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The Swede Life: In Olso, an ultramodern makeover
“You know, there is more construction here than anywhere in all of Scandinavia,” said Tore Valkeapää, the old Sami shopkeeper running a store out of a massive tent in the middle of central Oslo’s bustling waterfront district. I smiled approvingly.
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Column: Pakistan’s image problem
This summer, I returned home to Pakistan, only to experience the inception of a series of unfortunate events. On July 28, a day after “Shab-e-Qadr,” (literally, Night of Destiny, which Muslims spend in prayer) 152 people died in a plane crash.
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Students drink more while abroad, study says
Students who go abroad absorb every part of their adopted country's culture, including its alcohol. A recent study conducted by researchers at U. Washington revealed college students significantly increase their alcohol consumption while abroad.
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Column: Falling flight standards
Maybe it’s just me, but the idea of flying in a “saddle-like” airplane seat with only 23 inches of leg room seems a bit ridiculous. Unfortunately, some airlines disagree.
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Column: Why reports of Al-Qaeda shouldn’t put tourism in a tizzy
The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert yesterday warning citizens to exercise extra caution if traveling to Europe, effective from now until Jan. 31.
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Column: I’m actually an Anglophile
England is not the lamest place in the world to study abroad. That distinction goes to Canada. I’m dying to meet that one person who has thrown a going away bash, started a travel blog and flown to Toronto to immerse herself in a semester of hockey and poutine.
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Column: Tales from abroad – Argentina
I didn’t want to take another Spanish grammar class. While I certainly didn’t feel like I was fluent in the language, I wanted to stop reading books, watching movies, and completing grammar workbooks. I wanted to get out and experience real-life Spanish.
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Column: A lost travel opportunity
The New York Times described this city as a “palm-fringed Middle Eastern city [that] is bingeing on new buildings and cultural projects” with a “fast-expanding night-life strip, an upstart design district, new hotels and the country’s first contemporary art museum.
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Students to travel to war-torn nations
While most MBA students will be crunching numbers or analyzing financial models, 18 MBA students will travel to Lebanon, Uganda and Kenya through the Mendoza College of Business’s “Business on the Frontlines” class — and they will work to improve the economies of these war-torn nations.