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S TA F F
M A NAG I N G E D I TO R
A RT D E P TA RT M E N T
D e s i g n D i r e c t o r
A s s o c i a t e C r e a t i ve s
A r t A s s i s t a n t
C o n t r i bu t i n g Wr i t e r s
Re s e a rc h
L I T E R AT U R E
E x e c u t i ve E d i t o r
S e n i o r E d i t o r
S t a f f Wr i t e r s
F E AT U R E
E x e c u t i ve E d i t o r
S e n i o r Wr i t e r s
H E A LT H & F I T N E S S
E x e c u t i ve E d i t o r
S e n i o r Wr i t e r
D e s i g n D i r e c t o r
C O O K I N G
Fo o d D i r e c t o r
S e n i o r E d i t o r
I m a g i n g D i r e c t o r
FA S H I O N & S T Y L E
Fa s h i o n D i r e c t o r s
S t a f f Fa s h i o n E d i t o r s
S t a f f C o n t r i bu t o r s
P h o t o g r a p hy
M o d e l s
I m a g i n g D i r e c t o r s
C o py C h i e f
C o m p i l a t i o n
L i z H a s s e l
C l a u d i a R a n g e l
M a y a H a r d i n g , Ja z m i n S a l a z a r, Je s s i c a Ve l a r d o & X a v i e r To r r e s
N e h e m i a h L u c a s
A n a B r i t o , N a n c y R o m a n , L u p e R o m e r o & S y l v i a R o m e r o
A n a B r i t o , N a n c y R o m a n , L u p e R o m e r o & S y l v i a R o m e r o
L i z H a s s e l
K a r l a M o n t e s d e O c a
S a m C a s i l l a s , Ja d e M c N e i l , J u a n M o n t e s d e O c a , K a r l a M o n t e s d e O c a & Ja z m i n S a l a z a r
L i z H a s s e l
M a y a H a r d i n g , C a r l a O r t i z & C l a u d i a R a n g e l
L i z H a s s e l
T i c h i n a S o l e r
C l a u d i a R a n g e l
I m a n i O r t i z
X a v i e r R i o s
I m a n i O r t i z & X a v i e r R i o s
A n a B r i t o , N a n c y R o m a n , L u p e R o m e r o & S y l v i a R o m e r o
A n a B r i t o , L u p e R o m e r o & S y l v i a R o m e r o
G i s e l l e C a s i l l a s , A n t o i n e t t a Jo h n s o n & Ja r r i s a H e r r a r a
S o n i a E n i d R i o s & X a v i e r R i o s
K a r l a M o n t e s d e O c a , I m a n i O r t i z & S y l v i a R o m e r o
A n a B r i t o & S y l v i a R o m e r o
L i z H a s s e l
A n t i o n e t t a Jo h n s o n , C a r l a O r t i z & Je s s i c a Ve l a r d o
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
HEAD ON THE RAINBOW
LOvE
SELFLESS ExPRESSION
GIRL
UNTITLED
FASHION
UNTITLED
MCA
TAKE ME AWAY
I FELL FOR YOU
LIFE
NATURE
THE INSIGNIFICANT vICTORY
MUSIC THAT LOvES
LOvE IS
THE FALL OF METROPOLIS CITY
SOCCER
WHITE LINES
BUDGET CUTS
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
STAY FIT ON THE CHEAP
CHEESE OMELET RECIPE
LASAGNA RECIPE
BAKED MOSTACHOLI RECIPE
TEMBLEqUE
FLAN
C. Rangel
C. Rangel
C. Rangel
X. Torres
J.Salazar
M.Harding
J.Velardo
A. Brito, N. Roman, L. Romero
& S. Romero
K. Montes de Oca
J. Salazar
J. Salazar
K. Montes de Oca
K. Montes de Oca
S. Casillas
S. Casillas
J. Montes de Oca
K. Montes de Oca
J. McNeil
M. Harding & C. Rangel
C. Oritz
T. Soler
I. Ortiz
I. Ortiz
I. Ortiz
I. Ortiz
I. Ortiz
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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM
NAILS! NAILS! NAILS!
SPLIT PERSONALITY
SHADES OF SUMMER
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
CONTRIBUTORS LIST
I. Ortiz
A. Brito, L. Romero
& S. Romero
G. Casillas & J. Herrara
A. Johnson
A. Johnson, C. Ortiz &
J. Velardo
C. Rangel
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HEAD ON THE RAINBOW
• ART BY •
Claudia Rangel
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LOVE
• ART BY •
Claudia Rangel
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SELFLESS EXPRESSION
• ART BY •
Claudia Rangel
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GIRL
• ART BY •
Xavier Tor res
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UNTITLED
• ART BY •
Jazmin Salazar
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FASHION
• ART BY •
Maya Harding
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UNTITLED
• ART BY •
Jessica Velardo
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Ana Brito, Nancy Roman, Lupe Romero & Sylvia Romero
W R I T T E N & C O M P I L E D B Y
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago
P H O TO G R A P H Y
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P O E M S & S H O RT S TO R I E S
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We are so far apart
Yet I feel like I’m so close to you
You brought me happiness
When I thought everything was a mess
Now we only hope for the best
You showed me what love is about
You took away from my doubt
Now you showed me that you would stay with me
Even if it wasn’t meant to be
I began to love you with all my heart
Without caring of what would come
Without caring what would happen
Without caring when it would
We only care of what we feel
Even if everyone makes it a big deal
TAKE ME AWAY
• WRITTEN BY •
Karla Montes de Oca
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I began to miss you every day and night
I want you to always hold me tight
And scare away all my frights
Take me to an endless dream
Where no one else would scream
That you and I can’t be together
Take me to a place far from here
Where we can be together forever
Where our enemies can’t get near
Take me away to paradise
Where there is nothing to jeopardize
Take me to a place where no one says a lie
Where people live and never die
Where our love can flourish forever
And no one would care if we’re together.
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I fell for you with hopes too high.
There I was-- nervous all the time.
Don’t know what to do when you’re around.
I try to deny what I feel, but I can’t.
My smile says it all when I see you.
I can’t believe you don’t realize how much I love and care for you!
So love is blind, and here I am—falling blindly for you.
It’s those eyes and smile that caught my eye.
And so I fell for you.
I FELL FOR YOU
• WRITTEN BY •
Jazmin Salazar
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Life is not a choice that we decide on.
But the way we choose to live is.
Life could be beautiful, but at times so tough.
Ups and downs and ups and downs
But it is what you make it.
Don’t turn your back on life.
Be blessed with the way you live.
I’m blessed with the way I live mine.
LIFE
• WRITTEN BY •
Jazmin Salazar
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Nature is the environment. Nature is the animals. Nature is the oceans. Nature is the rivers. It’s the
forests, the jungle, the desert, the birds, the insects, the flowers, and the trees; the rain that comes and
the snow that lands and melts each upcoming year. Nature is life—the beauty of this planet.
NATURE
• WRITTEN BY •
Karla Montes de Oca
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Only a couple of winters have passed since I left my home along with my customs and culture, yet it
seems as if I am living the life of a white man. My soul is filled with confusion as I see the younger kids
dressing as the white kids do. They don’t dress the same way that I once did when I was a young child.
Everyday I sit outside this new home that looks more like a house rather than a home. Strangers walk
around day and night. I live in this place that white people say is my home, but it will never be like my
real home where I hunted for buffalo to survive, and ate meals next to my loved ones. This place will
never be like my home where when my people were in danger, I fought for protection and honor.
It seems so recent that government people came over to the reservation to announce that the
reservation was no longer the Sioux Land, and that each individual was to own a small plot of land.
Their first appearance was only an announcement; shortly everything became a reality. Since I was a
young boy, my grandfather told me that there was no owner of the land; everyone had the same rights
over the land. Now this new idea of power, rule and government has come to break my people’s beliefs.
I slowly look around and see how my people’s culture gets destroyed each day that passes by.
I still remember the last victorious battle I fought. I was only 13 winters old. My family and
I, along with our tribe, the Sioux, were settling over at Black Hills, close to the Little Bighorn River. I
was happy then; my people and I lived in peace and we had everything needed to survive. We had the
buffalos to feed us and also to provide us with tools and clothing. A few miles away, the Cheyenne were
settled. They were peaceful Indians who caused no problems to my people. It wasn’t until the early
summer of 1874 when white people began to settle at Black Hills. I heard that those people were in
search of gold. Gold was very valuable to them, and they were willing to do whatever it took to move
us out of the land.
One night as I sat by the fire, Sitting Bull said, “I don’t like what I’m seeing. I am afraid these
miners are going to cause us problems.” My people still had hope left. There was a treaty signed in our
favor, and we all hoped that it would be taken seriously by those people. Unfortunately, Sitting Bull was
right. A couple of weeks passed when problems began to arise.
On the evening of July 15th, 1876, warriors announced that troops were coming our way.
THE INSIGNIFICANT VICTORY
• WRITTEN BY •
Karla Montes De Oca
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My people began to panic and became horrified at the idea that blood would pour in the Black Hills.
Women cried and immediately began to call for their children to go to a safe tent where they could be
protected. I heard women cry for their husbands who were getting ready to go to battle. I was a warrior,
and so I got ready for battle and hugged my mother goodbye. I jumped onto my horse and began to ride
towards the troops. There were a lot of Indian warriors, but there were also plenty of soldiers. Arrows
flew everywhere; some hit soldiers’ hearts and others missed. Warriors hit the ground plenty of times as
they were impacted with the bullets from the soldiers’ weapons. There were more Sioux survivors than
soldiers, however, many soldiers and warriors lay dead in the ground of our land.
In the last minutes of the battle I observed soldiers’ and Indian warriors’ blood flow together.
It was like a river that ran half a mile. I couldn’t believe what my eyes saw. So many souls had been
killed. As my horse crossed the river of blood, a soldier shot him, and I fell to the ground. I was injured
by the fall, and I couldn’t fight the soldier. Many soldiers rushed to me and chained my hands and feet;
as if I had energy within me to fight them back. As they took me away from Black Hills, a soldier asked
me, “What’s your name young warrior?” I wasn’t afraid of the white men. They were people like I am,
perhaps even weaker than me. So with great confidence I answered, “My name is Achyuta.” He looked
away for a few seconds and suddenly said, “Achyuta, take one last close look at the Black Hills because
it will be the last time you ever see it.”
The soldier was right. Since that time, I have not gone back to the Black Hills nor seen the
Little Bighorn River. So many of my people were captured that night. Each night I wished that my
people could fight back and win their battle, but as time went by, I figured out that no battle would stop
the angry white men ‘s search for gold. The battle of Little Bighorn was a great victory for my people,
but not significant enough for other tribes. It was an insignificant battle where many souls were lost and
many lives destroyed. Now, many Indian tribes have been sent to the reservations, and they live a similar
life to mine—stripped of my identity and a stranger in a new land.
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You have a smile that lights up the room. Your hair is so beautiful that rain would not dare fall
on it. Your face is so beautiful that no one notices whether you are wearing any jewelry. You are a light
in a sea of darkness.You are like a student and I am like a math book—you solve all my problems.You
are my treasure; I worship the ground you walk on. You are the cream in my coffee. You are the stars to
my nightime.You are the puzzle piece that has been missing from my heart. You are the light of my life.
You are the wind beneath my wings. You are the song in my heart.
MUSIC THAT LOVES
• WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED BY •
Sam Casil las
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LOVE IS
Love is a nutrient: I am starved for love.
Love is a journey: It’s been a long, bumpy road.
Love is a unity of parts: We’re as one. They’re breaking up. We’re inseparable.
Love is a bond: There is a close tie between them.
Love is a fluid in a container: She was overflowing with love.
Love is fire: I am burning with love.
Love is an economic exchange: I’m putting more into this than you are.
Love is a natural force: She swept me off my feet.
Love is a physical force: I was magnetically drawn to her.
Love is an opponent: She tried to fight her feelings of love.
Love is a captive animal: She let goa of her feelings.
Love is war: She conquered him. Love is insanity: I am crazy about you.
Love is a social superior: She is completely ruled by love.
Love is rapture/a high: I have been high on love for weeks.
The object of love is a deity: Don’t put her on a pedestal. He worships her.
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Metropolis City was a utopian society where its civilians knew only of peace and kindness. A 13-year
old boy named John van Persie lived in Metropolis City. John never experienced or witnessed blood,
war or death. The living society caged themselves off from the outside world so their inhabitants would
remain naïve of evil things. They did the same routine every day—wake up, eat, spend time with one
another, sleep. The city leaders supervised their conversations and actions. When a new member of a
society was born, the rulers made sure that the newborn was never contaminated with the conventional
world’s ideas.
One day, when John was riding his bike, he saw an airplane above him and peddled faster. Once
he looked back to the road after chasing the plane before it disappeared behind the clouds, he realized
he was in a place that looked nothing like his home. He was hungry and stranded in the wilderness. He
looked for something to eat, but the only thing he saw was a rat. He grabbed a stick and stabbed it. Once
it was dead, however, he did not know how to cook it without a stove. He had no survival skills, and he
became sad once he realized he committed murder and could not even eat the rat.
He sat beneath the shade of a tree and fell asleep. All of a sudden, BAM!!! BAM!! BAM! John shot
up from his sleep; his heart was beating fast. He froze in fear as he saw men in black armed with what
he would later know to be weapons surrounding tanks in the center of an open field. He looked up to
see helicopters and sniper plans circling above him. John didn’t know what these things were, but by
the looks of the men, he knew these were things that did not represent peace and harmony. In due
time, John would discover that these men were city outcasts that had been banished from Metropolis
because they snuck out of the city gates and saw what the outside world looked like. They had been
tainted with outside ideas and wanted to shed the ignorance of the Metropolis Dwellers. The president
of Metropolis banished them from the city and their families, opting exile over killing them only so he
could remain true to his values of being peaceful. For years the outcasts had been planning on avenging
their family names by attacking the center of Metropolis.
John realized that he was in danger so he snuck away to go back home. It took him two days to
encounter familiar land. When he got home, John went to tell the president of the city what he had
seen. He said that there were men dressed in black with big machines that appeared to be doing things
THE FALL OF METROPOLIS CITY
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Juan Montes De Oca
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that violated peace and harmony. The president of the city knew the men John was talking about, but
what concerned him as much as the men’s plan was the fact that John had been outside of the city and
had been exposed to the evils of the world. He asked John how he had gotten that far from the city, and
John showed him the path he ridden his bike down. The president realized that the men planning the
attack on the city had destroyed one of the gates that confine the city’s inhabitants, and John rode right
through the open space without even realizing he was leaving his own territory. The president thanked
John for his help then ordered the city police to take John and show him his way outside of the city; he
had seen more than he should have seen and could no longer live with his people.
As he was being escorted out of the city, John saw the tanks rushing toward the gate. He was caught
in the beginning crossfire and died before he could warn the others; John could not prevent the city’s
destiny. Hours later Metropolis was completely destroyed. All that remained of the city’s legacy was
rubble and streets stained with blood.
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SOCCER IS THE BEST SPORT IN THE WORLD.
It is the most popular sport in Latin America and Europe. The official soccer rules were created in the
mid-nineteenth century in England. This sport in no time spread to various parts of the world. It is now
governed internationally by FIFA. Currently, billions of people are followers of this sport. Many young
kids dream to become professional superstars like Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, xavi Hernandez
and Landon Donovan. In the United States, however, only 1 in 1,250 boys that play soccer in high
school will be drafted by Major League Soccer. With hard work, dedication and maybe even a little luck,
a handful of young U.S. soccer stars will break records and play in future World Cups.
SOCCER
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Karla Montes De Oca
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WHITE LINES
• BOOK REVIEW WRITTEN BY •
Jade McNeil
One of my favorite books of all times is White Lines by Tracy Brown. White Lines is about a 16-year-
old girl namedJada who goes through many challenging life experiences as she grows up in the streets
of Staten Island, New York.At the start of the story, she lives with her apprehensive mother, Edna, her
very abusive and alcoholic stepfather,J.D., and her only sibling, Ava, who is 14-years-old. Her real father
left her family when she was 10-years-old foranother woman.
As she lives with their stepfather, things begin getting hard for Jada and Ava. He begins drinking
heavilyand is mentally and physically abusive towards his stepdaughters and their mother. The girls do
not want to telltheir mother about the abuse they incur because she always sides with her husband and
ignores the issues herdaughters are forced to face. After they are badly injured by their stepfather, they
think that their mother will leaveher husband, but instead she accuses them of telling lies. Ava was so
hurt by her mother’s denial that she attempts tocommit suicide. Jada finds her before it is too late and
saves her sister from a tragic death, and Ava is admitted into ahome for troubled teens. A few years later,
Jada’s stepfather passes away, and Jada experiences for the first time alife free of fear. Her new sense of
freedom, however, is detrimental to her well-being. She begins to spend time withfriends who negatively
influence her and introduce her to drugs, and her grades in school suffer.
After a while, Jada’s mother finds a much older boyfriend named Mr. Charlie. Mr. Charlie also
abusesJada, but threatens to tell her mother about her unhealthy escapades if she tells on him. He gives
her drugs to helpher escape her sadness and bad feelings. Eventually, her mother finds out about Mr.
Charlie and Jada’s drugexchange and kicks Jada out of the house, but lets Mr. Charlie stay. Because Jada
has no money and nowhere to go,Mr. Charlie lets her stay at his house.
Jada starts to feel as if things are getting better until Mr. Charlie says that Jada owes him for
taking care ofher and that she must him right away. She turns to the streets to make money, but after
a while she decides that thelife she is living is not one she wants to live anymore. She disconnects herself
with Mr. Charlie and finds a man who truly loves her name Born. He helps her get clean from drugs and
loves her unconditionally. They later get married.Later, Jada befriends a woman who uses drugs and she
gets sucked back into her old lifestyle. She begins stealingdrugs, and when Born catches her, he leaves her.
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Jada learns that she must stop abusing drugs and turning to the streets in order to live a fulfilling life.
Eventhough Jada is a fictional character, she goes through so much that teen girls are going through
today. Although hercharacter struggles time and time again with weighty issues, her mistakes stand as
an example to young girls of whatnot to do. I believe her story can help girls avoid making the same
mistakes and choose healthy ways of living overdestructive ones.
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F E AT U R E S TO R I E S
Maya Harding & Claudia Rangel
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H E A LT H & F I T N E S S
HTIPS ON HOW TO STAY PHYSICALLY FIT
Home is that place where everyone is at peace. It only seems natural that you should be able to workout
in a place of peace. You don’t have to travel to a gym or spend hard-earned money in order to look
good and feel great. Cardio exercise and toning exercises are the easiest exercises anyone can do to stay
healthy at home. There is no need for a treadmill or weight lifting machines. Here are nine exercises
that everyone can add to their workout routine.
STAY FIT ON THE CHEAP
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Tichina Soler & Claudia Rangel
Stretching your body will help you not pull muscles while you work out.
It will also help your body to warm up so that you can get started on your
exercises. Make sure that you stretch out your hamstrings, quads, calves
and inner-thighs for about twenty seconds each.
STEP 1: STRETCH
STEP 2: JUMPING JACKS
You can start with jumping jacks to get your body pumped up. Do about
a good two minutes of jumping jacks. It’s a good workout to get your
arms & legs the exercise it needs.
STEP 3: SqUATS
Squats are a little bit painful but it’s an awesome workout for your thighs.
You can do one minute of squats just to get you started. Jumping squats
are harder but a challenge wouldn’t hurt!
STEP 4: SIDE LUNGES
Squats are a little bit painful but it’s an awesome workout for your thighs.
You can do one minute of squats just to get you started. Jumping squats
are harder but a challenge wouldn’t hurt!
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If you want tighter calves & thighs marching in place for one minute &
doing step up for two minutes will help you get them.
STEP 6: MARCH IN PLACE & STEP UPS
One minutes of jumping rope also helps your arms and legs.
STEP 5: JUMP ROPE
To help you work out on your arms, a regular 20 set of push up will build
up your arms muscle.
STEP 7: PUSH UPS
STEP 9: TRICEP DIPS
Doing triceps dips is easy. Take a chair and start lifting your body up.
Perfect work of your arms!
Help your Abs out by doing five minutes of sit-ups. You will feel the burn
in your hard work.
STEP 8: ABS
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TIPS ON HOW TO STAY MENTALLY FIT
Being fit is the number one topic all over the media. Stick thin models, crash diets and expensive weight loss plans and muscle
training programs litter television commercials, magazine ads and radio announcements. Women, especially young teenage
women, are greatly influenced by this propaganda; the evidence of this influence lies in the rising cases of anorexia, bulimia and
compulsive exercising, as well as in the profits of the multi-million dollar dieting market. These illnesses become increasingly
serious every day. They don’t have to continue though! There are ways to stay mentally fit which leads to be physically fit. Your
mental health must be in great shape first, and your body’s health will follow suit.
Love yourself. Tell yourself you are beautiful inside and out, and accept yourself exactly as you are.
Be bold and let your inner light shine!
Believe in yourself. Tell yourself you can accomplish anything and that you are strong!
Embrace your differences. There is nothing wrong with being different. After all, diversity is one
of America’s bragging points!
Accept your problems. Accept that life doesn’t always go your way. In situations you cannot control,
make the best of it and keep a positive attitude. For problems you can control, seek positive solutions
and the support of others while you work on making a change.
Ask for help. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Ask the people closest to you, which may be your family
and friends. You must be honest and straightforward.
Stick with positive people. If you have positive energy around you, it is easier to be positive about
yourself. Distance yourself from people that always put themselves down or put you down. Positivism
will attract you to other positive and mentally strong people.
Reevaluate role models. Role models are not the people you see on T.v that are skinny and in shape.
They are people who try to make a difference in their own lives, the lives of others and in the world at
large; they are hard working, and they love themselves and those around them.
Eat healthy. If you don’t already, start eating healthy. Avoid eating fast food and strive to eat plenty
of fruits and vegetables. Try to get the vitamins and nutrients your body needs through whole grains,
low-fat protein and colorful fruits and veggies.
Exercise. The main goal is for you to avoid laziness by getting up and working out your body. You can
get together with a group of friends and have your own work out sessions. Bond with your friends and
create a sense of responsibility and discipline. Exercising will not only make you healthy and fit, but
happy as well.
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C O O K I N G
1. Beat eggs in small bowl with fork or wire whisk until yolk and
whites are well mixed.
2. Heat butter in 8-inch skillet over medium high heat until butter
is hot and sizzling. As the butter melts, tilt skillet to coat bottom
with butter.
3. Quickly pour eggs into skillet. While rapidly sliding skillet back
and forth over heat, quickly stir eggs with a fork to spread them
continuously over the bottom of the skillet as they thicken. When
they are thickened, let stand over heat a few seconds to lightly
brown bottom of omelet. Do not overcook!!
4. Tilt skillet and run a spatula under edge of omelet, then jerk
skillet sharply to loosen omelet from bottom of skillet. Fold portion
of omelet nearest you just to the center. Allow for a portion of the
omelet to slide up side of the skillet. Turn omelet on a plate, and
enjoy your wonderful cheese omelet.
INGREDIENTS:
-2 EGGS
•2 TEASPOONS
BUTTER OR
MANGARINE
•¼ CUP SHREDDED
CHEDDER CHEESE
•SALT AND PEPER
IF DESIRED
RECIPES
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Imani Ortiz
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1. Preheat oven tp 305 degrees F
2. Saute chopped onions and bay leaf in ¼ cup oil until onion is
tender. Add garlic, oregano, and 2 teaspoons basil; cook and
stir for 2 more minutes. Add tomatoes. Cook for 1 hour. Stirin
cinnamon and set pan aside.
3. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, add lasagna noodles
and bring water to boil again. Cook until noodles are al dente.
Drain well.
4. Mix together ricotta, eggs, ½ cup paresan cheese, and 2
teaspoons basil.
5. Saute cliced onion and mushrooms in 1/8 cup oil until tender.
Add spinach and zucchini to the pot. Cover pot, and cook until
spinach is wilted.
6. Spread ½ cup of tomato mixture into baking pan. Place 1 layer
of noodles on top of the tomato sauce; spread all the ricotta
mixture onto the noodles; place another layer of noodles atop
of the ricotta mixture; pour 2 cups tomato sauce onto the
noodles; arrange all of th sauteed vegetables on top of the
sauce;arrange another layer of noodles; pour the remaining
tomato sauce over the final layer of nodles and top with
mozzarella cheese and 1 cup paresan cheese.
7. Bake the lasagnafor 45 to an hour. Romove the lasgana from
the over and let it cool before serving
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 (16 ounce)
package lasagna
noodles
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 chopped onion
• ¼ cup vegetable
oil
• 2 chopped garlic
• 2 teaspoons dried
oregano
• 4teaspoons dried
basil
• 1 (14.5 ounce)
can of crushed
tomatoes
• 1 (29 ounce) can
diced tomatoes
• 1 pinch ground
cinnamon
• 1 pint part- skim
ricotta cheese
• 2 beaten eggs
• ½ cup grated
parmesan cheese
• 1 sliced onion
• 1 pound sliced
fresh mushrooms
• 1 pound chopped
spinach
• 2 sliced zucchinis
• 1 pound
mozzarella cheese
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1. Preheat oven
2. Cook mostacholi according to package directions for firm pasta.
3. Brown the sausage, onions and green pepper until meat is no
longer pink inside. Stir often to break up the sausage.
4. Drain well. Add sauce, and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for
10 minutes.
5. Put small amount of sauce into the bottom of pan.
6. Next layer one half of the pasta over the sauce and add 2 cups of the mozzarella
cheese, cover with 2 cups of sauce.
7. Bake mostacholi for allotted time, then cool for ten minutes before serving.
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 pound bulk mild
Italian sausage
• 1 medium
chopped green
pepper
• 1 large chopped
onion
• 5 cups meatless
spaghetti sauce
• 1 (16 ounce)
mostacholi
noodles
• 4 cups shredded
mozzarella cheese
• ½ cup grated
parmesan cheese
• Oven temperature
350 degrees
RECIPES
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Imani Ortiz
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In a sauce pan mix together
the cornstarch, sugar and salt.
1. Whisk in the coconut
milk and simmer over
low to medium heat.
2. 3. Stir contantly until
mixture is thoroughly
cooked and thickens.
3. 4.Remove the saucepan
from the heat and pour
pudding into individual
dessert cups.
4. Allow the pudding to
chill in the refrigerator
for at least an hour.
Garnish with sprinkled
ground cinnamon, a
cinnamon stick, and/or
toasted cocnut flakes.
INGREDIENTS:
• 4CUPS
•½ CUP SUGAR
•½ CUP
CORNSTARCH
•¼ TEASPOON
SALT
•GARNISH:
GROUND
CINNAMON,
CINNAMON
STICKS, OR
TOASTED
COCONUT
FLAKES.
RECIPES
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Imani Ortiz
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1. Stove top carmel- Melt 1 cup of sugar in a non-stick pan, add 3
tbp water, and cook over low heat. Keep your eye on it. If it burns
you will have to start over. It should start bubbling, no need to stir.
When it turns golden it’s done. Using a non-stick pan will cause it to
just slip off the pan when pouring, easy to clean later.
2. Immediately pour the caranel into the metal pan and swirl it
around to cover the bottom and sides. The caramel should have
cooled down before you pour the egg mixture in it.
3. Flan- Blend all ingredients until completely mixed. Pour the flan
mixture through a metal strainer right unto the caramelized pan.
4. Set the mold in a broiling pan. Cover with foil. Cook in a 350
oven for 1½ hrs.
5. Test the flan to see if it’s done by inserting a knife in the center,
the knife should come out clean. Remove from the oven carefully and
let it sit on the counter until it cools. Afterwards cover it with foil and
refrigerate for at least four hours.
6. To serve lay a plate, with sides, like a pie plate, on top of the mold
then carefully flip it over. Leave it upside down for a few minutes so
allow all the caramel to drain on the flan. To clean the mold just soak
in hot water with soap.
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 can
evaporated milk
• 1 can condensed
milk
• 8 whole eggs
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla
• Pinch of salt
RECIPES
• COMPILED BY •
Imani Ortiz
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Place the cocoa powder along with 1 cup of the half-and-half into a
medium saucepan over medium heat and whisk to combine. Add the
remaining half-and –half and the heavy crem. Bring the mixture just to a
simmer, stirring, occasionally, and remove from the heat.
1. In a medium mixing bowl whisk the egg yolks until they lighten in color.
Gradually add the sugar and whisk to combine.
2. Temper the cream mixture into the eggs and sugar by gradually adding
small amounts, until about 1/3 of cream mixture has been added.
3. Pour in the remainder and return the entire mixture to the saucepan and
place over low heat.
4. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture thickens slightly and
coats the back of a spoon and reaches 170 to 175 degrees F.
5. Pour the mixture into a container and allow to sit at room temperature for 30
minutes. Stir in the vanilla extract.
6. Place the mixture into the refrigerator and once it is cool enough not to form
condensation on the lid, cover and store for 4 to 8 hours or until the
temperature reaches 40 degrees F or below.
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 ½ OUNCES
UNSWEETEN
ED COCOA
POWDER
• 3 CUPS HALF
AND HALF
• 1 CUP HEAVY
CREAM
• 8 LARGE EGG
YOLKS
• 9 OUNCES
SUGAR
• 2
TEASPOONS
PURE
VANILLA
EXTRACT
RECIPES
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Imani Ortiz
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FA S H I O N & S T Y L E
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Karla Montes de Oca, Imani Ortiz & Sylvia Romero
Ana Brito, Lupe Romero & Xavier Torres
Ana Brito & Sylvia Romero
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SPLIT PERSONALITYS H O E S T Y L E S f o r B O T H YO U R S P O RT Y & S T Y L I S H S I D E S
• COMPILED BY •
Gisel le Casil las & Jarissa Her rara
WA L K I N G TA L L i n H I G H H E E L S
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SPLIT PERSONALITYS H O E S T Y L E S f o r B O T H YO U R S P O RT Y & S T Y L I S H S I D E S
• COMPILED BY •
Gisel le Casil las & Jarissa Her rara
K I C K I N ’ I T i n t h e L AT E S T K I C K S
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SHADES OF SUMMER
• COMPILED BY •
Antoinet ta Johnson
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A few years ago I was walking to my cousin’s house, and I saw a friend passing by in her car. I began
to wave to her and as I rose my hand paying full attention to my friend, I hit a light pole face first! I
was mortified!
JEN H.
I was in 6th grade, and I had a crush on my really cute teacher. One day we were walking down to
lunch, and I had my pen and notebook in my hand. I dropped my pen and as I bent down to pick it
up, my pants ripped straight down the middle... and he was right in back of me laughing it up.
ANA M.
I once did a cartwheel and farted at the same time; right in front of my boyfriend!
ROSA S.
One summer day I was walking around the neighborhood with my friends. I thought I looked
really cute because I was rocking this new outfit I just bought. When I was walking past a tree, I felt
something warm plop on my head. My friends started laughing at me as they said, “ Dude, you have
bird poop on your head!” I felt myself turn super red!
MARIA O.
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
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Antoinet ta Johnson, Carla Ortiz & Jessica Velardo
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THE DIFFERENCES ARE
1.The folds on the bow. 2.the shadow in the tree. 3. the bird on the bottom left gone 4. the clip on the shirt gone. 5. the
birthmark on the bottom ringht chin gone 6. her earring is gone 7. the suns smile is missing, just a flat smile.
SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
• ART BY •
Claudia Rangel
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THE CONTRIBUTORS
• SUMMER 2010 •
Fellowship Connect ion Technolog y Prog ram
CARLA ORTIz
LIz HASSELSAM CASILLASGISELLE CASILLAS
IMANI ORTIzJUAN MONTES DE OCA
KARLA MONTES DE OCAANTOINETTA JOHNSONJARISSA HERRARA
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NOT PICTURED
Ana Brito, Eddie Camacho, Ciera Felton, Maya Harding,
Nehemiah Lucas Jade McNeil & Sonia Enid Rios
THE CONTRIBUTORS
• SUMMER 2010 •
Fellowship Connect ion Technolog y Prog ram
JAzMIN SALAzAR
NANCY ROMAN
JESSICA vELARDOxAvIER TORRESTICHINA SOLER
SYLvIA ROMEROLUPE ROMERO
CLAUDIA RANGEL xAvIER RIOSA
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