I’ve gotta say, when you don’t speak the local language, everything becomes a bit of an adventure. I remember Mark Koepke (associate director of UWSP International Programs) telling me, “Well, even though English isn’t the local language, most people speak it pretty fluently.” Actually Mark, approximately 16% of the Hungarian population speaks English; the rest […]
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One of the most popular associations with the phrase “college student” is “poor.” There’s a variety of reasons for this, but one of them is that while paying massive school bills, a lot of students try also to scrape by supporting themselves either on or off of campus. And in the case of many people—not […]
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Goodbye Wisconsin, with your pristine snowmobile trails, immaculate glimmering sheets of snow and sparkling frosty trees. Goodbye to the ever-interesting milk route, hearty home cooked meals and games of scrabble with mom. Goodbye brothers, friends, card games and fish fries. Hello… airport. Yes, I’m doing one more semester abroad–this one in Szeged, Hungary. Why, you […]
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The 2013-14 cheer and stunt team from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point won the national collegiate championship this last weekend at the WOW Sports Factor Competition at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Over 100 teams and 1,400 athletes from five states and Canada participated in the three-day competition. The co-ed cheer and stunt team from UW-Stevens […]
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Hola chicos! Did everyone survive the ice age we’ve been having here in Wisconsin? I know it was a rough week or so for me, I have come to hate the snow and cold. It never really bothered me until I realized that there are places in the world that still have great weather but […]
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Being in a new place obviously means a slur of change, as singer David Bowie sings about in the well-known song “Changes” as referenced to in the title (you should probably listen to it while you read this, it’s more entertaining). Customs and culture are going to be different, and the lifestyle will take some […]
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