Study Abroad, Honors Program & Other Student Experiences

Spending holidays abroad is always an interesting experience. It is even more of an experience when it is a holiday that isn’t celebrated in that county. That’s right I am talking about Thanksgiving. Just the other day I was surprised to see the familiar site of a cart piled high for a feast with two [...]

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How do you celebrate your 21st birthday in a country where you are already legal? By doing something you would never do otherwise! Going to the ice bar was such a cool experience (pun intended). They give you these awesome thermal capes and gloves and then you enter a room that is completely made of [...]

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I can’t believe that yesterday was the first day of classes. It seemed like it would never come. I felt a little silly feeling as nervous and excited as I had for my first day of college, but in a way it was my first day at college (it was just a different college).  My [...]

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As an Orientation Leader I can’t help but notice he difference between Orientation in the states (or at least at Arcadia) and orientation or fresher’s week in the UK. First of all there are no games of community (sadness for my fellow Ols). Instead even the campus wide events seemed centered around one thing: parties. [...]

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Two years… I can’t believe it was two years ago that I first boarded a plane to spend four months in London. I knew then that the experience was going to be amazing, but I didn’t realize just how life changing it would be.  Now two years later, I’m back to spend a year in [...]

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Still Time for Fun?  Despite the fact that the end of the semester is coming closer and closer, and the work is piling up, I have to remember that there is always time for fun. I am trying to not let myself get too stressed right now so even though I barely have time to [...]

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Spring Break Blues Spring Break is over and I don’t feel relaxed at all. It feels like it never came at all. One day back and I have already had a Spanish quiz, am behind on my photo project and am struggling to stay on deadlines for my web designing class. Oh and I still [...]

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“Photo Frustration”   For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It’s that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.   By: John Sexton      It can be extremely frustrating to be limited by certain procedures and assignments. And [...]

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