In a Deaf household many barriers can be formed and pose as a roadblock for communication. Simple tasks as talking on the phone, to calling each others name’s, are not done the same in a Deaf household.

“Too Many Tamales” originally written by Gary Soto, has been adopted into a play for the last thirteen years at the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts Theater.

BY SIGOURNEY NUÑEZ

Bilingualism, when a person is fluent in two languages, can happen simultaneously. According to a Linguistics and Chicano/a Studies professor at California State University Northridge, Ana Sánchez-Muñoz, “Normally when parents speaks two languages, the child can acquire those two.”

Our reporters’ opinions and comments posted on their blogs:

* ECO-CONSCIOUS:
Obama Confirms Copenhagen Trip

* THE EDUCATION REPORT CARD:
Cell Phones in the Classroom

* TECH JOTT:
Twitter, Facebook, Enter Gaming World

* THE CITY’S STILL BREATHING:
Is Graffitti Art?…

* TRENDS IN L.A.:
Alexis Y Fido Performance at Poteros had LA Perreando

* REGARDING HEALTH:
El dia internacional de la eliminacion del la violencia en contra de la mujer

By NICOLAAS KOPPERT
Veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan today finding it more difficult to cope with everyday life in America than it was to deal with war. In September 2007, I came home thinking that it was taboo for an infantry soldier to discuss personal problems with a doctor. It took me about a year to seek help and even today I am afraid of telling my comrades.

The White House and members of Congress must move quickly on enacting a just and humane immigration reform package that will reunite families, reinvigorate the economy, and remove the term “illegal or undocumented immigrants” from the dialogue in this country.

By LINDA COBURN
EL NUEVO SOL
Entrepreneur Patricia Gracia is opening a woman-owned business incubator in Santa Clarita as a way to help other Latinas follow in her footsteps.

By VICTOR CORONA

30 years after hip hop was born in the Bronx, New York, many of the people who were at the first block parties and heard their first rap or beat box and saw their first breakdance did not imagine what it would become and the places the genre reach would. not to mention the influence it would have on the generations to come.

By ALLISON HATA
Students of many different backgrounds at California State University Northridge (CSUN) can be found studying in the windowsills of Manzanita Hall, walking up the steps to the Oviatt Library or grabbing a cup of coffee from The Freudian Sip.

Por JACKIE GUZMÁN
EL NUEVO SOL

California podría beneficiarse con más de 16 mil millones de dólares anuales si se legalizara a los inmigrantes latinos no autorizados, de acuerdo al Centro de Estudios para la Integracion de los Inmigrantes (CSII) de la Universidad del Sur de California (USC). En California, existen más de 1.8 millones de adultos indocumentados que aportan a la economía del estado.

BY DENISE VASTOLA

The California Research Bureau published a report, “Health of Migrant Farm Workers in California,” in 2002. It noted there are a number workplace hazards, including unsafe or unsanitary working conditions and exposures to pesticides and other agricultural chemicals.

By MARLENE PANTALEÓN
EL NUEVO SOL
After serving their country for several years, veterans come back to their lives to only find themselves lost in a life with limited options. Anthony Ortega served the military for 10 years and he came back to a life of drugs and into the streets. “Living in the streets of skid row is a daily battle. It’s America’s own inside war,” Ortega said.