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What inspired you to go abroad? I was inspired to go abroad after attending a study abroad fair at my university. I always knew studying abroad was an option, but I had always kind of looked past it, thinking it was too expensive or just not possible for me. But in my second year of college I walked through the study abroad fair and after talking to some of the representatives of different programs, I realized I needed to be a part of the experience. I had never left the United States and I knew I wanted to change that. The view while walking uphill to Acropolis in Athens, Greece Why did you choose CIEE? I chose the CIEE Global Institute Rome Open Campus because of my love for Roman history and art and my past experiences with CIEE. I was lucky enough to go abroad in January 2016 for three weeks with CIEE in Seville, Spain and after such a successful experience with the program, I chose to go abroad for four months in Rome. What was your favorite part about Rome? Where does one beg...

Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Teacher Pema Chödrön on Transformation Through Difficult Times" /> In every life, there comes a time when we are razed to the bone of our resilience by losses beyond our control — lacerations of the heart that feel barely bearable , that leave us bereft of solid ground. What then? “In art,” Kafka assured his teenage walking companion , “one must throw one’s life away in order to gain it.” As in art, so in life — so suggests the American Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Pema Chödrön . In When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times ( public library ), she draws on her own confrontation with personal crisis and on the ancient teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to offer gentle and incisive guidance to the enormity we stand to gain during those times when all seems to be lost. Half a century after Albert Camus asserted that “there is no love of life without despair of life,” Chödrön reframes those moments of acute despair as opportunities for...

T he $8. 7 million Herman Student Life Complex tripled the size of the academic space available for Husker student -athletes by using the previous space known as the Hewit Center and the space previously occupied by the West Stadium Strength Complex . Nebraska Athletics is one of the few self- sustaining athletic programs in the country. In 2016-17, Nebraska was one of only two collegiate programs in the nation to attract nearly 1. 3 million fans across its seven major team sports through the doors of its world-class facilities. In 2016-17, Nebraska was the only Division I program to rank in the top 15 nationally in attendance in football and men's basketball. Overall, nine Husker sports ranked among the top 20 nationally in attendance in 2016-17. This incredible interest and support enables Nebraska Athletics to invest in the student-athlete experience, as well as the overall game-day experience. Nebraska is a leader in providing all the resources and support necessary f...

EMA: “I like long synth songs with a story about fucked-up suburban life.” Alicia Gordon Noise- folk artist EMA ’s new record, Exile in the Outer Ring , began life in 2015 in a white dome in MoMA P.S.1’s snow-covered courtyard. For four hours on a Sunday in February, she sculpted soundscapes from atop a platform set up like the blandest of living rooms: TV, palm plant, messy coffee table , Ikea lamp. She never addressed the crowd; she was in a bubble inside the bubble of the dome, her audience an intermediate layer that formed a ring around the stage. “I like the idea of multiple realities layered on top of each other,” she says. “And that space from the performance — this generic American apartment , with beige carpeting and a shitty couch, slit blinds, a ceiling fan — that’s where I wrote the record from.” EMA, whose full name is Erika M. Anderson, worked on Exile in her similarly bland apartment outside Portland, Oregon, where she’s lived since 2010. “I feel like that apartment,...

Experience downtown San Jose living at 101 San Fernando Apartments . Imagine yourself living in vibrant, beautiful, and sophisticated downtown San Jose , CA. When you rent an apartment at 101 San Fernando , you can turn that dream into reality. We provide a gated and controlled access entry system for your peace of mind. Keep cool and warm with your own individual central air/heating. For your convenience, there is a full-size energy-efficient washer and dryer in every apartment, so you can stay on top of that laundry. We know life can get hectic and skipping the gym is often tempting, so we’ve brought the gym home to you! While staying in one of our San Jose Apartments , you can enjoy the fitness center, which is sure to please. When you’re finished working up a sweat, be sure to take some time to relax those muscles in our therapeutic Jacuzzi. Our San Jose Apartments for rent offer high - speed internet access in our on- site business center when you just can’t make it into the ...

Growing up, Cody Clapp never wanted to be the classic astronaut or monster truck driver . Clapp’s go-to answer was a cardio-thoracic surgeon. Now he could be on his way as a third- year medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at the Permian Basin. Clapp, of Dennison, is one of a class of 21 welcomed to the Permian Basin during a July Odessa Chamber of Commerce reception. The Odessa American also spoke to his peers Elsa Parra from San Antonio, Victoria Phan of Dallas and David Stamps of Phoenix. “I was kind of a weird kid,” Clapp said. “I had a severe illness when I was 9. I was hospitalized for a month. Just interacting with doctors in the health care system there it just confirmed that was exactly what I wanted to do.” Clapp said he had a severe case of pneumonia that progressed into empyema. The Healthline website said empyema is a condition where “pus gathers in the area between the lungs and the inner surface of the chest wall.” He wa...

Pregnant at 16. A forced adoption. High school sweethearts torn apart by the unbearable pain of giving up their son… Who could imagine that this heartbreak would turn into a miraculous testament to the power of love? Bart and Brenda were young, crazy about each other and secretly engaged when they discovered Brenda was pregnant. At her parents' insistence, the couple put their child up for adoption. Bart and Brenda's relationship couldn't stand the strain of what had happened, and things ended abruptly . "We stopped communicating. She wouldn't answer my calls," Bart told "The Oprah Winfrey Show " in 2005. "It just stopped." High School Sweethearts Reconnect Eventually, each moved on with their lives, married other people and had children. Yet, Bart and Brenda never forgot about each other, or their son. Twenty-six years after breaking up, Bart looked up Brenda on Classmates.com. They learned that they were both divorced, and decided to me...

I realized that the “Marriage is something you must achieve in life, otherwise you live a failure” belief was so deeply ingrained in me until I confronted it in college, thanks to a genders philosophy class . It’s easy to grow up thinking this way since my fairy tale books contained dreams of Prince Charming, and evil spinsters that lived alone in the woods. Various TV shows and movies would innocuously present the stereotypes: the cold librarian or the miserable teacher living vicariously through the students we’d cheer on as they got together. The expectation is also enforced every time someone asks, “Why are you single?” “Because I wasn’t born with a twin,” is a retort I would love to give. As we grow up, the requirement to get married is even used to put down women as they progress in their careers. We’ve spoken about how women are just quite not enough or impressive in a few, narrow-minded eyes if they don’t have a husband and kids to go home to. There’s always a catch: She’s a ...

Stephen Castro just wrapped his first summer internship at AT&T. He spent 10 weeks shooting , filming, editing - and sometimes starring in - videos for AT&T University. In a few weeks, he'll head back to school to start classes for his masters in mass communications. Stephen found this opportunity thanks to a new program through AT&T and LaunchAbility. LaunchAbility prefers the term 'able.' They're committed to helping people with cognitive disabilities fit in and feel good in the workplace. This summer, we worked with LaunchAbility to host 4 interns on the autism spectrum. The internship ran June -August 2017 in Dallas. Sipping coffee between video shoots, Stephen told us about his experience at AT&T - and what's next. Why do you think it's important to have an internship? Internships are the building blocks for a future career. You get to gain job experience like working on assignments, collaborating and networking. Internships can also lead...

You’ ve worked hard throughout your entire career to be able to afford the finer things in life. Now it’s time to reap the ultimate rewards by renting or owning a luxury apartment in your neighborhood. Depending on where you live, you may not be able to find the luxury flat you’ve always desired, so you may have to move to another community in the vicinity of your place of business or employment. Obviously, you want your luxurious living experience to be as stress-free as it can possibly be. With that in mind, we recommend paying attention to the luxury living tips we’re about to share with you today. We believe that if you follow our guidance your luxury living experience will go a heck of a lot smoother than it might otherwise. Tip #1: Become Friends with Your Landlord More often than not, people have a tendency to ignore their landlord unless they have a problem. At this point, your landlord isn’t necessarily going to bend over backwards to help you if you don’t have a good re...

Do you remember the first friend you made? The first person I consciously remember calling my “friend” (and later, “best friend”) was someone I met in preschool. I was probably four years old. We had similar interests, and complementary personalities (he was the big picture idea guy , I was the detail-oriented do-er). As I’ve continued through life, my friendships have shifted . I’ve made new friends along the way, deepened my relationship with existing friend s, and fallen out of touch with others. When you look at it this way, it seems like friendship is something that just “happens. ” You can’t control it, it would seem, and maybe it’s better not to. After all, you can’t force friendship. Yet, what I’ve come to realize in the past couple years is that while you can’t force or manufacture friendship, you can   seek and cultivate it . It isn’t completely out of your control. In fact, since it’s such an important part of living a happy life, it’s something that you put on autopilot a...