Published: June 30, 2021
Artist and fashion designer Agosto Cuellar recalls growing up on San Antonio’s West Side in a home that was often packed with family eating and playing together, noise and vibrant conversation a constant. Out-side, the vivid sights and sounds of the historic neighborhood shaped his view of the world and have continued to influence his work, including his latest collection, Barrio Folk Baroque, which showed in New York and Paris.
“I lived in the projects and remember it as my formative years,” Agosto says. “As a kid, I was enthralled by the vatos with their tattoos and wife beaters and the girls, all chola, with their heavy makeup, sitting on the hoods of cars playing `70s music. It was a village of all people of color. Don’t get me wrong, there was a lot of gang violence and families fighting with each other, but it was a much simpler time… Sometimes it’s very subtle, but (the West Side) is always present in the work I create.”
By Emma Lingo
The Republican Party did not come out on top in the 2020 general elections. After losing the presidency and Senate majority, the party is organizing for midterms and the next 2024 presidential race. Claire Grissum, president of Mizzou College Republicans, said there isn’t much for Mizzou Republicans to do other than be vigilant.
“We’re going to continue being a watchdog for the government run now by the opposing party,” Grissum said. “We want to make sure everything being done is constitutional and fair.”
Grissum is a political science major with a minor in criminal and juvenile justice. She’s graduating early this year, in just three years, after the pandemic made her realize she wanted to be in law school as soon as possible. Grissum started 2020 by working for the legislative director as an intern at the Missouri Department of Public Safety. COVID-19 brought a quick end to the program and she had time to sit and think about what she wanted.
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