University of Nuevo Leon Students Break World Record Reading Poem CBS News
go to original September 12, 2013

Más de 7 mil universitarios se congregaron en el Estadio Gaspar Mass de la UANL, para imponer récord de lectura simultánea con el poema de Alfonso Reyes, "El Sol de Monterrey". (grupo reforma/ELNORTEvideos)

MONTERREY -  The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon has broken a new world record. More than 7,000 students joined together and read a poem at the same time. They brought to life Alfonso Reyes' masterpiece called "Monterrey's Sun".

"I think it's an important cultural aspect of the University and we did it with an emblematic part, an emblematic character," Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon President Jesus Ancer Rodriguez said. "Mr. Alfonso Reyes, the universal regiomontano that gave us his vote and then Nuevo Leon University was established. Now it's called the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon."

The event occurred in the 80th anniversary of the University. 7,250 students from different high schools and universities joined together at the Gaspar Mass Stadium. The record was endorsed by the Notary Public Jamie Garza de la Garza.

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