!

When: 6pm Wednesday June 29, 2005
Where: Conference Room B in the basement of Creese
What: Jose Serpas will be giving a brief lesson on how to order a meal at a Latin restuarant in SPANISH! So practice rolling those rrrrr's and dust off your Spanish to English Dictionary. ¡Nos vemos el Miercoles!

Posted by: Jose Serpas