All is Quiet on the Midwestern Front

I finished my finals last Thursday, and the past five days have been a blur of packing. I have flashbacks of my things strewn everywhere, until they got folded and then pressed into a cube of cardboard, ready to be stored in a friend’s apartment. If you’re...

From URG to ULG: A Summer in North Africa

This past year I won a grant to study French in Morocco. The office of Undergraduate Research’s “Undergraduate Language Grant” is going to help me go the extra mile in my language learning. I first wanted to learn French when I was in the second...

From a Norbucks booth mid-spring quarter:

It’s the end of April, but the windchill here in Evanston today still hasn’t managed to creep past a balmy 40 degrees. I’m in the midst of midterms, teaching practicums, the Waa-Mu show, and countless meetings that are all beginning to weigh me down. While burdened...