Calling all Presidents!
We're currently on a mission to find all the class presidents of the 90s. If you remember who your class president was during the year of your graduation please let us know. If you know of some way to contact that individual, even better. There'll be a five dollar finder's fee thrown in if you can tell us his/her shoe size and favorite color (compliments of your class president, of course). Thanks, and let us know soon.
posted by LABI- Center of the Universe at 4:23 PM
202 Comments:
Senior Class President of 1996
Arthur Lopez
2097 Lima Loop
Laredo, Tx. 78045
Cell: (832)453-8921
email: artlopez@hotmail.com
Please contact me if you are a graduate of 1996 or email me your info. in this format
Name
Address
City/State
Zip code
Phone # or Cell
email if you have one and if you don't have one we will get you one.
If you are a class president contact me or email me your information so that we can communicate about the status of our classmates.
Thank you,
Peace
I didn't authorize any Tico or Taco (Naco) to publish my name on
this blog spot.
pineda
Hi, my name is Constantino Aguilar
I will be attending the class reunion of the 90's
Constantino encourages us to go, but I don't remember him asking me. We were in Houston bro, you could have told me. I feel so left out. JK What's up people, lets party.
Hey Art, can I conntact you even though I'm not a president. I just like you. Peace.
i do hereby declare the heretofore referenced 'labi classes of the 90s reunion' to be the biggest event ever to occur on the face of this planet.
as we prepare for this monstrous event, concern thyself not with those alien voices bickering of propiety and spilling forth virtiolic criticism. pay no mind to those who wish to wrangle about "proper channels," and protocol.
we are the classes of the 90s. yes, that is right--the 90s.
we are NOT concerend with titles and degrees, and we are most certainly NOT amused by hierarchies, establishments (except for labi, of course) or gratuitous displays of rivalry.
yes, yes. it is true what you are hearing. EVERYONE WILL be at this event...
my gosh, i'm serious - this event is going to be SO BIG and SO SICK i'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
Yes, we did contact Louie from Shy Town and he will be attending this event with great expectation.
I can't remember who e raza is. Could someone please remind me. I don't remeber an e raza when I was at LABI.
We also need an interpretor for what Micheal said.
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i'm deliriously giddy with excitement. i have backslidden from my a/g ways. will there be an altar call, complete with catchers and hermanas breathing funky-smelling heavenly tongues into my face so i can repent from my "non-denominational" pecadora ways?
i wasn't important/special/stupid enough to hold an office, but i know where manny's church is and can track him down if i absolutely have to. 'do you want a revolution? H@## no...'
and yes, eraza, this is better than ecircles. come on dude.. fo'sheezy. hollatachgyrl.
someone call me, i'm lonely.
806.577.8558
but leave a message because i screen my calls. ;-)
Hello everyone is the first lady of the class of '96. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone.
Oops Take two: Hello from the first lady of the class of '96.
Who is Mugre? I know us hispanics enjoy nicknaming ourselves after creatures we reasemble like sapo, gallo and cat mama. However, I would personaly like to know who these nicknames represent because I care.
Who is sugar bee?
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ummm, slight correction there, elsa NEVERREADY -- it's 'minister MIKE.'
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Big Surga Here...what's the deal with this reunion of the
"LABI MARANOS????"
LABI Maranos sounds like a gang that ravaged through the halls and dorms of LABI.
"big surga?" does this mean you have sugar diabetes?
Who is Big Surga?
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When you decide to leave your comment, please choose a proper identity so that we can recognize you. You can choose other and leave your name so we can identify who is writing. Your classmates would appreciate it. Thanks
Little Man will be attending this reunion. He is living in Houston.
Looking forward to it...
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Hey jsjhj,
I can't put my finger on it. Please tell me who you are so that I can thank you for allowing me and mario to get food out of your frige?
peace out
i fell in love with a sailor.
a sailor in love with the sea.
BIG LOUIE LOU!
wow. good to hear from you.
are you living in the CHI? i thought you were in indiana.
email me sometime and bring me up to par on your life, dear friend.
art,
sorry i haven't returned your call
please call back I probably erased your message and have had too may calls to go back
what are the plans?
the "PLANS," mr. anonymous...OH, the "PLANS" are to party like it's 1999.
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before and after pictures? This is not Jenny Creig!!!
Mr. anonymous please email me so I can fill you in on all the plans or call me.
Thanks Buddy
thanks to the aurthor for removing Mr.Loyas backsliden song list.
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que onda??? Yezid.....
que gusto de oir de ti. quiero
ser el esfuerzo de ir, pero no estoy muy seguro..
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Please help me finish our fight song?
LABI, we must go forward ??????
the Lord will open a trap for you/
in the land of diane/
you'll be a mongerer/
victor is waiting/
go on tour/
glow! glow! glow!
land of diane...???
you'll be a mongerer
victor is waiting
go on tour...????
mike,
they asked us not post any inapproriate comments...
please refrain from those comments.
I have very fond memories of the choir.. even more when I had the privilege of being a part of that choir....
hahahahhhaahah
i was in the choir once...FOR A MONTH.
....take up the cross and follow him.... la lala la......ceci would
make laugh... that was so funny
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the event in itself sound attractive...but I am not sure I will have an open space on my agenda... sueno como si fuera alguien verdad.... en otras palabras no tengas de viajar.... que tal si lo hacen en mi casa.... we'll make some fajitas...I'll get my tia pancha to make some tortillas....sounds great??
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benji, i finna slap you.
"open space on your agenda?"
are you friggin' serious?
MAKE SPACE, benji!
YOU'VE GOT TIME!
Please keep the Plata Family in Prayer.
James Plata has Passed Away
please pray for diane, tracie, timothy and jason plata.
bro. plata died of heart a heart attack today, thursday, feb. 16 in the evening.
yes please pray
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i heard the turn out at plata's wake/burial service was huge.
i didn't get to go to the funeral, but yeah, heard it was kinda like "sold out"...
standing room only, if you will.
well, hello there, falex.
what a lovely surprise.
to my fellow classmate of 1997:
click on the BIG, WHITE letters at the top of the main page that say
"LABI Classes of the 90s Unite! June 16-17, 2006 in San Antonio"
on the right hand side, you'll see "CLASS BLOGS."
click on "Class of 1997" and post your ideas/comments.
give rosa your ideas and let her know you're alive.
Hey class of 98 and others this is eldita. I am so happy to hear from you yezid. And yes bro. siaji will be there because he lives here in L.A.B.I
why is it so QUIET in here....? ...hello? ...is anybody here...?
I fell in love with a sailor/
The sailor in love with the sea
DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY GRADUATE OF LABI LIVING IN AUSTIN, TX?
First let me say that I am completely amazed at how many of our LABI alumni use computers and are on the internet! Let me also say that whoever started this blog is the best thing since pants with pockets! Especially for those of us who desperately want to relive the glory years of LABI!
hello, ralph p.
what a lovely surprise.
you're funny. actually, i'm MORE surprised that you're so amazed at how many LABI alumni use computers and are on the internet.
what, do you think we just crawled out from underneath the woodworks?
Exactly! Actually, you always seemed tech savvy.
I haven't talked to any of you in a really long time so I thought I'd include my info if you need it.
5100 USAA BLVD 2008
San Antonio, TX 78240
512.699.6117 cell
Ralphp04@gmai.com
perezatlaw.blogspot.com
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ralph p.,
checked out your blog. good to see you're not as condescending and pretentious as you were on your first post on this blog. ;o)
actually, my tech savior-faire started with that darling piece of complex machinery known as the whisper writer!
("michael, you can start typing any minute now." "but, ralph, I AM!")
good luck and God bless with all your law & academia endeavors. hope to see you at the party.
ha ha. funny, i was just talking to art about this this morning.
i'm the educational program coordinator at st. john's hospital.
that's just the long way of saying "teacher." the patients are required to take my classes before being discharged.
as my classes don't begin until the afternoon (1pm-5pm), i'm free ALL. MORNING. LONG.
yes, it IS great. =o)
yups.
it's art and a few other unmentionables. i think they prefer to stay anonymous for some unknown reason. "tico" and "taco" are their name and webbing is their game. if you call me, i'll fill you in on this secret.
manny dlc!
i KNOW you and your family are going to the reunion, right?
will lori be there?
so what else do you do besides work Mike?
run; work part-time at church; volunteer at church (youth group staff, media team camera man, and sunday school teacher); run; hang out with the wifey and do married folks stuff; watch alot of movies; spend way too much time downloading way too much music on itunes; and run some more.
and you?
And me you ask? When I'm not studying at the library, I'm asleep. Law school hasn't left much time for anything. Last semester wasn't so hectic but this semester has been really busy. There is one exception to the schedule. When Katie is here, lawschool gets put on the back burner. We go to the movies, swim, she likes to help in the kitchen so we cook together. We go to the book store and read. We go to the zoo all the time and this weekend we're going to a Spurs game. But when she leaves, the party's over.
sounds like you're a busy man. so if i ever need to sue somebody i can come to you, right?
thanks!
It's funny that you say that, I'm constantly getting calls from family and friends with legal questions. The last one was about a possible civil action for defamation.
i feel i've been defamated. my patients call me bad things all the time. could i sue them?
i think benji's african american friend, quila, wants to sue labi because she slipped (on dry floor)and fell (supposedly) in the school cafeteria one saturday morning at breakfast and hurt her "neck and back and stuff."
"ethical" is a relative term, mugre boy.
it's a POWER thing, not an altruistic thing, right ralph?
haha! j/k ;o)
what? i have no idea what you're talking about, but if ever a snickers bar was unrightfully snatched, i'm sure there was a justifiable reason; it was probably given to the needy or something. power to the PROLETARIAT.
yezid's doing o.k.
still in juaritos, happy with her son and looking forward to the reunion.
if by "place" you mean house, no.
she's living with her hubby.
The main page has been updated and now includes a link to the class of '98 blog.
Hey admin, go ahead and add the class of '99 blog as well
http://class-of-99.blogspot.com/
Greetings Everyone, the class of '99 and especially all my METRO people!!! It's good to see postings from everyone. Gosh, can't believe it's been a long time since I've talked to some of you! I hope to attend the reunion, I can't wait to see many of you! LOVE YA'LL!
What's your email address Noemi?
Rosa, take the comment filter off of our class blog website!
It's turning people away!
i need your email address diego
have any of you seen george clooney's movie
'good night and good luck' yet?
heard it was supposed to be good; about a guy who stands up the abuse of power.
I saw Glory Road, that was about a guy that stood up to racism
MUGRE! It took a while but I'm here! Hey, do you still have some Amoxil?? Do you remember that?
I know Laura remembers that! You were good to me roomie!
The link to the blog for the class of 1999 has been added to the main page.
oh my, lions and tigers and bears. the sickening thing is that i am finding out how close i am to so many of you, living in DFW. and here i've been spending so much couch time with my puppy dog. *shock and awe*
good point, mica.
sad how even though we're only minutes apart (except for me, of course), our degree of contact has dwindled.
well, atleast now we have this blog thing and free cell phone minutes after 9pm.
spread the love, y'all.
no mugre! no quiero pentrexil ni amoxil. you gave me amoxil one time & i almost died. how can you forget!
y que es END TIMES NERDS? yo no se nada de eso. no me metas en tu royos..
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awww, noemi, why did you delete that message? it was sweet....
everyone has deleted at least one comment, i didn't want to be left out. loya, you know how it is.
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TO ALL THE LADIES,
SPREAD THE WORD.
USE THE KNOWLEDGE.
love,
michael l.
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Breast cancer deaths higher among black woman: study By Joanne Morrison
Mon Mar 20, 6:11 PM ET
African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer and minorities in general do not receive the best treatment for the disease compared to white women, according to health studies released on Monday.
The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that black women, even after adjusting for socioeconomic differences, are nearly 20 percent more likely than white women to die of breast cancer.
A second study found that women in minority groups, including Hispanics, are half as likely to get complete follow-up treatment for the disease.
"Even after controlling for socioeconomic status and disease stage, African American women were 19 percent more likely to die from breast caner than white women," said Lisa Newman, Director of the Breast Care Center at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the study's lead author.
"Our research underscores the need to investigate the role of biologic, genetic, and sociocultural factors in breast cancer mortality among black women," Newman added.
The second study, conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, found that minority women with early-stage breast cancer had double the risk of white women of failing to receive radiation, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy following breast cancer surgery.
"We found that one in three black women and nearly one in four Hispanic women fail to receive the necessary adjuvant therapy," said Nina Bickell, associate professor of health policy and medicine at Mount Sinai and that study's lead author.
The likelihood of not getting proper follow-up treatment among whites was 16 percent, much lower than the 23 percent for Hispanics and 34 percent among blacks.
That study also controlled for clinical, demographic and treatment access factors, including the presence of other illnesses and whether or not a woman was covered by health insurance.
Researchers found that women from minority groups were indeed more likely to have other illnesses and had less insurance than white women, suggesting that these factors could influence a physician's decision to prescribe treatment and a patient's ability to actually receive treatment.
"Significant progress can be made toward reducing racial disparities in cancer death by eliminating the disparities in breast cancer treatment," Bickell said.
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Hey Michael, get a life!
hey, anonymous, GET AN IDENTITY. and then, maybe, i'll get a life.
Mike, thank you for posting that, I think it's very important to encourage awareness.
Anonymous, thank you for posting that, I think it's equally important for Mike to get a life.
Maybe not equally important.
wow, admin, we might have a cat fight on our hands!
if this is a cat fight, call me "toonses the driving cat."
i'll drive you straight off a cliff, son!
Please tell me you're talking to "anonymous"
please tell me you're talking to admin.
now THAT sounds like a cat fight!
MEOW! MEOW!
noemi, i'm gonna scratch you with my claws and fling fleas on you!
grrr!
bring it on loya! well, actually you can keep your fleas...
hey manny, manuel, class president... wuzzz up? glad to see that you're back! can't wait to see you & carla. tell carla that she won't be pushed in the pool :)
hey y'all.
ok, myabe you're right--i have no life, but here's a very cool tid-bit i came across on www.burnsidewriterscollective.com
10 WAYS TO BE A DO-ER OF JUSTICE
1. Spend time with God - get closer to His heart.
Ask him to show you injustice and how to respond. (see The Aidan Way)
2. Know and understand your world. Pray, read the newspaper and check out other global news sites.
- Francis Schaeffer is known to have advised us to study the Bible with the Good Book in one hand and a newspaper in the other.
3. Pray for our leaders, globally.
- If anyone needs it, they do.
4. Give money away.
Choose something you believe in. Here’s a few good choices:
- BloodWater Mission
- World Vision
- America’s Second Harvest
- United Way
5. Give away your time.
- Volunteer at a local soup kitchen or shelter. If there aren’t any where you live, start one.
- Simply look at the homeless guy on the street begging for money; try to say hello even if you can’t or don’t want to give him or her money.
6. Spend real time with your family and loved ones.
Turn off the TV. Eat dinner together.
- Mother Theresa said once that there wouldn’t be any poverty in our world if we all just took care of our families.
7. Take the bus, ride your bike, carpool.
(For more info, click here)
- Auto emissions account for about 60% of air pollution (especially ozone smog) in our cities.
- Maintain your car in good, efficient working condition to decrease air and water pollution. More than 80% of auto emissions come from less than 30% of the cars.
- Ohioans dispose of more than 17 million scrap tires annually and have accumulated more than 28 million across the state.
8. Reuse, renew, recycle.
Do your part to undermine our expendable society.
(For more, click here)
- Paper takes up 40% of our landfills.
- If more people became environmental shoppers, the amount of trash could be reduced by as much as 45 percent.
- Each year we trash enough office paper to build a 12-foot wall from Los Angeles to New York City.
- One ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 7000 gallons of water, 4200 kilowatt hours (enough to heat your home for half year), 390 gallons of oil, and prevents 60 pounds of air pollutants.
- One quart of motor oil can pollute 250,000 gallons of water.
- Approximately 60% of Americans change their own oil. Due to the lack of convenient collection facilities, these do-it-yourselfers simply dump the used motor oil into the environment. Over 200 million gallons of oil. Or the equivalent of 5 oil tankers the size of the Exxon Valdez spilling their entire load, is tossed in the garbage or poured down the sewer every year.
9. Buy local produce, support local farms, cook seasonal dishes (and reduce the amount of oil spent to transport your food from the far corners of the earth.
And buy things at local, small stores!
- Check out the “Simply in Season” cookbook from Ten Thousand Villages
10. Use a porcelain or travel mug for your warm, yummy beverages (this applies to you especially if you live in the Northwest!)
- The average American office worker goes through around 500 disposable cups every year.
- That styrofoam cup that you drank your coffee out of this morning will still be in the landfill 500 years from now.
- Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
RODS OF GOLD
is here for you.
NEVER FORGET
RODS OF GOLD.
loya.. you don't have secret rooms in your house where you grow pot, do you?
i'm a little concerned...
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ok, ok, folks, i'm sorry for posting all these crazy articles, but here's one last one that i came across this a.m.
it's helpful!
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Six Tips for Happiness
1. Give yourself permission to be human. When we accept emotions -- such as fear, sadness, or anxiety -- as natural, we are more likely to overcome them. Rejecting our emotions, positive or negative, leads to frustration and unhappiness.
2. Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning. Whether at work or at home, the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable. When this is not feasible, make sure you have happiness boosters, moments throughout the week that provide you with both pleasure and meaning.
3. Keep in mind that happiness is mostly dependent on our state of mind, not on our status or the state of our bank account. Barring extreme circumstances, our level of well being is determined by what we choose to focus on (the full or the empty part of the glass) and by our interpretation of external events. For example, do we view failure as catastrophic, or do we see it as a learning opportunity?
4. Simplify! We are, generally, too busy, trying to squeeze in more and more activities into less and less time. Quantity influences quality, and we compromise on our happiness by trying to do too much.
5. Remember the mind-body connection. What we do -- or don't do -- with our bodies influences our mind. Regular exercise, adequate sleep, and healthy eating habits lead to both physical and mental health.
6. Express gratitude, whenever possible. We too often take our lives for granted. Learn to appreciate and savor the wonderful things in life, from people to food, from nature to a smile.
ooohhh and don't forget Loya....
align your chakras with your third
eye.... hahahah and find that inner peace people
geezz
dude, you must be on some of that new age stuff.
the 6 steps are mere christian pop-psych stuff.
Christian Pop-Psych? I wont act like I read the 7 steps or the 8 rules or whatever but in the 90's the Newsboys said, "Shine" and that's what I do.
ummm, there were 6 steps last time i checked.
but shine on, ralphy!
shine like the sun!
class of 97....
get your own reunion
'97 rhymes with HEAVEN and we love you, little anonymous one.
OK...
classes 90-95 and classes 97-99.... get your own reunion
Anonymous, how about you get your own reunion!
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lol! let's not go there!
I just wish all of you had been my friends at LABI. Like Paul, I was rejected and despised by all. I only want to feel like I'm a part of the group, that's all.
You ARE part of the group. Are you not reading the comments? Everyone is showing much love, but you're not responding.
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OK, my friends, i know you guys are sick of my posts and you wish i would go on a 'blog fast' for about the rest of my life, but it's just that lately i've happened across some articles covering some AMAZING and REVOLUTIONARY things going on in our world today.
if you are hispanic, the following should be of IMENSE interest to you, your parents, your grandparents and your children (if and when you have any), REGARDLESS of your stance on the immigration issue.
TODAY, about 500,000 (WOW) protesters took to the stree to oppose a bill sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.).
The bill would give police more power to enforce immigration law (making ALL latino immigrants criminals)and would lead to 700 miles of additional fencing along the border.
even if politics is not your "thing," it doesn't matter--this EFFECTS YOU ANYWAY.
check it:
THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE
Massive Student Walkout Spreads Across Southland
March 28, 2006
Nearly 40,000 students from across Southern California staged walkouts to protest proposed immigration legislation Monday, blocking traffic on four freeways and leaving educators concerned about how much longer the issue will disrupt schools.
The protests are believed to eclipse in size the demonstrations that occurred during the anti-Proposition 187 campaign in 1994 and even a famous student walkout for Chicano rights in 1968.
Some principals put their schools on lockdown Monday to keep students from leaving campus, and Los Angeles Unified School District officials said all middle and high schools will be on lockdown today.
Monday's demonstrations appeared to start in Los Angeles but quickly spread to San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Ventura counties. Though the protests were mostly peaceful, there were a few clashes and several arrests.
Motorists were left in gridlock as youths marched down Sunset Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, Laurel Canyon Boulevard and other major thoroughfares.
At one point, protesters marched onto the Hollywood Freeway in downtown Los Angeles and two sections of the Harbor Freeway, downtown and in San Pedro, briefly halting traffic.
Students in Orange County briefly blocked the Riverside Freeway and Santa Ana Freeway in Fullerton, waving Mexican flags and tossing a rock that smashed the window of a CHP cruiser.
By noon, thousands of youths had gathered in front of Los Angeles City Hall, with student leaders meeting privately with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The rally took on a festive tone, with many waving Mexican flags and yelling, "Latinos Stand Up!" and "Viva Mexico!"
"It was my dad's and grandfather's sweat and tears that built the city of Los Angeles," said Marshall High School senior Saul Corona, whose father came to the United States illegally before getting a green card. "People like them did things no one else wanted to do because they wanted me to have a better future."
The protests appeared to be loosely organized, with students learning about them through mass e-mails, fliers, instant messages, cellphone calls and postings on myspace.com Web pages. By contrast, the massive rally Saturday that drew 500,000 people to downtown Los Angeles was highly organized, with demonstrators urged to wear white and bring American flags.
Many students said they were marching in opposition to a bill sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) that passed the House in December. The bill would give police more power to enforce immigration law and would lead to 700 miles of additional fencing along the border.
Even as the students marched, a Senate committee approved an immigration package Monday that would enable some of the about 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country to become U.S. citizens.
As immigrants or children of immigrants, several marchers said they would be personally affected by Sensenbrenner's pending bill.
"If this law passes, what will happen?" said Yadira Pech, 16. "There would be no more Los Angeles High School. Nearly all of us are immigrants."
Added Antonio Chavez, an eighth-grader at University Heights Middle School in Riverside: "Our parents, our families came here from Mexico. We want other families to be able to come here too."
Some students said they did not know exactly what the bill said but believed that it was part of an anti-immigrant movement taking hold nationwide.
"We just walked out because we didn't want to be at school," said Diana Hernandez, a senior at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. "But we also believe [the legislation] is wrong."
The demonstrations became violent in some areas. In San Diego County, two dozen protesters were arrested in Escondido after refusing orders from police to disperse. Two patrol cars were reportedly vandalized.
In Riverside, a peaceful student protest unfolded downtown as six youths and one adult were arrested across town after scuffles with police clad in riot gear and carrying nightsticks, authorities said. After following students throughout the city and calling for them to disperse, officers confronted the group. Students responded by hurling rocks and bottles at police.
"They're pushing us around," said Pati Sanchez, a Norte Vista High School senior. "People should be able to say what they think."
In Santa Ana, officers used nightsticks and pepper spray to control students throwing bottles and rocks. They also set up barricades to prevent the protesters from disrupting traffic. One student was arrested and a few others suffered minor injuries, police said.
Four adults were arrested during a protest in Van Nuys, but no major violence occurred in Los Angeles County. The demonstrations prompted a tactical alert by Los Angeles police so the department could deploy officers to areas where they were needed.
"They're noisy but well-behaved," said LAPD Chief William J. Bratton as he walked through the downtown crowd. "Let them have their say."
In a district with about 358,000 middle and high school students, an estimated 26,000 walked out of more than 50 Los Angeles Unified campuses. Teachers, principals and school police urged students to demonstrate on campus, but students flooded through gates and onto city streets and sidewalks.
"It's very disruptive," said Ellen Morgan, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Unified School District. "We want them to express their opinions, but there are venues, there are forums for them to do so. We'd like them to stay in school and get an education."
Not only did the mostly high school students miss class time, administrators said, but the district could lose money if students did not show up. And with postings on myspace.com promoting more walkouts today, principals were doing whatever they could to encourage students to stay on school grounds.
All L.A. Unified middle and high schools will be on lockdown today, which means no one will be allowed to leave school once they enter, officials said. The district plans more stringent measures this morning, prohibiting students from going from class to class as usual.
Teachers are planning lessons on the immigration issue, and administrators are setting aside spots on campus for rallies and sit-ins. Some school officials plan to punish students who left campus with enforced attendance at Saturday school.
In Los Angeles, principals sent notes home that urged parents to tell their children to stay on campus and warned of disciplinary action for those who did not.
On Monday, some principals locked down their campuses in an attempt to prevent students from leaving school grounds. Nevertheless, students from at least one campus climbed over a fence to leave.
Lucy Delgadillo, whose children attend South East High School in South Gate, said she knows that lockdowns promote school safety.
"There are some kids who don't know what the protest is about," she said. "But there are kids who understand and feel strongly about this, and I think they should be allowed to protest."
At some campuses where students did walk out, staff members marched alongside the youths to ensure their safety, officials said. In addition, Los Angeles school administrators dispatched about 30 buses to City Hall and other locations to ferry students back to their campuses in the afternoon.
In a noontime speech outside City Hall, Villaraigosa told the students that he opposed the Sensenbrenner bill.
"I know that all of you are fearful about what's going on," Villaraigosa said, referring to the pending legislation. "I know it would criminalize 12 million people."
But later in the afternoon, when he came out to tell students to go home, he was met with chants of, "Hell no, we won't go."
Administrators expressed differing views on the protests, which took place on the Cesar Chavez holiday. Some complained about a wasted day, while others praised the youths' activism.
"What pleases me is that our kids are politically active," said Ventura Unified School District Supt. Trudy Arriaga. "Isn't that what we want for the future?"
But Oxnard Union High School District Supt. Joy Dunlap said she hoped that it was over and that students had fulfilled their need to express their opinions.
"They've had that opportunity and now they'll come back and get back to studies on a normal basis," she said.
Santa Ana Unified School District Supt. Al Mijares said the students should use the classroom to engage in the immigration debate.
"The students are generally interested in the subject," he said. "But our quest is to make sure they're safe. We don't want them to miss school."
For the most part, students were met with support from honking motorists and cheering observers. (The demonstrations occurred a week after HBO premiered a movie about the 1968 student walkouts in East Los Angeles to protest the treatment of Chicanos.)
"I'm so proud of these kids," said social worker Robin Sheiner, as she watched the crowd pass on Melrose. "They're showing what they believe in."
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so sorry to harass you, again....
love you! XOXOXOXO
They just don't want to go to school. If I was the administrator I would suspend each and every one of those kids for walking out. What does their education have to do with immigration reform. Just another excuse. Chiflados
rosa, i, too, was moved by the protests--even if for no other reason than it brought hope in me for the next generations.
after having taught college students for 4 years, i honestly worried about what i interpreted as an apathetic, nonchalant, i-don't-give-a-dang attitude of the students, meanwhile the world's falling to shambles all around us.
regardless of your take on the immigration issue, atleast activism ain't dead.
i mean, wasn't Christ the quintessential example of iconoclastic activism, speaking out on behalf of the poor and marginlaized of society?
ok, sorry. i'll shut up now.
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Oh! And one more thing...
Sorry I act like a jerk to all of you. It's just that I'm still bitter because nobody was my friend at LABI.
Will someone PLEASE be my friend?
I promise I will reveal my identity if you accept me as one of your own.
I just want us all to get along and love each other.
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colleagues still m.i.a.:
>lorena huerta
>tessa lopez
>eli h. (a.k.a. llegua)
>rudy g.
>mario escobedo
>paige (a.k.a. pagina)
>that weird puerto rican older couple that could never stop hugging and slobbering all over each other during class
>tracey plata
>bro. arredondo (a.k.a. bro. round)
>bro. falla
>walter (a.k.a. que diche)
>intruuder (a.k.a. armando)
>ice ice ella (a.k.a. icela)
do we plan on inviting teachers?
i think we need to invite diane plata, sis. delilah, bro. fuentes, reyes, etc. to attend.
i know there are more students & teachers, but these are the ones that came to mind in the 3 minutes i had to post.
peace out.
Have some respect Laurita... You spell it Selena... Did you see the
rerun of the concert? It was time well spent. Raza!!!
michaelloya & friends - 1
anonymous/unidentified - 0...
Only because all of my real comments are being filtered and never posted.
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didn't you just say that all your comments are filtered? then how were you just able to post something?
wow, anonyomous, you're a smart one.
oh, and DON'T think we don't know who you are. :)
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Guess, guess, as fast as you can. You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man.
I'm gone for good. REALLY gone. You will never see me again.
ayay!!how dumb
Mike, why are you being so mean to anonymous?
Ralph, why don't you butt out?
ralph, i prefer to see it more as "tough love." :)
i'm sure you guys already know this, but there's a horrific situation in africa that has plagued this region and been neglected by the worldwide community. for 20 years. since the late eighties a madman has waged war on the ugandan government, and children have been his victims, his soldiers and his sex slaves.
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UGANDA: An Introduction
Like they have done with the genocide in Sudan, it is time for the evangelical community to say stand up for those who cannot speak for themselves, and to say, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Please DO SOMETHING, do anything you can, to help these children and speak on their behalf. They are truly at the mercy of those around them - they are children, precious in the eyes of God.
What can you do?
Pray. Write your President or Senator or Representative. Educate yourself. Educate others. Hold a vigil. Hold a letter writing campaign. Participate in the Global Night Commute on April 29, 2006 (www.invisiblechildren.com). Scream at the top of your lungs! Just do something.
For more information:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/001/18.30.html
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/001/19.34.html
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/001/20.36.html
Read a quick overview by Dean Hirsch, President of World Vision International, which has had programs on the ground for several years:
For more than 18 years, LRA leader Joseph Kony (pictured above) has waged war against the Ugandan government, encouraging his troops to abduct children and force them to fight and serve as sex slaves. We don’t know how many children the LRA has abducted, but we do know that the estimates range from 20,000 to more than 50,000 children.
We do know what happens to these child abductees from their stories, and there are thousands of them, all chillingly similar.
Take Katie, for example, who was abducted by the LRA at 14, raped and pregnant by age 15, and still was forced to fight on the front lines.
She and countless others continue to endure beatings, starvation, forced marches, bloody initiation rites, and psychological manipulation.
Many girls are raped and become pregnant. Many more contract HIV/AIDS.
Whole communities have fled their homes to escape LRA attacks. More than 1.6 million people (80 percent of the northern population) now live in squalid displacement camps with inadequate food, water, sanitation and medical care.
In an attempt to protect their children, many parents in rural communities make the heartbreaking choice to send their children into larger, more protected cities at night, when the LRA usually attacks.
Some children walk more than 10 miles to sleep on city streets to avoid abduction. Sadly, they often cannot avoid the violence and exploitation that hunts them, unaccompanied and unprotected, on the streets at night.
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just thought you guys might care.
allow me to point this out, in case you haven't received this from every single person on the planet...
on wednesday, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.
this of course only works in places where the month precedes the day in the date.
the rest of you can look forward to receiving this email 18,000 times in a month(may 4th).
thank you.
yes, i am a nerd.
goodbye.
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PLEASE PRAY.
this is just a reminder to please PRAY for me and mena, my wife.
she's having an endoscopy (tube down her throat) tomorrow, April 6 at 3:30pm.
she's had stomach/intestinal problems for a long time and our dr. wants to see what her current problem is.
it could me something mild, or it could be, God forbid, something more serious.
PLEASE PRAY FOR A COMPLETE HEALING MIRACLE.
PLEASE PRAY FOR A GOOD REPORT.
and pray that i/we make it through this SANE.
again, the endoscopy is Thursday, April 6 at 3:30pm
thank you for your much needed prayers.
11:15 AM
much love to you, tito.
the procedure is only a few hrs away.... 8|
it's 5:24pm and we're already back from the endoscopy!
the dr. said her stomach "looked good."
there were some polyps in her stomach that he believes are NOT pre-cancerous, but he's running some biopsies "just to make sure."
all in all, he said he doesn't think there's anything to worry about!
PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY!
thanks to ALL OF YOU, my dearest and best friends, who stood by me through all this.
i'm eternally in your debt.
FOREVER MUCH LOVE.
now go out and spread the good news of God's goodness!
oh yeah, and there also were not any polyps in the more serious places. :)
Glad to hear that buddy.
boo.
polyps suck.
yes, yes, they do suck, falex.
so, falex, you've been avoiding my question: have you seen or heard from anonymous lately?
Tito, thanks for your sister's info. You & Loya are always welcomed to our blog...
Loya, am glad to hear everything is ok.
thanks, noemi.
you're the coolest girl EVER.
this particular post is getting extremely long. could we have another, administrator? my laptop keeps locking up.
hey, could we have a pre-reunion party for those of us within driving/living distance of DFW??? Que piensan?
any pre/post reunion parties need to be cleared by the reunion master.
no guey, errr, way,
i haven't heard from annonymous lately. sorry :(
or maybe i have....hmmmmmm.......
yes, hmmmm, indeed a mystery.
well, if by chance you have/do run into anonymous, you should introduce him to karma.
ever heard of him? some say karma's quite an interesting character. :)
the following article is no joke. it really happened.
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Youth Pastor Smites; Student Can't Dodge His "Balls"
LIBERTY, Missouri (AP) -- A youth minister was charged with assault for allegedly knocking down a 16-year-old boy and kicking him in the groin after taking a head shot from the teen in a dodgeball game.
David M. Boudreaux, 27, was charged Wednesday with one count of third-degree assault. According to court documents, the incident happened in February at Crescent Lake Christian Academy. Authorities said the teen missed Boudreaux with one throw but then knocked the youth minister's glasses off with the next.
The boy apologized, authorities said, but Boudreaux pushed him backward, and when the teen got up again Boudreaux kicked him in the groin and left.
The teen suffered whiplash and post-concussion syndrome and had blood in his urine after being kicked, according to court records. Boudreaux later apologized, prosecutors said. Jeanne D. Hewitt, administrator of Crescent Lake Christian Academy, said Boudreaux had been placed on administrative leave.
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my gosh. idiot youth pastor outta be knocked out, no?
for those of you who have been living under a rock for the last 20 years and do not know about labi graduate JESSE MIRANDA and just how
BAD-TO-THE-BONE he is,
check out the following article.
he is one of the 86 evangelical leaders who signed the
'evangelical climate initiative call to action.'
he was also referenced in this month's time magazine.
plain and simple: JESSE MIRANDA RULES.
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86 Evangelical Leaders Sign Evangelical Climate Initiative Call to Action
On February 8, 86 religious leaders released their Evangelical Climate Initiative, calling on the government to act urgently to curb carbon dioxide emissions. The release of this statement launches a national public education campaign that will feature television and radio spots in states with influential legislators and informational campaigns in churches.
In their statement, the evangelical leaders assert that there is no scientific doubt about the danger of climate change, and that it is a social justice issue because “millions of people could die in this century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global neighbors.”
The 86 signatories include Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life; David Neff, editor of Christianity Today; Todd Bassett, national commander of the Salvation Army; prominent black and Hispanic church leaders like Bishop Charles E. Blake of Los Angeles, Rev. Floyd Flake of New York City and Rev. Jesse Miranda of Costa Mesa; and the presidents of 39 evangelical colleges.
Rev. Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs at the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), is involved with a Biblically inspired environmental group known as Creation Care. In an interview with Newsweek, Cizik explained the group’s view that Christians have an obligation, described in the Book of Genesis, to “replenish the Earth” as God's stewards.
Cizik said, “This is not a Red State issue or a Blue State issue or a green issue, it's a spiritual issue.” Nevertheless, Cizik and his colleague Rev. Tom Haggard, president of the NAE, did not sign onto the Evangelical Climate Initiative in response to critique from other prominent evangelicals.
An opposition group of 22 including Richard Land, Chuck Colson, and James Dobson had written a letter asking the NAE not to take a position on global warming, saying “global warming is not a consensus issue.”
Land says, “human beings come first in God’s created order, and that primacy must be given to human beings and for human betterment.
If that means that other parts of nature take a back seat, well, then they take a back seat.”
Rev. Haggard told the New York Times that he did not sign the statement because it would be interpreted as an endorsement by the entire NAE. Rev. Haggard said, “There is no doubt about it in my mind that climate change is happening, and…. that it would be wise for us to stop doing the foolish things we’re doing…. In my mind there is downside to being cautious.”
The Evangelical Climate Initiative calls for “cost-effective, market-based mechanisms” to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, borrowing the phrase from last year’s Senate resolution on climate.
The Initiative statement commends Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) for the resolution calling for greenhouse gas regulation, and companies like BP, Shell, General Electric, Cinergy, Duke Energy and DuPont that “have moved ahead of the pace of government action through innovative measures.”
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ROCK ON, JESSE, ROCK ON!
love,
michael loya
HEY, all of you living in austin, dallas, houston, and san antonio, tell us how/if you were affected by the immigration protests yesterday and today.
here's an intersting snippet that one newspaper had to say about the maches in DALLAS, TX.
"the Dallas march stunned the organizers, who expected only 20,000 people in politically conservative Texas."
i'm not a republican or a democrat, but one thing for sure:
you texas hispanics need to decide WHO YOU ARE.
if you are in support of the protests/immigration but vote republican, you're only biting your own tail.
:o)
just a thought.
love you.
mmmm tasty!!
republican voter here
what's tasty? your tail?
ewww, that's gross, benji.
well, well, well, friends,
i'm back to share some not-so-good news.
though my wife's polyps were all benign, there were some polyps ("a few") in her duodenum.
we didn't want this as they can, at some far away point, become malignant.
i guess polyp removal procedure from the duodenum is standard (endoscopy), but a little more complicated than stomach removal.
the dr. is actually going to do some reasearch and check with some other experts before going in.
thank for your prayerful support!
this seems like a never-ending thing!
One time I was on my way to give this guy his daily fish so he could eat. And I thought, wait a minute, am I getting suckered? Maybe I should just teach him how to fish. Then he could eat for a lifetime. Well, I had to laugh at myself because then I remembered that he’s the one who taught me how to fish, in exchange for simply providing him with a fish everyday. Sucker. So I continued on my fish delivery, but had to stop and laugh again. Not because of anything special, only that I noticed the fish seemed to have the queerest little smile on his face you ever saw. I tried to mimic it, but he stopped.
I like to tape thimbles to mannequins and give them outie bellybuttons. Then when someone with an outie sees it they’ll say, “Yeah, maybe I am normal.”
“No. No.,” I’ll say. “That’s a thimble.”
Let’s say you’re being treated for a bladder problem and the doctor suggests that in the meantime you might think about wearing an adult diaper. Well, I’m just letting you know that no one’s going to freak out if you take advantage of the situation to “sneak a few poops” here and there. You’d be suprised to find people half expect it. Friend, it’s not a crime.
queerest, belly-button, and poop in theree different paragraphs within 3 minutes?! that's a record!
kudos!
Yes, yes. I type very, very fast, Mr. Hard As.
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gas prices are high, right?
and last summer they were really high, right?
and this summer they're going to be really high, right?
well, when you're filling up your car please keep in mind that lee raymond, the former ceo of exxon/mobil, has on average made $144,573 EVERY DAY that he's been employed by exxon/mobil for the last 10 years.
that's right.
his DAILY SALARY for the last ten years has averaged
out to $144,573.
per day.
or, $686,000,000.00 for the last 10 years.
that's his executive compensation.
i'd just like to say it again.
he is one person.
and he has been the ceo of exxon/mobil.
and his salary for the last 10 years has been $686,000,000.00, or $144,573 per day.
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those of us unable to attend the labi (pre)graduation ceremonies today and friday would appreciate up-to-the-minute coverage on all of it.
thanks, mario and art.
I am not going, but the service will be.....
starting late.... usual preliminaries of bienvenidos y oraciones.... out of tune graduating class singing class song....long preaching of springfield official or the like...hot and stuffy tabernacle environment with a smell of patas, pedos, etc....
I think that pretty much covers it!
"patas and pedos"??? ewww...benji, we're not talking about your dorm room.
and "long preaching of springfield official"???
that's it--i'm reporting you.
so is the tabernacle still baby blue?
I burned incense.... to create an ambience that would not permit the smell of flatulence and other disparaging odors to malign my surroundings.....how did you cover up...you and ru ru's room??
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Despite lobbying by the president, many Republican lawmakers oppose giving illegal workers a chance to become citizens.
is anybody inviting bro. dario?
he's still living in s.a., right?
strict parenting may result in overweight children.
sweet!
so i'm sure all of you have heard the GREAT NEWS, right?
GARY JONES was elected SUPERINTENDANT of GLAD!
CONGRATULATIONS to Bro. Jones and his family.
this is indeed GREAT NEWS for the district.
hey anyone out there from the class of 94 it's me myabee and yes a big applause to our new superintendant Gary Jones
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