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Dark Clouds Menace Buenos Aires

Yesterday, in Buenos Aires, thick dark clouds were suffocating the city. These clouds were not the heralds of a thunderstorm; rather, they are the marks of fires burning in the [...]

April 21, 2008

Opinion

Viennese Churches, and Cool Tricks I Can Do With My Armpits

As the weather (and tourist season) here in Vienna heat up, I myself have been doing more sightseeing, combing the first district and making the occasional venture into the suburbs. [...]

April 15, 2008

Opinion

Olympic Politics in Buenos Aires…Or Lack Thereof

Since my time in Buenos Aires, I completely forgot about the Olympic games. Until I turned on the T.V and watched protesters gather in France to yell FREE TIBET. I [...]

April 11, 2008

Opinion

Political Situation Understood Through Meat

It's a difficult situation... The political situation is currently tense. The president of Argentina, Cristina Kirschner, raised the tax on exports, which directly affects the profits of farmers along the [...]

April 8, 2008

Opinion

Kebab oder Schnitzel? It’s Up to You

In every tourist shop in Vienna, you can buy these shirts that say "No Kangaroos in Austria." The first several times I saw these, they made no sense to me. [...]

April 8, 2008

Opinion

M: A Rebuttal

The Daily Gazette received the following message in response to my last column: As a Swarthmore student's parent, I think that your sophomoric column today about masturbating that was obviously [...]

April 4, 2008

Opinion

The Trabi-Monster

While I was in Prague, I was scootering around the back of the German Embassy trying to get a glimpse of a memorial statue located in the backyard. In a [...]

April 2, 2008

Opinion

Chalking of Camel Deemed Problematic

Middle Eastern students, and appreciators of Middle Eastern culture, were appalled to find a cartoonish chalking of a multi-colored camel, apparently in roller skates, drawn on the hill from Sharples. [...]

April 1, 2008

Opinion

Oder oder Doch? (German and My Self-Esteem)

This week I'm stuck in Prague, where the keyboards don't make sense (you have to press shift to get a number!) and where Internet costs more than I'm used to. [...]

March 27, 2008

Opinion

Pinmar Roadtrip Gone Downhill

March 20, 2008 Peoples, I am on a road trip! I’m on my way to Mar de Plata, which is about 400 km away from Buenos Aires to the south. [...]

March 27, 2008

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