Work-stay programs are not only great for budget travelers, they can also enhance your resume, help your language skills, and let you get to know the people of your destination far more than if you were just seeing the sights.
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Learning another language isn’t easy, but whether it’s for your undergrad prerequisites, study abroad, or to prepare for a graduate program, you are going to have to do it.
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Asking about dating on my travels to England, India and Japan revealed some fascinating differences in how guys and gals are getting together – or aren’t.
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Having a blog is great, but knowing how to use it to land that job is something else entirely. Here’s what you need to know before you post that resume.
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Natalee Holloway, 19, was last seen leaving a nightclub with three men in Aruba when she disappeared in 2005. In April, 23 year old Aubrey Sacco went missing while hiking alone in Nepal. Traveling is dangerous, but that doesn’t mean young women should stay home – they just need to be careful. Beth Whitman, solo [...]
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Does anyone else remember Gattaca? The freaky futuristic movie in which your entire fate (education, career, love life) is decided by your genetic makeup? That’s part of the reason some students and activists are very upset by UC Berkeley’s recent stunt: asking freshmen and incoming transfers to send in swabs of their saliva before fall [...]
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What’s the difference between college kids in the 1970s and us? Sadly, I’m not making a comparison of generational fashion. The difference is empathy. Apparently, “Generation Me” has far less of it than 20-somethings did 30 years ago. This idea isn’t new – there have been a few books claiming our generation to be the [...]
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Through the heat waving above the cracked surface of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, a city exists for one week every fall. In this city, nothing is bought or sold, only given or traded. And the one rule is to leave no trace behind. Burning Man is part arts festival, part social experiment. It’s a mass [...]
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“I’m a Federal Special Agent, and while firing a weapon and handcuffing dirtbags has little to nothing to do with history, getting to that point kind of does.” Kevin never was a traditional college student – he served as a Marine before attending UCLA. After seeing a B action movie with his then girlfriend (now [...]
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Nancy Trejos, a young financial journalist, was sinking in debt from car payments, a failed mortgage, and bills she racked up as a college student. Ironically, Nancy is a financial reporter for The Washington Post, but while she knew a lot about finances, she couldn’t dig herself out of debt without help. Then she wrote [...]
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