Roadmap to Apartheid is a difficult documentary to watch, Lubabah Chowdhrury '14 writes. This film about drawing and crossing lines will be screened at Malott Hall on Sunday.
Before heading off to London, I was pretty sure that the culture shock would not be particularly extreme. When it came to language, however, I was in for more confusion than I expected. So for those of you heading to this side of the pond soon, here are some tips.
When I went to China for the first time, the most surprising realization I had was that everyone is Chinese. Poor people, rich people, security officers, businessmen, businesswomen, beggars, lawyers, waitresses, bartenders, they are all Chinese. This seems obvious, but to see a minority become the majority was unexpectedly strange.
In the land of pasta, wine, and cappuccinos, every meal is a gastronomic adventure. Even a simple two euro panini is a joy for the taste buds. I could write for days about my favorite meals: fried artichokes in Rome’s Jewish Ghetto, spicy tomato-garlic pici in a mom-and-pop restaurant in Sienna, and of course, margherita pizza in Naples.