INTERNATIONAL OPINION: How the Anti-ELAB protests shaped my summer in Hong Kong and beyond
As we enter our 12th week of classes, South China Morning Post’s weekly updates remind me that Hong Kong is entering its 23rd week of unrest and violence.
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As we enter our 12th week of classes, South China Morning Post’s weekly updates remind me that Hong Kong is entering its 23rd week of unrest and violence.
Reilly Geritz, a senior at the University of Richmond and a former study-abroad student, made a list of places to travel when she planned her study-abroad itinerary last fall.
Media has long been the force that uncovers truth and ensures accountability, but there is no one checking the truth and accountability of media.
Budapest, Hungary.
There’s a conversation I regularly have with the other people I meet who are also abroad that goes something like this:
As the mist settles on the River Thames, a faint pink glow radiates from behind Oxford’s Radcliffe Camera. The spires of the city’s academic buildings begin to step out from the morning’s darkness. This sets the scene for the monotonous movement that our crew team coxswain gently coaxes out of us in the early morning.
When I was asked to write about my time abroad, I thought of all the amazing things I had done this fall in New Zealand.
Last fall, I studied abroad in Madrid and lived in a homestay. Upon arrival, my Spanish skills were weak at best, and I naively assumed that my host mother would speak at least basic English. As it turned out, she didn’t speak any English at all, which is rather common for the older generations in Spain.
Here’s the thing, folks.
Studying abroad is an option many students at the University of Richmond gravitate toward. I spent two summers in China -- Beijing and Dalian -- and a semester in Taiwan. I’ve realized that each experience has markedly different takeaways, and they have taught me different things about living abroad.
I didn’t realize how profound an effect Brexit and its subsequent drama would have on my study abroad experience at Queen Mary University of London this spring semester.
Returning to the University of Richmond after a semester abroad is, in a word, confusing.
Around this time last fall, I was deciding between studying abroad in Geneva or in Dakar, Senegal. I was weighing two very different countries that would allow me to live two very different experiences. In Geneva, I would focus on my direct area of study: diplomacy. In Dakar, I would be exposed to a completely new culture.
The past. The future.
For many American college students, studying abroad during their undergraduate years has become a popular decision. The idea of residing in another country to learn about a new culture and to gain a new level of understanding and reflection is appealing.
On Oct. 20, an anti-establishment political party founded by a media mogul won the general election in the Czech Republic.
Louise Howorth is currently studying abroad in Galway, Ireland. Contact Louise at louise.howorth@richmond.edu.
Back in August, when I was preparing for my departure to study abroad in Madrid, the last thought on my mind was Catalonia declaring independence from Spain. From my understanding of the issue, it would not affect me because I was not going to be living in Barcelona.
Editor's note: some quotes in this article have been translated from Spanish to English.
Editor's note: 63 percent of the graduating class of 2017 studied abroad at least once, according to the Office of International Education. The Collegian is expanding its coverage beyond Richmond and the U.S., harnessing the proximity and perspectives of an international student body. The International section will include worldwide news, opinion, interview and photo articles written by students currently studying abroad.