I had the misfortune to have Professor Crespo instead of Loza for this class (Crespo isn't listed on bruinwalk). Boy was this a bad decision. I need brain surgery from the number of times he made me beat myself over the head.

Crespo barely has a grasp of the english language. He mumbles his lecture directly off of the slides, which enlighten us with amazing insights like "Hip-Hop makes you want to dance" and "Mariachi music transformed identity". Every time he talks, it sounds like he's simultaneously farting and falling asleep.

On the off chance that you look up from facebook during class, you might be able to catch some of the documentaries that he shows. These feature chicano musicians who speak significantly better english than he does (despite the fact that they don't have a PhD). You can take this time to google the vocabulary that he posts at the beginning of lectures, even though they'll never show up on his tests.

His test questions are chosen by a third-grader with severe ADHD. He picks sentences at random from the reading (which is dense and packed with irrelevant information) and tests your critical thinking with brilliant questions like: "Which Chicano musician is a third-generation immigrant?"; "True or False: The Chicano identity is unpredictable, layered, and complex."; "This person was an ambassador of Chicano music."

The enrolled chicano students gobble up the majority of the A's in the class. If you want to scrape a top grade, expect to work investment banking hours typing the slides (that he doesn't post) word-for-word and memorizing the readings.

You also have to squeeze an 8-page paper out of your ass. This was not the brown culture that I expected to analyze.

So if you're thinking of taking this as your arts GE, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Are all the other arts GE's completely full?
2. Are you comfortable with sadomasochism?
3. Do you have the suicide prevention hotline on speed dial?

If you answered "yes" to all three, you're still not ready for this class. Buy some lube, it's gonna be worse than prison.