Student Bloggers

As a college student, I’ve endured more icebreakers than I cared to participate in. Some are awkward, others are funny. Few are memorable, but they often achieve their goal of making an environment easier to adjust to. You may be wondering why I’m talking…

Apparently there is a thing in at a lot of European Universities called reading week. Well actually it has many different names (innovative learning week or flexible learning week) but no one really knows what to call it. (I had multiple lecturers and…

Kia Ora! So I left from Dallas Love Field Airport after swinging through Texas to visit a couple friends and ended up getting to LA at 10:30 AM, approximately 10 hours before my flight to Auckland. Being in the airport for so long takes its toll, but…

Between stocking up on months worth of sunscreen so I avoid becoming a walking tomato and figuring out how I’m going to fit my entire life into two fifty pound suitcases, I haven’t fully realized that in a few short days I will actually land in my new…

I’ve lived in Dublin for over a month, and of course I celebrate by leaving the country. Three nights in Brussels, Belgium, spent exploring the city and surrounding areas. We made nightly trips to the Grand Place for pseudo-picnics, surrounded by gold…

It feels like just yesterday I just landed in the Dublin airport, a little delusional and confused, walking through customs. Six weeks later and as settled into my new home as I’m going to get, it’s starting to sink in just how quickly time is passing…

Croke Park is the 3rd largest stadium in Europe, and host to a great cultural affair: Gaelic Football. A few of us brave souls ventured out to watch a game of hurling and Gaelic football on Saturday the 11th in the tremendous wind and rain. We had toured…

Exactly one week until classes start and two weeks into my time in Australia and so much has happened.  I have eaten many new foods, including kangaroo, Tim Tams, Vegemite, crickets, and meat pies, some being much better than others.  I have surfed, hand-fed…

I'll start with pancakes. In Scotland, pancakes are a breakfast food. As far as pancake-eating conduct goes, that is the only thing we have in common. In Scotland, pancakes come in clear plastic packages in the dining hall. You grab a pancake, a pack…