History | Lorien Johnson

Speaking English in Texas Committee Hearing

Posted by Lorien on Jun 17, 2011 in Activist | 1 comment

Antolin Aguirre has lived in the U.S. since 1988. He testified last week in a Texas committee hearing regarding an immigration bill. He chose to speak in Spanish and use an English interpreter to communicate with the Texas Senators, despite having lived in the U.S. for approximately 23 years. Senator Chris Harris challenged Aguirre’s use of Spanish given Aguirre’s residency of over two decades but specifically includes the caveat “if he knows English”. Aguirre’s English isn’t up to snuff – he couldn’t understand Harris’ challenge to him....

History Conferences and Spitting on Artifacts

Posted by Lorien on Sep 28, 2004 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

I just printed off the lecture notes from my Latin Govt. class course reserves… 57 pages of testable material, and that’s assuming she’s only going to test over what we’ve covered. Doubtful. I’m spending this evening reading the textbook and reviewing these notes. I’ll do the same all evening tomorrow. Thursday, I’m going to try to spend the entire day at the history conference – I’m excited. This is the first conference within my field that I’ve attended. Four 2 hour lectures/discussions each day! More on Saturday, I think. The...

Love of Research

Posted by Lorien on Sep 23, 2004 in Scholar | 0 comments

… I just realized that I am, really, in the field to which I belong. I actually love research. I was working on this problem regarding the proper writ of common law to apply to a 13th Century case, and the obvious answer seemed wrong. I went to the professor, and he confirmed the obvious answer. I came back downstairs and began to research. It’s not the obvious answer. The books were off, the professor (bless him) hadn’t noticed. I’ve found the answer. and a few minutes ago I realized that I was having a lot of fun. This took a moment to figure out. but. I actually...