One of the most controversial events in University of Houston history begins today. Thousands of students, alumni and family members will go over to Calhoun for the annual Frontier Fiesta. I, however, will not be participating in this celebration.
I'm broke.
I will not get to see Jaime y Los Chamacos sell their souls to the white devils. I heard the only reason they're there is because Los Chamacos thought they were playing at the grand opening of a Fiesta store.
"Will that little perico be there?"
"The what?"
"The parrot, man, the parrot."
"Oh yeah, sure, sure."
Lies. Little white lies.
I went to see The Who in '87 as part of The World's Biggest Party, and who was playing on the second stage?
None other than Jerry Jeff Walker. Now some 10 years later he's playing at Frontier Fiesta. This just goes to show you that if you really try, you can reach your dream. Keep truckin', Jerry. Garth Brooks status can't be too far away.
The Fiesta Gazette insert neglected to include an event added at the last minute.
Fiesta organizers flew in real Mexicans for all the Mexican-Americans in search of their roots. The Mexicans will force the Hispanics to speak Spanish. Then they'll become disgusted with these impostors and tell them they're not Mexican. Frightened Hispanics will then be taunted with cries of "Pocho! Pocho! Pocho!" as they scurry off to the candlelight vigil.
I don't need that kind of abuse. I get enough of it at home.
What am I thinking? The waxburners are probably too tired from protesting the president's town hall meeting to even light a candle.
Have we run out of things to protest now? This was a discussion about athletes as role models. Yes, race was a big part of it, as it pertained to sports. Why was LULAC complaining about having only one Hispanic on the panel? Is the sports world so loaded with Hispanics that you think an 11-member panel should be filled with us?
Baseball is the only major sport to have a significant amount of Latino athletes, but there's this little thing going on right now - it's called the baseball season. I'd rather see Moises Alou driving in runs than hear him give the same answers to the same questions. You can take Jose Eusebio, though. Did you see him miss that tag last week? Geez.
Oh, but then there's soccer, the world's most popular sport. The only thing I know about soccer is that Carrot Top plays for one of the MLS teams.
Jesus, people. Do you have to protest everything? I realize you think there should be more Hispanic representation across the board, but at least it's a start. You can't walk through the door until you open it.
De La Garza, a junior
political science major who can be reached at edelagar@bayou.uh.edu,
can't wait to see the mail
he gets this week.