Archive | Travel
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O‘ahu’s best beaches
One of the many perks of being U. Hawai‘i at Mānoa students is being surrounded by great beaches. For many students new to the island, visiting some of the famous beaches is a must. With so many to choose from, how do you know at which one to spend your weekend?
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Column: Brasilia is a city contrived
BRASILIA, Brazil—In Brasília, there are no crowds, no congestion. Skyscrapers are forbidden and buildings are spread out. Major roads and neighborhoods have no names—they are numbered one, two, east, west.
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Column: Few rules exist when traveling in Prague
For a place that used to be highly structured — i.e. communistic — Prague doesn’t have many rules. People cross willy nilly in front of trains and jump off bridges, prostitution is legal and absinthe is sold like it’s lemonade.
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Students to help install Rwandan power plants
Beginning this Friday, eight student members of Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering will spend two months in Rwanda implementing a “pico-hydro” system — an accessible means of generating hydroelectric energy — in rural towns, according to Yi Yang, a student involved in the project.
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Column: Purchasing power
TOULOUSE, France - Since June 22, the only thing more ubiquitous than the signs that scream “SOLDES” populating storefronts has been the crush of shoppers flocking to them. Les soldes (in English, “sales”) are state-regulated, biannual sales held throughout France.
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Students experience political change in Morocco
RABAT, MOROCCO — During the course of the past several months, numerous countries of the Middle East and Northern Africa, including those of Tunisia and Egypt, have experienced sweeping and dramatic reforms. Citizens took to the streets in protest of their overbearing, authoritarian governments.
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Column: A first course in Cuba
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba—It was a trip of firsts. The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra was, as far as we knew, the first American college orchestra to travel to Cuba since 1959.
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Column: Faith and testing in Beijing
BEIJING—On June 7, I visited Beijing’s Temple of Confucius. Generations of scholars have paid their respects to the ancient temple, which houses slates bearing the names of those who passed the Imperial Examinations.
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Burmese refugees seek therapy through art
Coaxing repressed violent or traumatic memories out of child refugees is an inherently difficult task, and the ever-present language barrier further hinders any counseling.