Mt. SAC News Current

With the United States 2010 Census underway, it is important to count both citizens and non-citizens; however, the census faces resistance from immigrant communities because of the current issues with immigration policy. As mandated by Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, congress has power to conduct the census in “every subsequent term of ten [...]

Mt. SAC was represented by six students supporters of an urgent immigration reform bill and the DREAM Act at the University of California, Santa Cruz this past weekend, for the CA Dream Network State Wide Retreat hosted by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and Students Informing Now (SIN). Over [...]

Students and families gathered to honor the deceased at a Day of the Dead festival held Monday, Nov. 2. The IDEAS club hosted the event at the Student Life Center. IDEAS, Mecha, the Spanish Club, LAMBDA, NAISA and the Students for Immigrant Rights club participated in the celebration by creating altars to commemorate influential people who [...]

Student club NAISA, or Native American Inter-Tribal Student Alliance, started its Native American Heritage Days event in the grass areas between Bldg. 17, 18 and 10 today from 6 to 9 p.m. Native American Heritage Days is a series of various events that would and will be presented from Tuesday to Friday. More than 60 students and [...]

Students united May 11 at a Cross Cultural Fair hosted by Associated Students, inside the Student Life Center. Students and instructors mingled and learned about different cultures through entertainment, food and literature. “It [the Cross-Cultural Fair] kind of represents what America is all about- a giant melting pot,” petroleum engineering major Charles Norman, 18, said. “A [...]

In 2007, 21-year-old Miriam Daniel received a phone call from one of her friends asking her to join them at a May Day rally protesting for immigrant rights. Not yet realizing what she was getting into, Daniel arrived at the scene where she thought to herself, “Oh boy, are we going to riot?” This was the [...]

“People believe it’s the Mexican Independence Day, but it’s not. [It’s] the Battle del Pueblo,” Javier Hernandez, 20, political science major, said. “It’s frustrating to hear people [say] ‘Oh! It’s Cinco de Mayo, let’s go get drunk!’” Hernandez said that many students on campus believe the tradition of Cinco de Mayo is the Mexican version of [...]

The Apartheid wall was set up by the Muslim Student Association club members to create awareness and get people informed about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the struggle between the two countries, said MSA President Hasan Sultan Hasan, 18, architecture major.

“Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican people’s courage, bravery and national pride. America can relate to the patriotic strife of another country, fighting off a larger oppressing force,” she said. But now, she said, the holiday is seen as just another big party day, and a blanket excuse for binge drinking.

The Muslim Student Association is celebrating Islamic Awareness Month with a series of events this May. A model of Israel’s Apartheid Wall was put up in front of the library May 5, generating a large crowd and some conflict. Muslim Student Association President Hasan Hasan, 18, architecture major said: “It is a replica and a model [...]