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LATIN AMERICA
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez dies
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)
23 LATIN AMERICA: Venezuela’s
President Hugo Chavez dies
22 IMMIGRATION: Coming
together in support of
Washington State DREAM Act
P
resident Hugo Chavez was a
former paratroop commander
and self-styled “subversive” who
waged continual battle for his socialist ideals. He bedeviled the United States
and outsmarted his rivals time and again,
while using Venezuela’s vast oil wealth to
his political advantage.
Chavez led one coup attempt, defeated
another and was re-elected three times.
Almost the only adversary it seemed he
couldn’t beat was cancer. He died Tuesday
in Caracas at age 58, two years after he
was first diagnosed.
“We have just received the most tragic
and awful information. At 4.25 p.m.
(03.55 p.m. EST) today March the 5th,
President Hugo Chavez Frias died,” Vice
President Nicolas Maduro announced in a
televised address, his voice choking.
The son of schoolteachers, he rose from
poverty in a dirt-floor, mud-walled house,
a “humble soldier” in the battle for socialism. He fashioned himself after 19th-cen-
March 8th, 2013
21 COMMUNITY: Little Town, Big
Accomplishment
20 SPORTS: Sounders lose regular
season opener to Montreal
19 OUR FAITH: A real relationship
with Jesus
18 ENTERTAINMENT: University
of Puget Sound hosts second
annual lucha libre show
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
tury independence leader Simon Bolivar
and renamed his country the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela.
During more than 14 years in office,
his leftist politics and grandiose style
polarized Venezuelans. The barrelchested leader electrified crowds with
his booming voice, and won admiration
among the poor with government social
programs and a folksy, nationalistic style.
Opponents seethed at the larger-thanlife character who demonized them on
television and ordered the expropriation of farms and businesses. Many in the
middle class cringed at his bombast and
complained about rising crime and government economic controls.
Chavez used his country’s oil wealth
to launch social programs that included
state-run food markets, new public
housing, free health clinics and education
programs. While poverty declined during
his presidency amid a historic boom in oil
earnings, critics said he failed to use the
windfall of hundreds of billions of dollars
to develop the country’s economy.
Inflation soared and the homicide rate
rose to among the highest in the world
Before his struggle with cancer, the
charismatic leader appeared on television almost daily, speaking for hours and
breaking into song or philosophical discourse.
“I’m still a subversive,” Chavez told The
AP in a 2007 interview, recalling his days
as a rebel soldier. “I think the entire world
has to be subverted.”
Chavez’s death opens the way for a new
election that will test whether his socialist
“revolution” can live on without his dominant personality at the helm.
The vote should be held within 30 days
and will likely pit Maduro against Henrique Capriles, the centrist opposition
leader and state governor who lost to
Chavez in the October election.
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16 HEALTH: Scientists say baby
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15 INTERNATIONAL: Slim is still the
world’s richest man
15 COLUMN: From my Balcony: Not
backwards or forward
15 COLUMN: Dave Says: Dave’s
thoughts on HARP
14 OPINIÓN: Camara! Action! In
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IMMIGRATION
Coming together in support
of Washington State DREAM Act
Years of
Service
By Ben Crowther, WWU
Associated
Students Legislative Liaison,
Washington Student
Association
C
ommunities across
Washington State,
from business associations, labor unions, school
boards and universities,
faith groups and community
organizations, are coming
together in support of the bipartisan Washington State
DREAM Act (HB 1817).
In Washington, not all students have access to financial
aid. Young aspiring citizens—
who were brought here as
children and graduated from
our high schools—are categorically denied all state and
federal financial aid. They
can’t afford to pursue their
WA State Rep. Maureen Walsh (16 LD - Walla Walla)
dreams of higher education.
Juan Eduardo Villegas is a
This bipartisan bill extends the state’s
19 year-old DREAMer attending Walla largest financial aid program, the State
Walla Community College. Feeling their Need Grant, to young aspiring citizens
children’s safety was in danger, Juan’s who have been granted Deferred Action
parents brought him to the U.S. in 2001 at for Childhood Arrivals—a federal work
the age of seven, where he started second permit.
grade in Walla Walla. He graduated from
WA State Rep. Maureen Walsh (16
Walla Walla High School in 2011 and LD – Walla Walla) is among the bi-paris pursuing a Science Transfer Degree tisan group of legislators who support
with hopes of attending Eastern Wash- the Washington State DREAM Act. “The
ington University. When asked how he reality is these are kids who have grown
would react if the DREAM Act passed, up in our communities with our kids,”
Juan said he would, “jump of excitement says Walsh. “Is it wise to punish the chilbecause I wouldn’t be stuck in the same dren by not allowing them a chance to
situation I am today,” a situation where compete for an opportunity to attend
he can only take one class per quarter in college? What does that accomplish for
order to help his parents financially.
society? I believe rewarding excellent
In 2003, Washington State recognized students who are from low-income famthe contributions and commitment of ilies an ability to obtain the State Need
students like Juan and granted them in- Grant is the right thing to do.”
state tuition. Ten years later, tuition has
Other Republican state legislators are
more than doubled in price and higher also voicing their support for the legislaeducation remains out of reach for many tion.
of these students who are still categoriThe DREAM Act is expected to receive
cally denied state and federal financial a vote on the House floor this week, after
aid.
which it will be sent to the Senate for
Enter the Washington DREAM Act. consideration.
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From the Heart of the Northwest
“Our People Are What Count”
Jorge Barajas
Jorge Barajas
has been working at WB since June 7,
2006. He is married to Josie and has 3
children. Jorge grows his own garden and
enjoys working on it. On his free time,
Jorge likes to work on his cars. He likes to
keep them nice and clean. He has a 1966
Caprice that he would like to one day finish
up. Jorge likes to attend his sons basketball
games and take them bowling.
Marcos Valencia
has been working at WB since December
9, 2009. Marcos is married and has
three children. Marcos states that the
most important thing for him is to spend
time with his family. There isn’t anything
in particular that they do together - just Marcos Valencia
quality family time. He used to like playing
soccer, now he just enjoys watching it on
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Jose Cuevas
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has been working at WB since August 10,
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and has 4 children. One thing Jose enjoys
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he has is spent with his family. He enjoys
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barbequing for them.
Jose Cuevas
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Danny Perez
Aguilar
has been working at WB since September 15,
2010. Danny has a 2 1/2 year old daughter
who he says changed his life for the better.
Ernestina Alcantar
All of his interests revolve around Elly Rose.
She is his world. With a proud smile on
his face, Danny talks about having father
daughter dates and takes his daughter to
her favorite place. She absolutely loves to
go to Kids Castle... so that is where much of
his spare time is spent.
Danny Perez
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Little Town, Big Accomplishment
By Arlette Rodriguez
Yakima tu Decides
correspondent
W
inning a state
championship is not
usually easily accomplished.
It’s something every team
fights for, but only one of
them manages to get. This
year, the Wrestling State
Champion was Granger
High School from the very
small town of Granger,
Washington. It wasn’t an
accomplishment just for the
El equipo de lucha de la preparatoria de Granger.
team or the school, but for
the entire Granger commuThe team members work hard and
nity. This was the very first team state condition hard. That is one of the things
championship won by Granger for any that helped them get so far. Their good
sport in their history.
physical condition as a result of their
“We knew this would be great for the hard training gave them an advantage
community,” said Ruben Saldivar, coach for over other teams and wrestlers.
the Granger High School wrestling team.
Another contributing factor to the
Saldivar has been coaching the Granger team’s success was that many of the wresHigh School wrestling team for 11 years tlers had been in wrestling from a young
and he was very proud of their accom- age.
plishment.
“The majority of our kids have grown
“It feels great,” says Saldivar.
up in our program.”
The team had two level support, with
Being that 88 percent of Granger’s
great family support for the wrestlers as population is Latino, the majority of the
well as community support for the team wrestling team is Latino as well.
when they took home the championship.
For next year, the team will pursue the
The community showed their pride and same goal, taking the state championship
support for the winning team in many once again.
ways, one of them being a parade and a
“It won’t be easy.”
fundraiser for them.
Saldivar knows that will be difficult to
The hard work and training of the accomplish, especially with the graduGranger High School wrestling team ating seniors on the team, but he’s glad
definitely paid off.
the guys are setting that goal and he will
“We really pride ourselves in our con- be there to help them and push them
ditioning,” said Saldivar.
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SPORTS
Sounders lose regular season
opener to Montreal
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Seattle Sounders midfielder Brad Evans tries to control Montreal Impact midfielder Felipe Martins during an
MLS soccer match in Seattle on Saturday, March 2, 2013.
SEATTLE, Washington (AP)
A
fter winning just twice and
claiming nine points on the
road for the entire 2012 campaign, the Montreal Impact opened their
second MLS season with a 1-0 victory
over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday in
front of 38,998 fans at CenturyLink Field.
The Impact won’t earn any style points
as they were mostly content to defend,
but one moment of beauty from Davy
Arnaud was enough to pull out the
victory. Though Seattle controlled possession throughout and won nine corner
kicks, Alessandro Nesta marshaled the
Montreal back line superbly to make sure
Arnaud’s 35th-minute goal stood up as
the game-winner.
In a first half dominated by the Sounders, it was Arnaud who supplied the
only quantifiable moment. The Impact’s
captain controlled a ball at the top of the
penalty area that Felipe had chipped over
a pair of defenders from about 40 yards
out. Arnaud brought it down and hit a
right-footed half-volley that floated over
Michael Gspurning after the 6-foot-5
goalkeeper wandered a bit too far off his
line.
Eddie Johnson had a particularly frustrating evening. The Sounders’ leading
scorer from a year ago had a handful of
good looks but was unable to finish any
of them, with his most frustrating miss
arriving in the 81st minute.
Leo Gonzalez sent a low cross into
the penalty area that Alex Caskey backheeled to a wide open Johnson. The
forward was able to get a clean touch on
it, but his shot hit off the crossbar.
Brad Evans also came within inches of
tying the game in the 65th minute. While
the midfielder’s shot from 25 yards out
beat goalkeeper Troy Perkins, it rang off
the right post.
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eeking God is more than just a
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He is a loving father who was
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that we might all have a pathway to salvation! At its essence, Christianity is not
just about church services or following a
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having a relationship with Jesus Christ.
I’ve met many who feel as though they
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do not meet the church’s perceived level
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If you do not know Jesus as your
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understand that this
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will transform us into the best version of
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---Rev. Phil Vargas is the Pastor of Templo
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ENTERTAINMENT
University of Puget Sound hosts second annual lucha libre show
TACOMA, Washington
T
he University of Puget Sound
will be hosting its 2nd annual
lucha libre show on March
9th, 2013 in the Memorial Field House.
The show, titled Lucha de Sound, will
be 2 hours of lucha libre featuring the
luchadors of Lucha Libre Volcánica,
which is the only troupe in the Pacific
Northwest that performs authentic
Mexican lucha libre.
Lucha libre is a highly acrobatic form
of professional wrestling that started in
Mexico. Its performers are often noted
for wearing fantastical costumes, colorful
masks, and performing dangerous highflying attacks on each other. Although
relatively new to the US, in Mexico lucha
libre’s popularity is second only to soccer.
Lucha Libre Volcánica was started in
2010 by coach José Luis Gómez. Gómez
performed in Mexico for over 20 years,
and after moving to the US, decided to
start a school to teach lucha libre. The
show is comprised of Gómez’s advanced
students and other professional
luchadors, many of which have been performing for several years. Gómez operates a School of Lucha Libre in Renton,
Washington. Additionally Lucha Libre
Volcánica has two large annual shows:
a summer show in south Seattle, and a
spring show at the University of Puget
Sound.
The annual show at the University of
Puget Sound is a fundraiser for the oncampus Latino club, CHispA—the Community for Hispanic Awareness. Entry is
free, with a $5 suggested donation. More
information can be found on Lucha Libre
Volcánica’s website: www.luchavolcanica.
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HEALTH
Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
A
WASHINGTON (AP)
baby born with the virus
that causes AIDS appears to
have been cured, scientists
announced Sunday, describing the case
of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2½
and has been off medication for about a
year with no signs of infection.
There’s no guarantee the child will
remain healthy, although sophisticated
testing uncovered just traces of the virus’
genetic material still lingering. If so, it
would mark only the world’s second
reported cure.
Specialists say Sunday’s announcement,
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“You could call this about as close to
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INTERNATIONAL
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Not backwards
or forward
Dr. Lorena Barboza
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The truth is not everything that is told, and what is
told is not always the truth. The day is upon us that
we are to legally change the time on our clocks.
M
exico’s Carlos Slim remains
the world’s richest man for
the fourth year in a row,
according to Forbes, while Warren
Buffett dropped out of the top three for
the first time since 2000.
And Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg saw
his ranking drop a total of 31 spots as his
net worth declined by an amount of $4.2
billion.
A record 1,426 people around the
world made Forbes magazine’s latest
annual tally of billionaires, up 16 percent
from last year. Their average net worth
was $3.8 billion, rising 3 percent from
What do you think about the HARP program, and
what exactly is it?
Ivy
have become used to changing the time during the
The Home Affordable Refi-
springtime for daylight savings. The same occurs in
nance Program is designed
October in order to have longer nights in the winter.
for people who have made
And now, we have a bit of confusion when it
their payments on time but
comes to our seasons. Does it really make a dif-
are underwater on their mort-
ference to change the
gages. Being “underwater”
time on our clocks or is
means they owe more on their homes than the
it simply another way to
homes are worth. So basically it gives them the
confuse workers, infor-
opportunity to refinance their home loans.
mation
and
The HARP program is the only part of the Clinton
other things? Two times
administration’s Making Home Affordable program
per year we are required
that actually worked. And to be honest, it has
systems,
}Lorena Barboza
Dave Ramsey
worked well. In contrast, the recent Home Loan
Modification program is a piece of junk and all
in order to not use as much
about political posturing. About 93 percent of the
energy. There have been many studies since then to
people who applied for a home loan modification
determine if it really makes a difference, but not all
didn’t get one. It was just another case of the gov-
have come to the same conclusion. Not all of them
ernment pretending to do something.
agree that we are really saving anything.
2012. The total net worth for the list’s billionaires was $5.4 trillion compared with
$4.6 trillion a year ago.
The U.S. continued to house the most
billionaires in the world, with 442 of
them. It was followed by the Asia-Pacific
region, with Europe rounding out the top
three.
There were 210 new faces on the list,
with Forbes saying many were helped by
rebounding equity markets and strong
consumer brands.
Slim’s net worth increased to $73
billion from $69 billion a year earlier.
Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. held on
to second place with a net worth of $67
billion.
Dear Dave,
Dear Ivy,
move forward the time
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Dave’s thoughts
on HARP
Since 1974, people in nearly all of the country
to either move back or
Carlos Slim
Dave Says
I’d advise looking into the HARP program if you’ve
The first time change was born in a time similar to
got a good credit history and you’re underwater on
today, during the first petroleum crisis, but nobody
your current home. Lots of HARP program applica-
is quite sure why we continue doing it. Supposedly
tions are being approved, and the deals are closing.
an hour of using the lights is saved each morning,
That’s what really matters when you find yourself in
but nobody realizes that in the big cities, where
a situation like this.
people truly use large amounts of energy, most
businesses and offices close their doors long after
—Dave
the sun has gone down during the winter, which
would then have an adverse effect on things.
Organizations like the WWF contradict any benefits
that are claimed to come from the time changes,
and they insist that what we should really be doing
is updating our homes, our businesses and offices
to be more energy efficient. If we compared ourselves to some European countries, like Norway,
Sweden and others, for example, and we closed
businesses, factories and offices at 5 or 6 p.m., we
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OPINION
Camera! Action! In 2013
By Carmelo Gonzalez
D
iversity is a beautiful word
that many use as a slogan.
America represents a society
whose background comes from the four
corners of the Earth. I admire that the
United States is a country where everybody has the chance to progress. People
need opportunities to develop their
dreams and be truly successful. There
are laws that explain that a person shall
not be discriminated against based on
religion, national origin, sex, race and
sexual orientation. But the United States’
history reveals that it was not always that
way. Affirmative Action was established
by an Executive Order that President
Lynden B. Johnson presented on September 24, 1965 (Executive Order No.
11246.) The main purpose was to avoid
the inequalities that minorities confronted in private, public, and governmental institutions. For example, American universities often denied access to
minorities such as African-Americans,
Latinos, and students of Asian ancestry. There has been an advance in equal
access to education, political representation, and housing, however, I believe that
Latinos are “left behind” in equal treatment for job opportunities.
First, federal, state and municipal institutions receive their budgets from public
taxes. In other words, regardless of race,
background or legal status, everybody
contributes to fund these public institutions. “Taxation without representation”
was a main argument for our Founding
Fathers to declare independence from
Great Britain in 1776. Yes, sometimes
Latinos do not have representation in
governmental institutions even though
we pay taxes. As well as private institutions like the movie industry. Latinos
have been ignored as creators and performers. The Oscars of 2013 ignored
the Latino community of more than 50
million people. Critics of our grievances
always justify this by claiming the lack of
talent in the Latino community. I believe
that there are Latino actors and actresses
that are great performers that break
the stereotypes of maids, gang
leaders, Latin lovers or the exotic and
dangerous lady.
Secondly, there are public institutions that do not have Latinos
on their labor forces. I have been
working in state institutions where
the only Latino employee represents a “face in the crowd.” Yes, it
is still a reality in 2013, almost five
decades after President Lynden B.
Johnson signed his order of Affirmative Action, which was almost abolished in 1992. I hope that Latinos are
underrepresented only in my sphere,
because I often find the Department
of Labor’s posters informing that
equal job opportunity is a federal
policy. Finally, I would like to find
that Latinos have the same opportunities as everybody else in America.
Also, I would like to avoid a baseless
complaint and as an American I do
not want to be treated as a second-class
citizen.
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OPINION
Camera! Action! In 2013
Latinos, and students of Asian ances- that are great performers that break
try. There has been an advance in equal the stereotypes of maids, gang
iversity is a beautiful word access to education, political representa- leaders, Latin lovers or the exotic and
that many use as a slogan. tion, and housing, however, I believe that dangerous lady.
America represents a society Latinos are “left behind” in equal treatSecondly, there are public instiwhose background comes from the four ment for job opportunities.
tutions that do not have Latinos
corners of the Earth. I admire that the
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dreams and be truly successful. There contributes to fund these public institu- is still a reality in 2013, almost five
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not be discriminated against based on was a main argument for our Founding Johnson signed his order of Affirmareligion, national origin, sex, race and Fathers to declare independence from tive Action, which was almost abolsexual orientation. But the United States’ Great Britain in 1776. Yes, sometimes ished in 1992. I hope that Latinos are
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