During winter term 2016, two OSU student activists Mai Xee Yang and Nicthé Verdugo worked with Charlene Martinez, Associate Director of Integrated Learning for Social Change within Diversity & Cultural Engagement, on a project entitled Voices Without Borders for their Arts and Social Justice Practicum course. For more information, see the OMA blog: http://wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-multicultural-archives/2016/03/19/voiceswithoutborders/, Interview Summary: Part 1 of the interview begins with project participant introductions and with Verdugo explaining the interview purpose and structure. The purpose is to bring together the Hmong and Latino/Chicano communities to speak about the stories behind their families coming to the United States. The interview structure is for each person to have four minutes to share their story, followed by an opportunity for artistic expression, and closing with a reconvening to reflect on the stories shared and artwork created. The participants Alejandra Mendoza, Lorena Ambriz, Guadalupe Garcia, Warren Wang, Gina Chang, and Nitché Verdugo then share their parents’ immigration stories, their connections to their race/ethnicity, and reflections upon their own identities. In Part 2 Mai Xee Yang and Natalia Fernández share their family immigration stories and how they have shaped their lives. Audio file available via MediaSpace: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/0_8rt11i4v, Project Participant Bios: Alejandra Mendoza was born in Fresno, CA and raised in Boardman, OR, and is majoring in Mathematics; Lorena Ambriz was born in Mexico, raised in Eastern Oregon, and is majoring in Sociology; Guadalupe “Lupe” Garcia is from Salem, OR, and is majoring in Human Development and Family Sciences; Warren Wang is from Portland, OR, and is majoring in Biochemistry/Biophysics; Gina Chang is from Portland, OR, and is majoring in Psychology; Nitché Verdugo is from Southern California and Mexico and is majoring in Ethnic Studies with a focus on Chicanx/Latinx Studies; Mai Xee Yang is from Portland, OR, and is earning a Bachelors in Fine Arts. Natalia Fernández is from Tucson, AZ, and is an archivist. Mendoza, Ambriz, Garcia, Verdugo, and Yang are members of M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán). Wang and Chang are members of the OSU Hmong Club.
Robert Walls, Director. Thomas Roberts, Organist. David Chase, Pianist. Includes: Who is Sylvia?; A Wonderful Life; The Evening; All' meine Herzgedanken; Two verses of e.e. cummings; Sing We Merrily unto God Our Strength; Festival Te Deum; Nigra Sum; The Bells of Youth. In stereo.
Robert Walls, Director. Thomas Roberts, Organist. David Chase, Pianist. Includes: Missa Brevis; Crucifixus; Hear the Murmuring Waters; Haste Thee, Nymph. In stereo.
Robert Walls, Director. Karen Haus, Accompanist. Marlan Carlson, Violinist. Angela Carlson, Pianist. Includes: O Music, Thou Most Lovely Art; May God Smile on You (wedding cantata); Many a Song; Antiphonal Hosanna; Psalm 150; From the Easter Cantata-Mourn, Mourn Ye Saints and Jesus Christ is Risen Today; Gloria in Excelsis; Rejoice in the Lamb; I saw a Stranger Yestereve. Soloist for Mourn, Mourn, Ye Saints: Connie Rudd. Soloists for Rejoice in the Lamb: Colleen Knutson, Jeri WIlliams, Larry Hubble, George Schroeder. In Stereo.
Senator Gordon Smith's remarks, given on the US Senate floor, are heard on the audio file. He was congratulating the 2006 OSU Baseball Team on winning the NCAA College World Series. It is 2 minutes and 37 seconds long.
Includes: Land of the Empire Builders; Take a Ride to the Coast; The Girls of Oregon; Night; Turtle Dove; Lewis and Clark of the First Infantry; Oregon State College Creed.
Performed by The University Chorus and the OSU Chamber Orchestra. Bernard Gilmore, Conductor, Orchestra Director. Robert Walls, Chorus Director, Reciter. Thomas Roberts, Organist. Janet Mills, Rehearsal Pianist for chorus. Includes The Saint Luke Christmas Story by Cecil Effinger.