In the bedroom shared by third-year students Nina O’Koye and Deborah Akinsilo, sociology and history students, respectively, the collage of photos surrounding the Nigerian flag stands out brilliantly. Parts of the flag (a strip of dark and vibrant green, then white, then green) are covered by photos of relatives dressed in traditional African attire.
Category Archives: Prime
Prime: get a glimpse of India through dance
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International Profiles: Nahela Nowshin
Dubai: It’s kind of like Shangri-La meets El Dorado on the Arabian Peninsula. Some people imagine palm tree-shaped islands, hotels that look like sailboats and palatial condos owned by oil barons and vacationing celebrities. In most people’s minds, Dubai is paradise.
International Profiles: Kyu Ick Shin
Just one month after arriving in the United States, Kyu Ick Shin experienced his first American rite of passage: Taking a knife in hand, he began to excise the stringy innards of a pumpkin.
International Profiles: Ella Wise
When London native and second-year global studies student Ella Wise traveled across the pond to attend college, or “uni” as it’s called for short in England, her friends had a pressing question about UCLA. Was it just like “The Hills” on MTV?
Spoken around the World: Old Norse
Professor Kendra Willson’s mother had lived in Stockholm, spoke Swedish and always talked of it as a magical place. Willson found a magical place of her own when she spent two years in Iceland after getting her undergraduate degree.
Spoken around the World: Azeri
The Azerbaijani, or Azeri, language was steadily been replaced by Russian as Azerbaijan’s chief language when the country became a part of the Soviet Union in 1922.