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Things Jack and I Learnt in Italy During Study Abroad
Sama Alissa is a senior majoring in Culture and Politics. During my study abroad semester in the Villa Le Balze, I was accompanied by little Jack the Bulldog. Jack…
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Desert Hoya
Belonging in More Than One City as a GU-Q Student
When I first applied to university, I didn’t imagine myself ending up on a Middle East campus. Like many students my age, graduating from an American school in Turkey, my idea of “college life” was shaped by American cities, American campuses, and the kind of cultural familiarity that comes from growing up under the influence of U.S. soft power. In my final year of high school, I didn’t even know international branch campuses were really a thing, even for the most impressive schools in the U.S. that my friends and I dreamed about.
