Tech on Tec

The image of a city is produced from a combination of factors: edifices, people, and cultural practices, along with numerous small details that constitute the intricacies of that particular place. However, these small details are typically lost on a visitor’s first impression, which usually is drawn from pictures, tourist sites, or transportation terminals. As for […]

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Just a few weeks before our arrival in Mexico, controversial photographer Spencer Tunick completed a mass photo shoot in the Zocalo in Mexico City—the largest of its kind, with an estimated 20,000 participants—despite prolonged resistance.
The first source of resistance was purely practical. Because Tunick originally planned to perform the shoot at the pyramid at […]

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The primary source of coffee grown in Mexico is Chiapas, a southern state known for its agricultural economy and poverty among its citizens- some of it extreme.  The coffee growers of Chiapas, most of whom are a part of small cooperatives instead of large plantation-run operations found in places such as Brazil, have recently encountered […]

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The first few days that we spent in Mexico were exciting as we explored Monterrey in small enclaves of international students. They were also filled with a flurry of meetings, including one that covered the substance abuse policy of Monterrey Tec. As foreign representatives of this prestigious university, an administrator insisted, we would be […]

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