Latino students attend Vandal Challenge

      
By Melisa Carper
   Argonaut Staff

      

      
The
      fourth annual Vandal Challenge hosted 29 Latino students at the
      University of Idaho last weekend.  

      


      Vandal Challenge, a recruitment program at UI, is designed to
      promote higher education for Latino high school juniors and seniors,
      and is sponsored by La Organizacion de Estdiantes Latino Americanos.
        

      


      Luz Salazar a junior at Marsing High School, has seen several
      of her peers drop out of school. 

      "I think this program is really good at getting kids to
      come to college. Most of my Hispanic friends don't even graduate
      or just work after high school," Salazar said.    

      


      Alvaro Salinas, a junior from Marsing High School, had suggestions
      for the program.

      


      "It seems like only the students that are already planning
      to go to college apply for the program," Salinas said.

      


      To be accepted to the Vandal Challenge program students must
      fill out an application and write a short essay. 

      


      "I think it would be better if it was more like a training
      program that made us the middle man between the high school and
      the college so we could go back and tell other students who aren't
      going college about UI," Salinas said.

      


      Salinas said he is planning to enter the forestry program at
      UI and had a warm welcome to the college.

      


      "I will definitely be back. I've already made promises to
      friends I've made here that I'll return," Salinas said.
         

      


      The program is supported by New Student Services, Dean of Students
      Office, College of Letters and Science and Student Affairs.
 

      
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