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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Walking Like an Aixoise: The Gradual Process of Cultural Assimilation

Richael Best February 14, 2012

This is Richael Best, your trusty study abroad blogger, writing to you from Aix-en-Provence. I have begun my third week in France, and I'm starting to feel like I actually live here, like I'm not just...

Strange juxtapositions

Elephant traffic, the Puppet Master, and a run-in with Ganesh

kateroberts February 14, 2012

First off, my favorite piece of Jaipur eye candy for the week:   For a Saturday, I'm feelin' drained. Basically, today consisted of a jog that was really more of a three-mile hurdle, and...

Style Spotlight: Kalen Bergado ’14

cade beck February 9, 2012
The Pioneer searches out Whitties who bring an extra splash of sartorial daring to the campus. This week's Style Spotlight: sophomore Kalen Bergado.

A Weekend on the Côte d’Azur

Richael Best February 7, 2012

For our first full weekend in France, IAU organized a trip to the Côte d'Azur for all of us on the program. Between Saturday morning and Sunday evening, we visited Nice, Cap d'Ail, Monte Carlo, Monaco,...

Stomach’s queezy, but the weather’s breezy

kateroberts February 7, 2012

Hello, world! Writing from my new bedroom in Jaipur, a regal little city in the state of Rajasthan, India. Technically, I'm here with an SIT program studying sustainable development and social change,...

Arabic is confusing, and so are the University of Jordan exit gates.

leslimeekins February 6, 2012

  Today was a very frustrating day for Arabic. You know those mornings where you physically wake up, but you're in a fog all day? That was me, and it didn't wear off until the afternoon. My already...

First Impressions of Carlos III

Erik February 4, 2012

I looked for a study abroad program that offered me the opportunity to direct enroll in a Spanish university.   I'm still confident that attending the Universidad Carlos III through Middlebury was the...

Credit: Cade Beck

Style Spotlight: Bella Zarate ’14

cade beck February 2, 2012
The Pioneer searches out Whitties who bring an extra splash of sartorial daring to the campus. This week's Style Spotlight: sophomore Bella Zarate.

Two Days in France: The Beginning

Richael Best January 30, 2012

Bonjour, tout le monde! My name is Richael Best and I'm a junior English Major/French Minor at Whitman. I'm from San Francisco, CA, and I am studying with the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence,...

Style Spotlight: Emma Dahl ’15

cade beck January 26, 2012
The Pioneer searches out Whitties who bring an extra splash of sartorial daring to the campus. This week's Style Spotlight: first-year Emma Dahl.

More than just a good meal

Sara Portesan January 14, 2012

A quick note on the host family experience...   As an only child, I have never and probably will never completely understand what it is like to have a sibling. It is one of the reasons I requested...

December 20th, 2010

Henry Gales January 6, 2012

I wrote this, in Spanish, on December 20th, 2010, the 10th aniversery of the riots which outsted president Fernando de la Rua and caused him to flee in a helicopter, a marking day of the economic crisis...

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