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L’Étrangère
The first apartment I visit is the one I end up taking, though of course I don't know that when I walk in. My life here is still bordered by the soft edges of illusion: it's concrete not yet hardened, waiting to dry.
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Worth searching for: Looking for an old friend
Leave it to a woman to come between best friends. We’d been through some tough scrapes, my passport and I. I’d written its number on so many visa forms and hostel ledgers I knew it by heart. It was with me when I was 17, trying to smuggle a Thai frog into the U.S.
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Total price of airline tickets, fees no longer a mystery
Students traveling by plane can expect transparency after the U.S. federal government took steps on Tuesday to remove airlines’ hidden fees. The U.S.
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An American in Bologna
During my first lecture at the University of Bologna, I sat in the stairwell, crushed between my bag and another Italian girl who hadn’t managed to find a seat. When the professor started talking, all I caught was, “Cos’e’ la letteratura?” (What is literature?
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Clinging to Hope: A mother searches for treatment for her 7-year-old daughter’s congenital heart defect
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Defeated, the mother stands in the street with her young daughter. “I’d like to go home,” the 7-year-old whispers, her tiny arms clinging to a giant stuffed bear.
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Column: Breaking into China
Breaking into China just isn’t as easy as it used to be. With new government regulations on foreign visas and increasingly competent Mainland China college graduates, hiring foreign graduates seems to be getting a lot less trendy than it has been in previous years.
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Rising airfare costs, added fees affect travel plans
Students who typically fly home for the holidays are expressing frustration over increasing airfare costs and additional fees. Since last March, airfare prices for most U.S. carriers have increased between $10 and $60.
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Column: Los Angeles Hollywood sign should be open for tourists to hike to
Every big city around the world has its landmark. Paris has it's Eiffel Tower, New York has the Empire State Building, San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge. For Los Angeles, and Hollywood more specifically, it's the Hollywood sign on Mt. Lee.
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Hiking in Hawai‘i – O‘ahu’s best trails
Surf and sand are not the only ways to experience Hawai‘i. Hiking is an excellent way for newcomers and locals alike to get to know O‘ahu. Sandwiched between the mountains and the sea, Honolulu alone has dozens of trails ready for exploring.