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Chile: Challenging immigration
by: Mono Vergara - printed on 09-12-2001
Between llamas and chinchillas, colorful hats and the dry altiplano, I was slowly going up the Peruvian Andes in an old bus. The sky was turning into that bloody color and the smell of hard working men was dancing on the tip of my nose. The police stopped the bus and we were forced to get out. I was about to have my first encounter with one of the most corrupted and bureaucratic police forces in South America.
Dial Tone. Part I of IV
by: ben muse - printed on 09-25-2002
Tom McGovern picked the ringing phone up off the counter. “Hello.” “Hey, Dad, howya doing?” Tom’s body tightened. There was silence. “Luke, I haven’t heard from you for a while.” He wrapped and unwrapped the phone cord from around his hand. The microwave made a humming, sucking sound in the background as it cooked his dinner. “I’ve been real busy, with my new job and all. I told you about that, right?”
The birth of a monkey
by: Eduardo Mono Vergara - printed on 04-25-2001
It was probably one of those Saturday afternoons, when Ryan and I used to try to solve the problems of the world with not much success. It was under the Chilean rain, navigating down south, were everything started. We wanted to integrate college students from all over the world and have a place for them to discuss issues that affect their lives. The idea did not sound that hard, but we were still in college and it was a project that was maybe going to take a few years.
Following the sunset: A call to travel
by: Andrew Noethe - printed on 03-27-2002
I find myself living in a world of sunsets. Each day ends under the long shadows of an Indian sun that steadily stretches past majestic forts, palaces of former maharajas, ancient temples, and the sleepy desert hills of Western India. As the distant red sun falls behind the horizon, life comes to a halt, thus granting me a few precious moments to appreciate my life in India and the life I have left behind.
Argentina: More than an economic crisis
by: Santiago Montalvan - printed on 02-06-2002
I would like to explain, from an Argentinean point of view, what is really happening in my home country and why. Throughout my entire life, the country?s economy has had its ups and downs, currency devaluations, and many corrupt political leaders. Today?s economic crisis in Argentina is by far one of the most serious I have seen. It is sad to know that the only way Argentina makes into the news is because the country is falling apart and not because it is a beautiful place.
Beer, wine, cigarettes and other dispatches from Spain
by: David Miller - printed on 02-28-2001
My flight from Portland to Madrid, Spain had a layover in Newark, New Jersey. As I had four hours to spend in Newark, I bought a premade, mushy Philly-steak-and-cheese sandwich and sat down to collect my thoughts. I was on my way to Spain to spend the next four months studying there, in Spanish, all in Spanish. It wasn’t like I hadn’t ever traveled before, I had. I wasn’t worried about that. It was the 15 credits of college courses .