The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 2007 Page: 14 of 19
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The Ranger • www.theranger.org
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Even more importantly, he stressed, one-on-one communication is
the best way to change the world. “If you’re looking for a mentor, be
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English-as-a-second-
language is being taught
in two flex sessions for the
first time this semester.
This allows students
to complete the required
12 semester hours and
be ready to take the
Accuplacer test for col-
lege placement, Dr. Anna
Budzinski, chair of the
foreign language/ESOL
department, said Feb. 2.
Budzinski said these
ESOL flex courses have
been set up for the first
time in a pilot program of
two eight-week flex sched-
ules this semester.
“We like this schedul-
ing and will continue with
this program next fall with
some minor adjustments,”
Budzinski said.
The courses are
designed to accommodate
international students
requiring an accelerated
ESOL program and stu-
dents who may be fluent in
speaking English but need
help with reading and writ-
ing comprehension.
This college has 307
students enrolled in Flex 1
and a predicted enrollment
of about 325 students for
the Flex 2 program, which
begins after spring break.
The tuition for the Flex
1 schedule is $1,152 for
the six-hour program, and
the Flex sessions 1 and
2 combined cost $2,171.
These figures reflect the
cost for nonresident inter-
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International and other
students enrolled in the
English-as-a-second-lan-
guage flex courses are
now referred to as non-
native speakers of English
instead of international or
foreign students.
These students
classified in that
ner because
to embrace
are
man-
“we want
them all
and include them all,”
Budzinski said.
"For many of these stu-
dents, this is the first step
in their academic and pro-
fessional career,” she said.
Anyone interested in
these courses may contact
the foreign language and
ESOL department in Room
583 of Moody Learning
Center or call 733-2300.
After speaking at length about the
problems that are prevalent in America
today, he turned to how to solve some
of those problems across the globe.
“Americans have to work harder to
fit in with the rest of the world,” Chuck
D said, referring to current events.
He spoke of the low passport rates
in the nation, and said that having a
passport is a way of saying, “I’m intro-
ducing myself to the world.”
The way to solve international rela-
tions, he said, is to travel to other coun-
tries, to learn about how people across
the world think, act and become active
in the global community.
Chuck D explained the way that
black music, culture and Martin Luther
King Jr. are connected.
He presented it as a history lesson, saying that when slavery was still
in place, there was no way for black people to speak their minds, and so
Students from THnity were present in abundance at the event, some
citing extra credit opportunities as the most common goal.
This stood out in contrast to the spirit of the lecture, which pushed
vision and self-motivation. “Your cell phone is a human remote,” Chuck
D said, claiming that the items commonly used for communication are
used to control people instead.
After the program, students seemed to be supportive of the lecture.
Ashante Reese, president of Trinity’s Black Student Union, said she
“loved it: it was great and entertaining.”
She added that Chuck D passed on some great information in a
comfortable setting and offered hands-on ideas for students to become
involved in their communities.
Legendary hip hop artist and social activist, Chuck D, spoke Jan. 31 at Trinity
University’s Laurie Auditorium.
they turned to artistic endeavors.
“Black music is black culture,” he said, adding that to find that cul-
ture, one needs to explore the artists who lived in the time.
He further elaborated, saying, “Musicians are not like actors.
Musicians always make music.”
He spoke of B.B. King and how the great musician recently checked
into a hospital in Galveston at the age of 81 while on tour.
“Artists were reflections of the movement,” Chuck D said, referring
to the civil rights struggle in America.
Amidst highly animated gestures, the vocalist moved on to the
topic of local companies, such as San Antonio-based Clear Channel
Communications. “Clear Channel has been poisoning the air around
here for years,” he said, citing them as one of the top violators of the
spirit of hip-hop and rap music.
MTV was his next target, which he dubbed “Empty-V,” claiming
that it is among the companies selling youth and making “29 the new
teen years.”
These companies, he said, sell the same records all of the time and
hold on to the past so they can make more money from old ideas. In
doing so, these companies are going counter to the very spirit of change
and innovation that they are trying to harness.
This is how 18-year-old musicians with no responsibilities become
role models and spread messages of violence, Chuck D said. “Death is
good business,” he said, adding that companies’ reputations “rely on
reducing people to consumers,” and not thinkers.
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