If you’ve never traveled to a place where you’re the one with the funny accent, you really should. Being an outsider is terrifying at times, but also a great conversation starter, as people will always ask you where you’re from. The study abroad gods say that you’ll learn more about
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Study Abroad: Learning About Cultural Heritage in Tokyo
Japan is the land of panda-shaped breads in grocery stores. It is the land of green forests and festivals filled with lanterns. It is the land where cats roam the streets as free beasts. It is the land where elementary school students display their athletic prowess every year by mastering
Study Abroad: the Best Semester (or Year) Ever?
Study abroad—it’s marketed as the best semester ever. Or the best year ever, if you decide to go that route, which, initially, I did. By the time I turned in my fall semester application, my spring semester application was basically complete as well. I planned to spend the fall in
Study Abroad Column: Contrasting Claremont With Buenos Aires
Baking in the 28-degree Celsius late-spring heat of Buenos Aires, I daze off for a few minutes in my class on Crime and Society at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) as another spell of restless horn-honking ascends from the street below, through the desperately cracked windows, drowning out the
Adventures in New Zealand: On Food, Music, and iPhones
First of all, I’d like to give a bit of advice to anyone planning to study abroad: keep a blog. Or a journal. Or anything else that will help you mull over the outrageous things you’ve done that week and recall things you would rather not forget. My blog posts
Adventures Abroad: A Dreamer Unable to Communicate the Dreamfeel
This column is the last in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries have been widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying study abroad blogs. This week's
Adventures Abroad: Stereotypes of the States
This column is the fourth in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, serving as an extension of the writers' accompanying study abroad blogs. This week's column
Adventures Abroad: Awkwardness in Arica
This column is the third in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying study abroad blogs. This week's
Adventures Abroad: The McDonald’s McLifestyle in Rome
This column is the second in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying study abroad blogs. This week's
Adventures Abroad: Putting Pomona on Hold
This column is the first in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student’s particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers’ accompanying study abroad blogs. This week’s