Spanish Minor Impresses Crowd, Orders Taco ‘Con Queso’

In an effort to demonstrate the strong language skills noted on his resume, Spanish minor Jeff Wendell impressed several bystanders in a crowded Fuego Tortilla Grill two weeks ago by placing his taco order “con queso.” Wendell’s feat has since garnered public attention both personally and for the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University.

Close friends of Wendell’s who were present for the event told The Mugdown they had no previous knowledge of Wendell’s knack for foreign languages. “We were ordering our food like usual and then Jeff started speaking in fluent Spanish,” said Tim Johnson, Wendell’s roommate.

Wendell is one of many Texas A&M University students who have taken advantage of the hundreds of dollars of institutional spending on liberal arts programs.

Hearing of Wendell’s success, professors from the Hispanic Studies Department have expressed praise for Wendell’s achievement. “It’s gratifying to see your hard work as a professor come to fruition,” SPAN 410 professor Miguel Velezco said. “This is truly the best I could hope for from my students.”

Though he passed all of his Spanish courses and attended every lecture, Wendell attributes reaching language proficiency to his three-week study abroad in Costa Rica. According to Wendell, the hardest piece of coursework was finding the way to his apartment after a drunken night out in San José.

 

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