El Paso is 256.3 square miles, so in my eyes it’s pretty big. From the alluring sight of the sunset that the west side of El Paso provides, to the desert view the far east side shows for miles on end there are just so many beautiful places to go. Yet of all the places to go there’s one that I always enjoy visiting, and that’s downtown. I love walking around downtown and exploring each of its stores, casting an eye over its beautiful buildings, and contemplating the atmosphere that is downtown.
Imposing Affirmative Action in El Paso Have you ever applied for a job knowing that you are more than qualified for the position? But somehow you remain overlooked by someone who is bilingual, and perhaps less qualified. Well I have, predominantly here in El Paso. El Paso, a city constantly growing with more: schools, hospitals, and jobs; Where many have flourished in these endeavors. However people who are not bilingual seems to be excluded in these opportunities. But instead of remaining unemployed;
little money or construction jobs. According to the Observer “wage theft is prevalent in construction, custodial work and other low-paying industries and the victims tend to be undocumented people, women and people of color. Some cities — Houston and El Paso among them — have responded recently by disqualifying companies with a history of wage theft violations from getting city contracts”. Illegal immigrants who come to the U.S. thinking that they will have a better future than at their place where they
too. People tend to underestimate how important health is and that includes mental, physical and spiritual well being. El Paso County is located in the south eastern part of Colorado and is about 61 miles away from Denver the capital of Colorado. El Paso County sits at 6,035 feet which sits over one mile above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly higher. El Paso is also near one of the famous fourteeners of America, Pikes Peak. (Source: http://www.medicinenet.com) Mental health
The Saga of the Tigua Indians The Saga of the Tigua Indians is an amazing one. By all reasoning they should have been wiped out long ago. There quiet defiance to change, however, has carried them through. From the height of civilization to near extinction the Tigua have remained. They endure imprisonment by the Spanish, oppression and manipulation by everyone that followed. This is the story of a people thought to extinct, that are once again learning to survive. Early histories of the Tigua
border of the United States and Mexico. It was a 16-hour ride for him since the roads over there are very curvy because of the mountains. Also the roads aren't of high quality. When he arrived there he took a taxi across the border into El Paso, Texas. El Paso is where he took a plane to O'Hare Airport in Chicago. My grandpa picked him up. He quickly noticed America was full of work. He noticed how advanced the United States was and the quality of the streets, buildings, and cars. It was
Like most families in this city of El Paso, mine is Catholic, when talking about religion, I remember when I was little my mother and I attended to other religious services which my mother was invited to. From Sunday religious class I had thought that this was a sin however, my mother told me that it did not matter because we ourselves knew we were Catholic. Thus, I have the belief that people are born into religions and they must follow it as they were destined to. I tell this story to talk about
happens to everyone’s, everyday life. Mine started when I went to a summer camp in El paso, Texas. The camp is on a military base named Fort Bliss. I went to this camp two times, both were equally as fun and life changing. On base they had a wide variety of leadership reaction courses waiting for us. The first day I was late and almost missed the bus, but luckily I packed a week ahead of time. The ride to El paso, Texas was about six to eight hours long and very exhausting. When we arrived at Fort
My trip to El Paso, Texas was an adventure full of excitement and new experiences. My father and I made the trip there to pick up my brother and move his stuff home. This was my first time ever going to Texas and I was excited to go on this road trip with my father, john, plus I haven’t seen my brother in a year. There are many reasons why I will always remember this trip and some moments where I was scared for my life. The trip had many exciting moments like the car accident, or the supposed car
History of El Segundo, California There is a quaint little town sitting at the edge of what is known to most as the South Bay called, El Segundo. Even while being surrounded by LAX airport, the Hyperion Water Treatment Plant, and the Chevron Refinery, this town manages to carry its history and culture all through out its community. We will further discuss A brief history on how this city got its start, what kind of environment does El Segundo offer for families and business large or small and finally
El Paso has seen its fair share of heat, drought, storms and floods. The complication the binational region has to concentrate on will be management after flash flooding. In order to accomplish an earlier warning time frame the meteorologist need to get ahead of the “Climate Whiplash”. Geologist have already figured out why the ground cannot naturally absorb the stormwater leaving it to the city to find a way to divert or control the runoff. There are many ways to have the water led away from the
Ifill pg.1 Prior to 1966 African Americans were not allowed to play basketball with Caucasians. That all changed when six African American men, led by coach Don Haskins of Texas Western College, played in the March, 1966 NCAA championship and won. I believe that Don Haskins created significant change for African Americans and college basketball. Although Don Haskins brought about change for college basketball, it was not without the historical help of Texas Western College. Texas Western was the
Mis barrios de El Paso y Ciudad Juárez I grew up in El Paso while going to visit family in Jáurez every weekend. Reflecting on both of the neighborhood I grew up in I now notice many differences between my grandmother’s neighborhood and the one my family lived in in America. The changes were really that of going from one country to another. My grandmother lived in a poor area, in El Paso we live in a middle class neighborhood. In Juárez, my grandmother lived on an interesting street that I absolutely
Meditation, the key to having tranquility within your spirit and body to awaken your inner-self. For many people, meditation is the key to reach Nirvana to complete the Noble Eightfold Path, no one wouldn’t expect a small community of Buddhist within El Paso, located on East Yandell Street. Helga Carrion an elderly, wise monk, starts the meditation session from eleven to eleven forty-five in the morning. As a Buddhist, we must take off our shoes before entering our sanctuary and before worshipping Buddha
A major problem that most residents in El Paso, TX face would be the lack of street lighting in certain neighborhoods. Drivers are at risk of being injured when driving down these kinds of conditions. As it gets darker earlier the visibility becomes poor causing it to be harder to see, making the driver unaware of their surrounding and giving them a higher risk of creating a dangerous situation for pedestrians. When these problems occur drivers can be unaware when pedestrians are walking, which mean
Mexicans of El Paso 1880-1920 analyzes and discusses the Mexican immigrants to El Paso, Texas. The most western city of the vast state of Texas, a city in the edge of the Chihuahuan desert; a place too far away from many regions of the United States, but as Mario García explains a very important city during the development of the western United States. He begins explaining how El Paso’s proximity to different railroads coming from México and the United States converged there, which allowed El Paso to become
Every sports movie is based on an inspirational story of a person or a team overcoming some hurdle to achieve greatness. Glory Road follows the 1966 Texas Western Basketball team. This team showed the world in 1966 that basketball talent is not based on race. The feat that they achieved forever changed the game of basketball and the sports world. The movie, Glory Road, made in 2006, depicts the concepts of emotional abuse, curfew, and stereotype. The 1960’s were a time of change that slowed the
Don Haskins was the head basketball coach at Texas Western College from 1961 to 1999. Growing up in the 1940s, he had a love for basketball but he lacked raw talent. His friend, Herman Carr, who was black, was a better player and they had played many games together during the course of their primary school years. Haskins was always bothered by the fact that Herman had to drink out of the coloured fountain, and use different restrooms. He did not understand why he was being treated as inferior despite
Glory Road is a sports film that could be described as the typical standard sports film. This meaning that the films story line follows the story line of most sport films that are produce by the major movie production companies. Of course this film has its own personal twist and turns that make it unique in itself. The film Glory Road follows a team that begins as the disadvantage underdogs that take way on a story line journey as the underdogs having to overcome multiple obstacles in a dream of
The Region of El Norte El Norte was a vast region composed of modern day South California, South Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and North Mexico. The people of this region, known as Norteños or Tejanos, had a struggling start, and fought countless different factors that could have set them back and even doomed them for extinction. Through all the bumps along the road the region of El Norte boomed and grew, forging its inhabitants to shape to the harsh conditions, making Norteños to be strong