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Semester Abroad: Choosing a program

by Nicole March 21, 2012 Travel

There are as many reasons to study abroad as there are people and personalities, so if you are considering a semester abroad you should take all advice on the subject lightly; ultimately, you need to find a way to tailor [...]

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In-flight Seat Politics

by Nicole February 13, 2012 Travel

On my recent nine-hour flight to Paris, the doors closed and it looked like I was going to have both my window seat and the aisle next to me. Then, shortly before takeoff, a girl was relocated to my open [...]

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Confessions Of An English Speaker

by Nicole January 24, 2012 Europe

Being born into an English speaking country is, for a traveler, both blessing and curse. The blessing, we all know, is that anywhere you go in the world, that accident of birth gives you an edge on finding someone that [...]

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Taking a Tro Tro in Ghana

by Nicole November 29, 2011 Africa

Our group of towel-toting Americans stood on the side of the road, waiting for the next tro tro going our direction. Eventually a small, run-down van pulled up with a man hanging out the open side door shouting, “Takoradi! Takoradi! [...]

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