Mar 01
Read this post in English. La semana pasada, de una manera media esporádica, decidí que me voy a Dharamsala, India en junio (lo pueden llamar un regalo de graduación para mi misma). Para que todos sepa, Dharamsala se encuentra al norte de la India por el Himalaya y al sur del Tíbet. Además del voluntariado …
Feb 29
I am always (and I mean always) struggling with ideas for creative gifts for holidays and birthdays. It seems that your boyfriend’s mother, or your next-door neighbor, or your new boss always bring the greatest stress when thinking up an appropriate present. I have the hardest time because I am so strictly opposed to giving …
Feb 24
As a child of immigrants, growing up I ate traditional foods almost every day, and rarely indulged in the typical American diet. Eating healthy was not very difficult as a child; first of all, my mother was doing all the cooking. Second of all, traditional Indian diets are extremely friendly to a healthy palate. Not …
Feb 23
Last semester I took my first computer science class. We covered everything from open source software to government censorship. However, what I found to be the most interesting topic was computer hacking. Our class discussed the numerous reasons behind computer hacking, but one reason in particular stood out from all the rest… using computer hacking …
Feb 23
UN World Tourism Day occurs every September 27th, the start of the tourism season in the southern hemisphere and the end of the tourist season in the northern hemisphere, and this year the theme is “Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development.” Now, September 27th is a long ways away, so it might seem a …
Feb 23
Read this post in English A veces las personas no se molestan en aprender acerca de los problemas globales… porque son globales. Muchos piensan que algunos problemas son tan grandes que es mejor dejarlos al gobierno y a organizaciones como las Naciones Unidas. La lucha contra el narcotráfico en México es una de estas cuestiones que …
Feb 22
Last week I wrote about remembering to turn off your lights in order to help conserve energy in an article titled “Lights Out.” This got me thinking of other easy ways to help reduce energy consumption that are not often publicized. As a college student, my housing accommodations are not ideal to say the least. …
Feb 21
View this post in English El alto nivel de violencia que los centroamericanos viven todos los días se puede atribuir a un millón de diferentes factores, entre ellos uno de los principales problemas es la deficiente infraestructura de sus gobiernos. Sin embargo, no es sólo la intervención del gobierno (o falta de) que ha facilitado un …
Feb 15
Green, green, green. It’s the new black. It’s everywhere we turn. From LEED certified buildings to electric vehicles, efforts to be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient seem to be sprouting up everywhere. “Going green” has become so popular that it’s now trendy. Celebrities cruise around in their hybrid vehicles, supermarket shoppers carry around their …
Feb 15
The Hardanis family, made up of Mohammad, his wife and two young girls were among the approximately 250 people on board a people-smuggling boat headed to Australia. The vessel carrying the migrants sank during the journey. Only 47 people survived. One of his daughters was rescued by a fishing boat that was in close proximity. …
