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How to order coffee like a local, while also apologizing for the horrors of the last couple hundred years of American foreign policy.
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It was not my most glamorous adventure to date, but I brought home the grandest souvenir... my first and second COVID-19 vaccinations.
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2020 wasn’t just an apocalyptic hellscape of heightened neoliberal politics; it was also a terrific year for new restaurants!
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Studying abroad expands your worldview and introduces you to ideas that US political discourse insists are impossible fantasies, like universal healthcare.