by Neha Dixit | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sleep deprived, our starved selves had once again taken refuge in the ever trusted black coffee to march on. From the subway to our next destination. Fatigue and city hopping has blurred our comprehension, enough to not be able to distinguish one city from the other....
by Leda Balbino | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
It was a tiring three-day journey, but it was worthy. As I have been working with international issues for ten years, I’ve always wanted to cover the United States elections, and I am now in USA doing exactly that.And it began last week with the Democratic...
by Farouk Kayondo | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Wilson Vega | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The climate in Charlotte could not have been better. Wait.. It IS true that the heat was humid and sticky, and that at any moment it rained, skies unleashed lightning, which I can tell you can be easily compared with the much colder Bogotá. To avoid confusion, it...
by Wilson Vega | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
It was meant to be titled ‘Driving in America’, but since it took me so long to write this entry, I have since then found other ways to go from A to B in this country. Hence, the change of title. And even though there will be quite a bunch of airplanes in...
by Melini Moses | Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I must admit I have been a rather hesitant to post this blog. However, after some consideration I have decided to bravely go where no WPI fellow has gone before… I must admit I have been a rather hesitant to post this blog. However, after some consideration I...
by Neha Dixit | Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The problem with being a perennial cribber is that the moment you take a break to catch a breath, the world turns tables to embarrass you, to tell you that you slacked.On our way back to the Twin cities from Ely I got a call from back home, “Did you hear about Todd...
by Wilson Vega | Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well, I haven’t been all that active at the blog, so far, BUT I have been writing my, let`s say, head off for my newspaper. I share with you my first post, about the increasingly important role of the latino communityin this election and its pervasive presence...
by Daniel Renyi | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
As we, me alongside my host parents Tom and Lou, approach the Sioux Trail at Prior Lake, I’m getting more and more excited. This tiny hill is the location of the 2012 Wacipi, also called as ‘Pow wow’, the annual meeting of the Shakopee Mdewakanton...
by Olavi Koistinen | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Just look at him. You see that fire in his eyes? You see that posture? He is indeed a very powerful man. And we are only looking at a photograph. When you meet him face to face, he is even more convincing. He is reverend Jerry McAfee and he is against gay...
