El Paso

Mexican theatres Mexicans began attending movie after several Mexican theatre locations opened by World War 1. The International Amusement Company of El Paso opened and with it, came seven theatres in El Paso. These theatres included the Alcazar, the Eureka, the Hidalgo, the Paris, the Iris, and the Rex. The movie houses were founded on South El Paso street. In 1917, the films being shown were produced in Mexico. Mexicans had the familiarity of entertainment similar to their native cultural…

off with simplest question ever, “what is your name?” His name is Andrew Paul Braid; he was born in Santa Barbara California. When he was 5 Years old, he moved to La mesa, Texas, from there he moved to Fort Stockton and finally arrived in good old El Paso. He grew up in music, his grandma…

Texas at El Paso. As her research assistant, I helped her compile literature for literature reviews for journal articles that she intended to publish. I also assisted with the IRB application process, and was responsible for checking the formatting, grammar, and spelling in said articles. My junior year as an undergraduate student, I received a fellowship with the Get Covered America program. During my time there, I was responsible for conducting phone surveys with individuals from the El Paso…

his personal integration into American culture. Oscar Zeta Acosta reacts to this internalized racism with a lack of personal identity displayed through his abandonment of responsibility, traditional male dominated gender dynamics, and his return to El Paso Mexican border. Prior to embarking on a journey of self-discovery throughout the Southwest, Oscar Acosta is a divorce and domestic relations lawyer for the poverty stricken county of East Oakland. Although Oscar is not constrained by a wife…

When I go to college I want to get bachelors in software engineering. This requires great skills in mathematics and computer science. This should take roughly four years no matter where I go to college. El Paso community college (EPCC) has done much in the beginning to accomplish one of its few main goals, to provide masses of people with quality education. EPCC was founded in June 1969 and grew very rapidly in population that they were forced to build more complexes of buildings to house the…

patients, but a nurse is who goes above and beyond to fulfill his/her obligations of helping others. As a nurse, I hope to work and make a change in Woman’s Health. Through my working experience as Mother-Baby nurse in Houston Area and volunteering in El Paso, I have observed that several females neglects to take care of their health. They do not receive annual checkup, prenatal care or seek help during the time of pregnancy. By not receiving care during pregnancy and not getting the proper…

the risk ratio and all the positive changes we can make as teachers. Both of these subjects are not new material, but the textbook did enlighten me and hopefully other’s views on the subjects. The risk ratio was a huge problem in my hometown of El Paso, Texas. We had a lot of immigrant students coming from across the border of Mexico. The city implemented a lot of well-designed programs that included bi-lingual schools and activities. Unfortunately, with so many under privileged and diverse…

Never Forget September 11th, 2001 a day that no one in this country will ever forget. Every year this day comes along I’ve actualized that it’s filled with sorrow and remembrance. Most people have no memory of when this tragic event in the U.S.A. occurred; however, Florence Jaramillo and Guillermina Trevizo remember that day like it was yesterday. When it came to the interview there was a great deal of similarities and a couple of differences between Mrs. Jaramillo’s and Guillermina’s responses…

I do agree with the authors of our textbook that art is everywhere in our daily activities if we apply the term art in non-specific ways, then yes art is with us constantly in our daily life whether we acknowledge it or not. Creative artistic expressions are found in even the most mundane and commonplace acts of the daily lives of all peoples. (Peoples p346) What we wear, how we do our hair and for some makeup, jewelry, piercing or tattoos are all expressions of us being an “artist” and our body…

Richard Ramirez, “The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960, in El Paso, Texas. The mother that gave birth to him was Mercedes Munoz and the father of Richard is Julian Tapia Ramirez. They both met each other when they were fourteen and eventually fell in love and got married in 1948. Richard was the youngest of five children and as he was going up he had a bad childhood life. He always hung around with his older cousin named “Mike”, Mike always told Richard stories about…