Have you ever taken a quiz on where is the best place for you to live? One of the questions asked in that particular quiz is do you want to live near a university. Living near a university provides a lot or resources and opportunites.
Yesterday, at OSU I went to a presentation on Chicana Gangs by Dr. Marie “Keta” Miranda author of Homegirls in the Public Sphere. After that, I dropped in on a class in the Department of Geography titled:
605 Special Problems in the Geography of Latin America (it is a link to the syllabus)
The analysis of selected topical problems in Latin American geography; typical problem areas are urbanization, industrialization, transportation, agricultural development, and regional development.
The class is taught by Kendra McSweeney (sister of McPocho). Damn her readings are awesome, and her class is well organized. Her students are doing amazing projects on the migration of Latin Americans into Delaware and Franklin Counties, Health Care access and interpretation in medical situations for immigrants here in Columbus. And while this is just a small portion of what they covering in the class these students will learn more about Spanish speaking people in Ohio then anyone (or perhaps even all students combined) in my Spanish in Ohio class.