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Documenting Hope and Perseverance: The ‘Type1Day1’ Film On Diabetes
You’ve been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Well, now what? On our hardest days, when life feels as if it’s unraveling without direction or control, sometimes we need someone to tell us that everything will be OK. The short film […]
Musings Abroad-My Life in Spain: Observations of Culture
What do you notice that’s different? ¿Qué notas en las calles o en casa? My professors would often ask this question when discussing Spain’s political issues and cultural norms. My fellow classmates, like me, were also study abroad students and came […]
Things to Learn from the American Civil Rights Movement
Protesting has resurfaced as a way to resist what the American Government is doing. In fact, according to Catherine Caruso at Boston University, there has been 4,294 protests between Jan. 20, 2017 and Oct. 11, 2017. The data was collected […]
Musings Abroad-My Life in Spain: Learning a Second Language
Learning a new language requires motivation, many mistakes, repetition and energy. The region where I live, AndalucÃa, has a very strong accent. Spanish words that I have known since elementary school became foreign to me until I was able to […]
Musings Abroad-My Life in Spain: The First Days
This must be some form of culture shock. For the 3rd time that day, this thought crossed my mind as I checked the day’s forecast. And as expected, it was well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. A temperature like this would […]
Musings Abroad-My Life in Spain: Inside the Bullring
Bullfighting is a controversial tradition. For some, it’s seen as a respected art form that’s integral to Spanish culture. Conservative newspapers such as La Razón even have a section dedicated to the practice, where bullfighting is covered under culture rather than […]
Part 1 of 3: Living More Authentically
There are many ways to define authenticity, according to Merriam- Webster to be authentic is to be worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact. Sometimes definitions can truly limit the full capacity of which a […]
Musings Abroad-my life in Spain: Traveling with Medication
¿Pincha? I could only assume that meant ‘pinch?’ as the two security guards tapped their arms and repeated the question. I anticipated having problems with airport security, as anyone who travels with medical supplies would. I knew how to say […]