International Issues
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Jordan Grummer on November 18, 2009 at 11:10 pm • 0 Comments •
By Jordan Grummer
For students attending the UA from out of the country, making the transition from one culture to another can be a long, difficult process. The presence of 28 international registered student organizations gives these students opportunities to bring ...
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Saba Naseem on November 18, 2009 at 11:07 pm • 0 Comments •
By Saba Naseem
A group of girls sit on red couches in Hotz Hall. Scarves of white, red, black and blue with simple designs cover their heads, some loosely thrown on, others tightly wrapped. Studying together, one girl follows the other’s ...
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Zach Jordan on November 18, 2009 at 11:05 pm • 0 Comments •
In honor of International Education Week, the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Office of Study Abroad, and the Holcombe International Living Learning Community created an essay contest to “highlight the opportunities for international education all around us.”
The essay ...
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April Robertson on November 18, 2009 at 11:04 pm • 0 Comments •
By April Robertson
Prabuddha Lohani, an industrial engineering student from Nepal, said he is disappointed in some of the most recent Nepali national news.
Last week, prime minister Karima Begum slapped one of her employees five times for sending an old car, ...
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Taniah Tudor on November 18, 2009 at 11:04 pm • 0 Comments •
By Taniah Tudor
Whale hunting in Japan has been a controversy for some time, but the controversy escalated recently when the country announced its largest hunt in decades. Commercial whaling was banned in 1986, but Japan has continued to hunt whales ...
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April Robertson on November 18, 2009 at 11:03 pm • 0 Comments •
By April Robertson
Miran Gichki is a political science major from Pakistan. On Nov. 12, there was a suicide bombing in Pakistan against the International Services of Intelligence, and 32 people were killed as a result.
Gichki shares his view of the ...
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April Robertson on November 18, 2009 at 11:03 pm • 0 Comments •
By April Robertson
Shadi Jamshidy, a UA architecture student from Iran, was visiting family for the summer when the Iranian presidential election took place.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaee were the candidates. Ahmadinejad won the election, but pressure ...
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Taniah Tudor on November 18, 2009 at 11:03 pm • 0 Comments •
By Taniah Tudor
Coming to a coed university like the UA for undergraduate or graduate education can be a challenge for many Saudi Arabian students. In a large part of Saudi Arabia, sexes are segregated until postgraduate education, except for family ...