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China: Making my way in the crowd

September 27, 2018 Top Questions Asked By Year at EMU: Freshman year - "What's your major?" Sophomore - "What are your plans after college?" Junior - "Where are you going for your cross-cultural?" Senior - "No, seriously pick one. Why haven't you gone yet?" I remember picking my destination for cross-cultural in the fall of my freshman year. I was a … Continue Reading ››
On the Great Wall

China – Host Families

Sept. 14, 2018 It has been two weeks since our 14 hour flight landed in Beijing, and we have already experienced so much. This small group of ten unique individuals has begun bonding over our own similarities in such a different culture from our own. So far, everything has been a beautiful combination of adventure, fear, joy, … Continue Reading ››
On the Great Wall

India: Rite or Ritual

Rite or Ritual   Divine - Sacred - God - Spirit With our words we sew a suit for it but it always bursts the seams no regard for blush or shame, it seems so it's fitting that this thing unnamed won't stay cinched in the western clothes we've carefully stitched   Toothy temple bracelet tiers, Jama Mosjid's twisted spires ghat-descending funeral biers and haunting red … Continue Reading ››
Group picture at the Taj Mahal

Lithuania

Today is Sunday June 3, 2018. We all went to church and it was a good service. We just got back from our week-long trip to Vilnius, Riga, and Tallinn. It was very interesting to see the architecture and learn about the history about these cities. … Continue Reading ››
Klaipeda 1

Montage of India

Through Post-neomodern Art
-Yelisey Shapovalov
I present to you the best of India through the art form that we millenials connect with most: selfies. My efforts began with the aspirations of sharing my adventures with my parents who are largely responsible for my being here; however, it turned out that they weren't … Continue Reading ››

India: Mussoorie, elevation 6,580 feet

Mussoorie Impressions Mussoorie has carried with it more anticipation than any other stop on this trip for me. Although I enjoyed our racing around Rajasthan for two weeks, my mind and body were exhausted and looking forward to resting in one place for some time. As we boarded our third and final overnight train ride, I … Continue Reading ››
Group picture at the Taj Mahal