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Houston college students mentor local robotics team
This spring, students from the University of Houston chapter of MAES began volunteering with the robotics program at Reagan High School, located in the Houston Independent School District. The high school students in the robotics club, under the instruction of Mr. Fernando Blasco, design and build robots using FIRST …

Young professional Hispanics learn personal philanthropy, will award $8,000
In a tough year, donations nearly double to Latino Giving Houston. A growing membership helped raise 43% more in donations to support the group’s grant making efforts Houston, Texas – February 9, 2012 – Latino Giving Houston, an organization which formed in 2009, plans to award its largest grant …

Latinos in Social Media continues national expansion, opens Houston chapter
The largest Latino social media professionals organization opens a Houston chapter. The city will also play host to the 2012 LATISM national conference.

Kindle Fire review: Worthy investment for students
The Fire diverges away from tradition, through its clever integration of multimedia capabilities. This does not necessarily mean that the device can go toe-to-toe with other tablets in terms of processing power or features, but it gives users a unique service.

Banned authors, activists to smuggle contraband wet books into Tucson
Houston novelist and radio personality forms a caravan to smuggle “banned” books back into Arizona. The event is in support of the now disbanded Mexican American Studies program, whose students had their Latino literature confiscated.

Student turns used college books into savvy tech startup
Unlike many of the young, well-connected tech entrepreneurs portrayed in the media, Galvez, founder of HoustonBookExchange.com, didn’t get funding from a venture capital firm or startup incubator. Instead, this budding tech mogul took a more traditional route.

Latina among a growing number of unorthodox young entrepreneurs
Young entrepreneurs are the game-changers that America needs right now. (They) are a dynamic resource for national recovery and growth. One Columbiana has set out to help the community while investing in her dream.

Barbie is shelved for ‘taking over the souls of youngsters’
The conservative website Mashregh reported this week that the police has recently instructed toy stores in Iran to take Barbie dolls off the shelves and released an announcement that they can no longer be sold. As a result of the new instructions, some of Tehran’s large toy stores have …

U.T. DREAMers to help residents become U.S. citizens
Discouraged by the constant anti-immigration bills being introduced around the country, student activists at the University of Texas are determined get more minorities to the polls in this election year. The University Leadership Initiative will be hosting a citizenship drive. The event will allow eligible residents to work with …

Google and Wiki blackout: What is SOPA and why it’s important
No it’s not Spanish for soup. The Stop Online Piracy Act proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, …