MercedCollegeUsing Foto-novelas to Attract Latino Culture to Campus
By Victor A. Patton, MercedSun-Star
California's Merced College is trying to attract male Latino students with an unusual promotion. The college plans to distribute several free 'foto-novelas' illustrating the benefits of a college education to area churches, clinics, and grocery stores. In the comic book-style stories, bubble captions narrate photographic tales of young Latino men grappling with the choice between a life of toil in the fields or restaurant kitchens and following their professional dreams. The novelas encourage the young men -- who are underrepresented on the college's campus -- to see the practical payoff of going after their dreams. (Thanks, Racialicious.) -- Eric Kelsey
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/local/story/13849872p-14422698c.html

Sportswomen Find Place in Halls of Their Own
By Kristin Bender, Women's eNews
The accomplishments of female athletes have long been overlooked by the public eye. While men's athletic triumphs grace the walls of countless halls of fame, tributes to women's sports have been hard to come by. Recently, though, recognition has been popping up around the country. Kansas is opening an Independent Women's Football League Hall of Fame and the National Sports Museum in Manhattan is constructing a hall of fame devoted to individual female athletes, teams, and coaches. -- Cara Binder
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3266/context/cover/

The Most Powerful People You've Never Heard Of
By Adam K. Raymond, Radar
You may have never heard of Sessalee Hensley, but it's possible that the woman determines what books make it to your bedside table. Hensley is the fiction buyer for the behemoth Barnes & Noble and one of the many names on Radar's list of the most powerful people you don't know. Others honorees include: Erik Prince, founder and CEO of the contract troop supplier Blackwater; Bob Perry, the man whose political maneuvers introduced 'swiftboating' into the American vernacular; and China's Wu Yi, the burgeoning superpower's 'Iron Lady' vice premier who's regularly tapped to handle the country's relations with the United States. --Chris Gehrkehttp://radaronline.com/features/2007/07/carlos_slim_helu_dick_cheney_david_addington_bob_perry_1.php