Thursday, April 27, 2006

Sophomore assessments

To all the sophomores who had to wake up at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, your pain and anger is understood. For the second year in a row, Elon University failed to successfully administer its sophomore writing assessment "test."

Worldly Women: London

Not too long ago, most of my hopes rested in London. Frustrated with homework or other responsibilities? You wouldn't have to deal with that in London. Does the "bubble" feel too claustrophobically tight? In comparison, London is big, fast and wide-open.

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A view of the legendary clocktower, Big Ben, at night from across the Thames River in London.

Worldly Women: Italy

Citizens of the United States are becoming more and more mobile every day thanks to new communication technologies that allow Americans to have a lunch meeting in Japan via chatroom or make a new friend who lives in Ireland via AOL Instant Messenger.

With Love, From Chile: Visiting the diverse country of Uruguay

This semester, I am trying to make up for the fact that I did almost no traveling last semester. From July until December, I essentially stayed in Santiago and bought books.