Joy over tacos

Anything but traditional food was on the menu for the Hudson family. Not being fans of turkey the they opted for a Mexican traditional food of tacos.

" we used to make turkey and mash potatoes every year and nobody would eat it . so my dad decided to make tacos one year and we loved it " Noah the second oldest recalls .

The Hudson family whom is comprised of Mike the father , Sheila the mother, Sam the eldest , two middle children Noah and Jack and the only daughter and youngest Barbara.

 

Making non traditional food for thanks giving has become a growing trend. Jennifer Morrison  supervisor at the comcast call center has been making Mexican food for thanks giving "I have been making Mexican food for about two years now, my husband loves it ."

This Particular thanksgiving was however important to the Hudson family .  

On Oct. 14, Mike Hudson was diagnosed with brain cancer .

 Having just been operated the family united from across the country to celebrate what could be there last Thanksgiving.

     " It's really sad , I meant he was doing good a few months ago" states Barbara

Spirits where not low on this occasion, Mike thanked everyone for their support and the evening continued . 

Jack the second youngest also announced that he was expecting.

 The evening was rapped with flan desert. and the running joke " no turkeys ware harmed during the making of this meal"

A Sacramento based artist movement that began in the early 70's is still alive and active in Mid-town Sacramento.

The Royal Chicano Airforce (RCAF) is a group of Latino and Hispanic artists that bases itself out of the La Raza Galeria Posada on 22nd street.

The La Raza Galeria Posada exhibits art from local and non-local latino artists. The featured artists can be amatuer or professional as long as their work symbolizes latino culture or politics.

"I like to go (to La Raza Galeria Posada) because they show some cool things. They'll have like paintings from different artists that you can't find at places like Crocker" says Eduardo Ochoa, a 29 year old fan of the RCAF. "I mostly like them for their political stuff, but the drawings are pretty cool too."

The RCAF is known for their silk screenings, and their Chicano-based art includes a lot of skulls and skeletons as artistic imagry.

The RCAF and the La Raza Galeria Posada are also known for their contributions to the popularization of the "Dia de los Muertos" parade in Sacramento.

The La Raza Galeria Posada offers workshops staring in early October that show people how to make sugar skulls and altars for the Latino celebration.

October through early November is the busy time for the gallery with multiple workshops and preparations for the Dia de los Meurtos parade. Their work is also often displayed on campus at CSU Sacramento to get students interested with the cultural art.

Celebrating diversity in Old Sac

Free event draws crowd in dowtown Sacramento.

Over 1,000 people attended the World Music and Dance Festival in Old Town Sacramento.

The event was part of a two-day celebration that began the previous night at the Memorial Auditorium.

The open-air event in Old Town Sacramento featured two dancing stages that allowed spectators to enjoy the diversity of live music and dancing from local performers.

Over 27 cultures were represented at the festival through information booths, singing, dancing, music, and custumes. From saris to kilts, spectators arrived wearing their own family's traditional costumes.

Sacramento is home to a very diverse population, and the festival allowed people to immerse themselves in other cultures.

The booths invited curious people in by offering quizes and hands-on projects, while other areas allowed people to get more physical. The second dancing stage offered an intimate experiece where cultural dancers would teach steps to dances and get the audience to join in and dance around the stage.

The Global Village was he first event put on by the World Music and Dance Festival. This event was the first annual cooperative festival involving so many cultural performance groups from the Sacramento area.

Low funds raised for volunteers

A three week long fundraiser is underway at the Yuba-Sutter youth soccer games, to raise mooney for new refferee uniforms.
Now in its second week of play, the youth leauge has been collecting funds as is cutomary each year.Parents and spectator will be charged $2 parking admission or donations of higer amount.

The games take place at the Feather River River Bottoms Fields, and at various schools in the Marysville, Yuba City, and Olivehurst.

Organizer where disapointed after the first game of the season showed a low parent turn out. The second game promised to be worse , only one of two lots had filled and there was nothing to indicate more cars would come.

High temperatures are preventing spectators from coming out to the games. This in turn affects the progress of the fundraising.

The proceeds from parking and admission are used to purchase uniforms for the volunteer referees of the league, and to pay for league cost .

Many parents blame the low turn out on the heat.
Parent, Cristina Arana, hopes that the last week of the fundraiser will benefit from a larger turnout. “The fundraiser is important to the league…and the low attendance and heat are negatively effecting the kids' desire to play in the league.”

Students must balance school and work

CSUS students have to make choices when it comes to balancing work and school. CSUS student Raul Mejia, 24, is looking for a new part-time job. He had to quit his full-time summer job because it interfered with his class schedule. His employer could not cater to his scheduling needs, so Mejia made a choice that many students have to make every semester.

The majority of classes offered at CSUS fall between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and many classes only offer one section a semester. Many employers in the sacramento only offer positions from the typical 9:00-5:00 business hours.

The conflict between the hours available to students for both work and school leave them with choices that they have to make.

Students like Jose Villalobos, CSUS graduate student, have had to quit their jobs because they cannot work and attend classes at the same time. Villalobos is "living off of student loans right now" because it is "too hard to fit both in and still get A's."

Other students choose to work odd hours just to be able to attend school.