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SMITH: The little things

SMITH: The little things

Paige Smith April 26, 2017

I was sitting in a cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark, across from my best friend. Although we’re studying in different cities in the United Kingdom, we’ve managed to travel together on three separate trips....

GANS: Fish Down Under finds community through religion

GANS: Fish Down Under finds community through religion

Felicia Gans April 28, 2016

My relationship with religion is a strange one. I go through phases when, like most millennials, religion takes a backseat in my life, and traditional religious observance is nothing more than a mere childhood...

NADEL: Earthquake in Ecuador shows country's strength

NADEL: Earthquake in Ecuador shows country’s strength

Olivia Nadel April 21, 2016

I sat in my living room Saturday night with my host mother and neighbor, watching the decorative balls on the table sway back and forth. My mom prayed to God that it would end, my neighbor consoled her...

GANS: Fish Down Under envies carefree living

GANS: Fish Down Under envies carefree living

Felicia Gans April 4, 2016

I have been worrying about finding a job for as long as I can remember. In fact, most millennials have. We’re the generation that grew up during the Great Recession and watched as skyrocketing unemployment...

NADEL: International students should be more appreciated

NADEL: International students should be more appreciated

Olivia Nadel March 17, 2016

According to a U.S. News and World Report study for the 2014-15 academic year, 19 percent of Boston University’s students were international in the past academic year. In the fall 2015 semester, BU’s...

GANS: Fish down under takes academic field trip

GANS: Fish down under takes academic field trip

Felicia Gans February 25, 2016

Let me start by saying that this is going to be an unpopular opinion. To put you in the right frame of mind, picture the teacher’s pet in your sixth-grade English class who read every single summer...

GANS: Fish Down Under dives into Aboriginal Australia

GANS: Fish Down Under dives into Aboriginal Australia

Felicia Gans February 16, 2016

It was just another day in Narromine. Jennifer Newman, 11, left her fifth-grade classroom surrounded by friends, ready to spend the afternoon at her friend Diane’s house. But before they left, one...

BU study abroad sees record high number of participants, interest in programs

BU study abroad sees record high number of participants, interest in programs

Inaara Tajuddin January 22, 2015

Study Abroad Attendance Highlights |Create infographics With Boston University expanding its English-speaking study abroad options, several directors of the abroad programs are seeing a record-high...

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