Egypt: Tourism after the Revolution
BY ELIZABETH VILLARREAL About three months before my family’s Christmas vacation to Egypt, the questions started. “Are you sure it’s safe?” “Is there still time to change your plans? It just doesn’t seem prudent.” “You said you’d wait it out, but the political situation there doesn’t seem to be improving.” In the weeks before I...
North Korea Across the Yalu River
BY MINAMI FUNAKOSHI When my friends and I arrived in Dandong, the largest border city in China, our first destination was duanqiao: The Broken Bridge. The bridge, which connects Dandong and Sinujiu, North Korea over the Yalu River, is a relic of the Korean War. Bombed by American aircraft, it serves as a reminder—or proof—of...
Negotiating Identity in the Search for Healthcare
BY ANGELICA CALABRESE On the table between us lies a small photo ID of a five-year-old boy, blonde and smiling. We’re sitting at the reception desk of the Sokos Center, a volunteer-run health clinic in Bologna, Italy, dedicated to serving the city’s undocumented immigrant population, and Boris is here to apply for his son’s health...
An Everyday Crime
BY JOHN D’AMICO On December 25, 2011, Garicchi, a tech blogger and self-described Windows enthusiast, saw his inbox flooded with alerts. In his sent mail folder were recorded scores of virus-laden messages sent off without his knowledge to every person on his contact list. His account—and all the personal information on it—was completely compromised. When...
Education Cities: From the Middle East to Southeast Asia
BY RACHEL BROWN The view could have been torn from the pages of any American college brochure—students with notebooks lounging on an expanse of verdant grass, surrounded by striking buildings. But these buildings are not built of centuries-old ivy-covered stone, as in the cliché of Western grandeur. Instead, they are a sleek, futuristic blend of...
Getting Out, Not Missing Out
BY ARIEL KATZ On May 2012, McKenna Keyes went on strike. At the Universidad de Sevilla, where Keyes spent her sophomore spring, students were walking out of their classrooms to protest the rising cost of tuition. Meanwhile, in New Haven, Yalies wrote final papers and stressed about their exams. As a student studying abroad, Keyes...
Catholics, Condoms, and a Changing Culture
BY AARON GERTLER September 30, 2010, was an afternoon Mass like any other, until the parishioners saw the man in the top hat. Carlos Celdran, dapper and furious, strode to the front of Manila Cathedral, in full sight of the mayor of Manila and some of the Philippines’ most powerful bishops. He thrust a sign...
White Space: A glance at gifted education in Singapore
BY FIONA LOWENSTEIN The popular perception is that “jeeps don’t really mix,” Thung Yee Meng says, laughing. He sits on the grass while a rugby game is played behind him. He looks to be about sixteen and wears glasses. “Do you feel like your friends are discriminating against your jeep-ness?” Koh Choon Hwee asks from...
Tuition Reform
BY CHARLES GOODYEAR Just over two years ago, London was burning. The educated youth, politically radical and working-class took part in widespread rioting, which spread to the heart of London. Protesters stormed the ruling Conservative Party’s headquarters, ransacked upscale shopping areas, and vandalized war memorials across the capital. The largest demonstrations spanned two months. During...
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