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Category: Democracy & Development

Volcanoes of Ethics

While the volcanoes of language have calmed down and my Spanish skills have been improving over the past week, a new and controversial volcano...
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The jitters

Getting ready to leave from Berlin after being away from my friends, family, and essentially my whole life I do not really know how...
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Final Week in Sarajevo

As we approach the final week of the comparative public health program, I am truly beginning to realize how much distance we have covered...
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Water

When I left for South Africa in January, I didn’t expect my friends and family to hear much about the region except for what...
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A beautiful city built by kind people

The more I live and learn about Singapore, the more I believe that it was built by kind people. By that I am referring to...
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Brussels

Paris is nice, but Brussels…what a city. On a trip that is part of the EU Studies program, we skipped French class and took...
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Public Health in Serbia & Bosnia-Herzegovina

The public health systems in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina both follow the Bismarck model of healthcare in which citizens are covered with state funded insurance....
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Observing a Changing Beijing

I’ve been in Beijing now for two weeks, and it’s been an interesting experience navigating throughout the city and taking classes. I came in...
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Yikes.

(No pictures or the use of phones were allowed during Parliament sessions) Even after hearing how crazy parliament is from my TA and Professor,...
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Spring break in Cape Town

I came to Stellenbosch without taking any class on South African history, politics or culture, so the only things I knew were of the...
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