Site-Wide Activity

A man believed to be a leader of the Mara Salvatrucha (aka MS-13) gang has been arrested in Guatemala recently. Ángel Gabriel Reyes Marroquín, or Blanco, as he is known, was found in a town 31 miles west of Gu […]

Soy de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. La ciudad tiene muchas cosas para hacer y es muy divertido. Tiene muchos ríos y puentes. Es muy interesante cruzar el puente. Pittsburgh tiene muchos museos como Carnegie Museo d […]

Mi rutina de mañana es muy sencillo y tranquillo. Antes de que poner mi ropa, yo beber mucha agua. Es muy importante mantenerse hidratado durante el día. Me despierto a las nueve todos los días, a menos que mi com […]

     The article I chose primarily for this week is entitled “Why is there talk of banning funk music in Brazil?”.The article discusses how Brazilian funk is becoming an ostracized music genre due to the conten […]

Venezuela, recently, has had a rough time from the bottom to the top. The country has experienced some serious economic and military downturns. Amid the economic crisis, and shortage of food, the country is now […]

If you plan to major in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Math, Neuroscience or Physics come and hear faculty from each program explain the major and answer questions. You can […]

Previously in class we’ve talked about the lack of Latin American representation in media, and how the representation of Latin Americans that exists is often stereotypical and harmful (with most roles being maids […]

Is there a link between abortion rights and democracy? 

Arroyo Navarrete, Larisssa. “Is there a link between abortion rights and democracy?” US News and World Report, Oct. 12th 2017

My article was a […]

cuando es tu premir año en la universidad es necesario que tú estudies cada día. Es importante  estudiar en caso de que haya una prueba el otro día. además, es importante estudiar sin drogas o demasiado cafeí […]

The article I chose this week is, Despacito’ Owned the Summer. What’s Next for Latin Pop?  The article discusses how Despacito was number one on the charts from May -October 2017. The hit brought together two […]

Staff and agencies. “Trump Says Cuba ‘Responsible’ for Alleged Sonic Attacks, but Offers No Evidence.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 16 Oct. 2017.

(Pictured above is the U.S Embassy in Havana, Cub […]

This article is mainly about the affects of President Trump hinting at military intervention in Venezuela. As expected the out come of this unexpected comment led to large amounts of controversy and negative […]

El día de los muertos es el 1 de noviembre y el 2 de noviembre. Es una celebración en México por los muertos. Beben y comen mucha comida y hacen actividades que los muertos disfrutaban haciendo cuando estaban vi […]

Your TAs will run this class on reading and studying habits. Here’s what you need to do in preparation:
FYS 10/18/2017 homework
Bring in your method for organizing what you need to do. For example: assignment […]

“Entonces, es decidido,” le dice el sol a la piedrita. “Debo decirle al carámbanito que tu vienes a verle.”

“¡Muchas gracias, Señor Sol!” Ella responde, tan emocionado que apenas puede quedarse quieta. “Por f […]

Fui a casa para las vacaciones de otoño. Primero el autobús llegó tarde a la parada del autobús. Cuando llegué a casa, mi mamá, mi hermano y mi abuela, me esperaron. Espero que todos tengamos una buena seman […]

Este semana, yo visito con mi familia mucha. La familia de mi padre vive en Búfalo tambien. Estoy emocionado de que vivan cerca de nosotros. Puedo ver a mis sobrinos y sobrinas mucho. Tambien, puedo ir a muchos […]

Two alumni of the Wooster Tree Ring Lab and Wooster Geology, Clara Deck (’17, now at the University of Maine studying ice sheets) and Sarah Frederick (’15, now at The University of Arizona studying drought and […]