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Thursday, February 22, 1990/THE J-TAC/Page 5
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Munoz adds spice to classes
By Barbara Martin
Staff Writer
Dr. Hugo Munoz-Ballesteros
comes from a land where hope
isn't a large comodity.
But that hasn't affected his
hopeful attitude, he says, nor has
it affected the attitudes of the
students he teaches at Tarleton
State University.
Munoz-Ballesteros is one of
Tarleton's newest teachers —
popular with his students because
of his conversational approach to
Spanish, an approach that adds
zest to a class that could be bor-
ing and difficult.
"It's your class," Munoz-
Ballesteros is often heard to say
to students if they show timidness
in asking questions in regard to
his lessons. The Spanish instruc-
tor is known for his unwill-
ingness to w^ste even a single
moment of class — which may
exasperate even the most hard-
boiled of students, but pays off
in well-needed high grades at the
end of the semester.
This is what most of his
students agree makes him unique
— a definite asset to Tarleton
State University.
And Munoz-Ballesteros is very
fond of his new place of employ-
ment. "It's good that things cir-
cle around the university," he
says. "AtUTA, [where Munoz-
Ballesteros used to teach] things
were spread around. I'm not say-
ing that they [at UTA] are not
good students, but students here
are more dedicated to their
studies."
Munoz-Ballesteros is from
Cali, Columbia. He settled in the
United States in 1983, due to
political problems in his
homeland.
But his experience in the
United States was not limited ex-
clusively to his 1983 pilgrimage.
In 1967 Tennessee, he attend-
ed Presbyterian Bethel College,
where he majored in Bible study
and religion. Originally intending
to teach Religious Education, he
went on to attend the University
of Iowa on a teaching assistant-
ship, concurrently working on a
Masters Degree in Business
Administration.
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After graduation, Munoz-
Ballesteros worked in South
America for an american com-
pany, eventually establishing his
own labor relations consulting
office.
Shortly thereafter, he worked
as City Manager in Cali, manag-
ing City Parks and City services,
giving lectures at the local col-
lege, teaching seminars, and
helping organize a graduate col-
lege there.
He taught his first Spanish
class at the University of Iowa in
1971.
After deciding to make
America his permanent home,
Munoz-Ballesteros attained his
PHD during the five year period
he taught at UTA — where he
recieved his Doctorate in
Humanities and Spanish.
About Columbia: the Guerillas
have been a problem for approx-
imately 40 years, he says.
"Most guerillas are leftists and
most are found hiding in the
mountains," he says. "Now
guerillas and narcotic trafficers
are working together." .
This, he says, provides protec-
tion for the drug trafficers and
arms for the guerillas. Colum-
bians do not profit.
"Many good people have been
assassinated and the country is
suffering. Columbians are the
victims," he says.
Although the political situation
in his homeland is often com-
plicated, Munoz-Ballesteros
manages annually to visit his
"small 500 acre ranch." He
raises Brahma and horses.
However, he says, schools are
developing in Columbia. The
government is spending more
towards the "peasant" children's
educations.
"Grocery stores are always
full, and no one goes hungry in
Cali" Munoz-Ballesteros says. "
Taxed monies go to poor
children to feed them healthy
meals. This is all done by Col-
umbia, without aid from the
outside."
Columbia, he says, is a
democratic country — the longest
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