Prominently placed in this edition’s front page is the picture of Angel Augusto, a Northern Essex Community College Art Student who entered and won a T-Shirt Design Contest.
The design depicts a graduate in gown and mortar board gripping a diploma with the words “Knowledge is Power” creating the body.
Augusto says he designed his graduate super hero because it best represents the community college student – all of whom are heroes.
Nothing pleases us more at Rumbo than promoting the positive aspects of life in this country. This week you will find on page 16, the column From My Corner talks about that: The reasons why we created this newspaper and the pride and joy we reap whenever we publish stories such as Angel Augusto’s.
It’s common knowledge that this is the country of opportunities, but not everybody has the vision to make these opportunities their own. This includes immigrants and people who were born here as well.
But Angel Augusto is among those who deserve a bright future because he is working towards achieving it. Our city has a plethora of people who follow diligently the dream of better education for their children and we see adults filling the classrooms in the city’s colleges. Why are higher educational entities growing in our city if not for the many adults who are pursuing a better future?
Augusto plans to take his design skills to a four-year art school in the fall. He is currently applying to the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Salem State University. Augusto thinks everyone needs a super hero. At Rumbo, we believe he is a Super Hero!
