Jorge Dante Hernandez Prosperi, a doctoral candidate in Wayne State's College of Education, responds in an op-ed to recent stories about the Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies appearing in El Central. Prosperi says Latino/a students should be respected as academic achievers rather than "party goers who shy away from academic rigor and take academics casually." He adds that the center needs to concentrate on bringing respect and admiration for the academic achievements of its current students and its alumni.