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Cubans' Expectations Increase For Better Access To Internet, Information, And World Connection, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

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Is Ecuador's Social Participation An Illusion?, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

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Five-Part Film Festival Examines Soviet And Hispanic Cinematic Traditions, Lawrence University

Press Releases

Five rarely-screened international films will be presented Feb. 19-27 in Lawrence University’s film festival “КИÑО: Exchanges between Soviet and Hispanic Cinema.”

The festival will explore the cinematographic and thematic exchange between Soviet and Hispanic cinematic traditions.

All films, with English subtitles, will be shown in Main Hall 201 at 4:30 p.m. on their respective dates. Each film will be preceded by a small presentation and an interactive audience discussion will follow the screening. All film showings are free and open to the public.

Organized by Lawrence’s Russian and Spanish departments and the film studies program, the festival showcases films by …

Three Years After The Quake That Killed Hundreds Of Thousands In Haiti, With 300,000 Still In Tents, A Question Arises—Where Is The Money?, George Rodrã­Guez

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Violence, Crime In Mexico Remain Obstacle To Growth Of Foreign Tourism, Carlos Navarro

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Bolivia Rejoins Un's Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

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El Salvador Seeks International Help To Block Gold Mine In Guatemala, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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Geologists Discover Huge Aquifer In Southeastern Area Of Mexico City, Carlos Navarro

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Huge Explosion Rocks Administrative Headquarters Of State-Run Oil Company Pemex In Mexico City; Gas Leak Apparent Cause, Carlos Navarro

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Uruguay's President Josã© Mujica's Simplicity Draws Attention Around The Globe, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

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Enrollment Is Up, But Quality Problems Persist In Nicaragua’S Public Schools, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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National Security Response To Crisis With Nicaragua Creates Corruption Scandal In Costa Rica, George Rodrã­Guez

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Supreme Court Panel Rules That French Citizen Florence Cassez's Civil Rights Were Violated, Orders Her Release, Carlos Navarro

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Clock Is Ticking On Chilean President’S Push For Same-Sex Civil Unions, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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Honduran Magistrates Opposed To Police-Purge Law Sacked By Congress; They Appeal To Supreme Court, George Rodrã­Guez

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Victims’ Compensation Law Goes Into Effect, Carlos Navarro

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Paraguay Looks Ahead To Presidential Elections, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

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Criticism Of Anti-Terrorism Bill In Peru, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

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Ecuador: Made-To-Order Justice, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

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Controversial Highway A Step Closer In Bolivia, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

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The Dominican Republic Four Months After President Danilo Medina Took Office, Crosby Girã³N

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Ejã©Rcito Zapatista De Liberaciã³N Nacional Observes 19th Anniversary Of Uprising In Chiapas, Carlos Navarro

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Another Look At The Present Perfect In An Andean Variety Of Spanish: Grammaticalization And Evidentiality In Quiteño Spanish, Jenny Dumont

Spanish Faculty Publications

The existence of an extensive body of literature on the Present Perfect (PP), both Spanish-specific (cf. Alarcos Llorach 1947, Copple 2011, Escobar 1997, Gili Gaya 1972, Howe 2013, Rodríguez Louro 2009, Schwenter 1994, Schwenter & Torres Cacoullos 2008, inter alia) and cross-linguistic studies (cf. Bybee, Perkins, & Pagliuca, 1994, Comrie 1976 Harris, 1982, Squartini & Bertinetto 2000, inter alia), attests to the complexity of accurately describing the uses, meanings and functions of the PP. Among the studies of the PP in Spanish, two main approaches are employed. In one approach, the grammaticalization, analysis of temporal and aspectual uses of the …

Not By Power, But By My Spirit: Satb Choir, Dale Grotenhuis

Choral Arrangements and Compositions

This piece contains parts for SATB choir and optional trumpet or brass quartet. Includes instrumentation for B flat trumpet, trumpets I and II, trombone I and II, and baritone treble clef; 20 pages.

Integrated Or Isolated Experiences? Considering The Role Of Service-Learning In The Spanish Language Curriculum, Gabriel Ignacio Barreneche, Héctor Ramos-Flores

Faculty Publications

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Tal Como Eres, Yvonne Gabrielle Senat

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this project was to write my own theatrical production which would solely include myself as the actor. I drew upon my experience of traveling abroad alone to create a ten-minute solo show. I re-enacted the experience with the use of dialogue, singing, and dancing.

The Officialization Of Spanish In Mid-Nineteenth-Century Spain: The Academy’S Authority, Laura Villa

Publications and Research

This chapter addresses the role played by language and schools in the history of Spain’s nineteenth-century liberal nation-building project. Both the Spanish language and the public school system were strategic sites where national consensus could be built and, consequently, the achievement of linguistic homogeneity through education became a central goal for the state. In particular, I examine the conditions that favored the linguistic norms developed by the Royal Spanish Academy and the debates that surrounded their officialization and imposition in the emerging national school system. While the historiography of Spanish has traditionally described the selection and implementation of the RAE’s …

Evaluating The Phonology Of Nicaraguan Sign Language: Preprimer And Primer Dolch Words, Julie Delkamiller

Special Education and Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

Over the past 30-years linguists have been witnessing the birth and evolution of a language, Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua (ISN), in Nicaragua, and have initiated and documented the syntax and grammar of this new language. Research is only beginning to emerge on the implications of ISN on the education of deaf/hard of hearing children in Nicaragua. The purpose of this comparative exploratory field study was to evaluate preprimer and primer Dolch sight words and sign language frequency between English, American Sign Language (ASL), Spanish and Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua (ISN). The research focused on word and sign frequencies …

Patterns Of Spanish-English Code-Switching In Children's Literature In The Us: The Use Of Español In Books Para Niños, Megan Rae Vasatka

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

Spanish-English code-switching is a prevalent and significant form of communication in bilingual and bicultural communities. Authors who wish to reflect and validate cultural and linguistic diversity in their written works may incorporate code-switching in their texts. The purpose of this study is to explore the growing trend of the inclusion of the Spanish language in English-based books written for children in the United States. In order to better understand how code-switching is utilized by authors of varying Spanish language proficiency, fourteen non-native Spanish speakers were surveyed and seventeen examples of their children's books that include Spanish-English code-switching were analyzed in …

Resisting Colonialism: Cultural Syncretism, Indigenous Agency And Exploition In Colonial Potosí, Isaac Galef-Brown

Senior Independent Study Theses

I analyze the transition indigenous peoples made from their native Andean communities to the Spanish colonial city of Potosí­ in modern day Bolivia. Although most historic study focuses on the infamous mita system of forced indigenous labor, I study the transition through the indigenous lens to find example of their economic gains as well as the cultural interactions they had with Spaniards. This alternative focus gives Potosí's past a very different characterization, defined less by exploitation and more by cultural syncretism.