Eric Balderas ’13 was four years old when he crossed the border. He was detained at a Texas airport this week and, according to the Boston Globe, is currently facing deportation to Mexico.

On Monday, he was detained when he tried to board a plane Boston (where he planned on doing research over the summer). Eric said he had lost his Mexican passport and instead tried to board using his Harvard ID. He was able to board a plane the next day but he awaits a trial in front of an immigration judge.

The Globe notes that our fellow Harvardian was arrested a year after Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard president, urged Congress to support the Dream Act, which would allow immigrant youths to apply for residency (it is a six-year-long conditional path to citizenship after they have completed two years of higher education toward a degree or completed two years of military service). Working off this angle a friend of Eric made a Facebook Support page urging immigration officials to let Eric stay in the only place he can really call home; the page is justly titled Keep Eric Home.

“Lady Gaga Somehow Becomes Creative Director of Polaroid”

I feel like this one needs little explanation given the sheer “wait, what?” // “that’s brilliant” quality. Clearly the only cure nowadays for good ole Chapter 11 is the Fame Monster.

“Angry Customer Trashes McDonalds”

The video is linked above, but apparently this woman was unhappy with the way her sandwich was made and promptly treated this McDonald’s venue like it was her rock ‘n roll hotel room. She is still on the run. I repeat. She is still on the run.

“Howard Stern Sidekick Artie Lange Stabbed Himself With a 13-Inch Kitchen Knife”

This is incredibly sad. Though he’s currently recovering in the hospital, it seems as though the year of celebrity woes has continued into 2k10.

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