more somber and sad. The left-hand side is the indigenous approach, the laughing skeletons and the sugar skulls, the incense. In the middle, as best I could — height restrictions made me change things a little bit — is Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.”

Cárdenas is host of the public-affairs television program, “Horizonte,” on Channel 8 and also senior legal counsel for ASU. The home he shared with his wife and their sons had a room decorated in a Dia de los Muertos theme.

The altar on display at the Xico gallery includes traditional elements as well as more modern ones, such as a digital display with a slideshow of images from Virginia Cárdenas’ life set to music. There is even a tongue-in-cheek reference to aThe Houston Astros’ first pick in the June 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Seth Beer, got $2,250,000 as his signing bonus. That’s more than enough to buy a car, a house, a new lifestyle. All the way down in the 32nd round (there were 40), drafted as the 972nd overall draft pick, Jacob Billingsley, a fifth-year senior out of Mississippi State, was thrilled to just not be overlooked… by everyone.

Billingsley, 23, was the last Astro draft pick to receive any money. With the signing deadline (July 6) behind us, Billingsley was awarded a $1,000 signing bonus at his July 2 signing, which is a year’s worth of groceries to a college student. The Maserati and the house with a pool will have to wait, as will the steak