Ireland’s lack of opportunities and housing
SocietyOver the past few years, it has become apparent to my friend and I that we will most likely not be able to buy a house in Ireland. In comparison to my parents who built their own house before they were 30 my generation in Ireland will not be afforded the same luxury. The housing
Lost in Translation: Finding a Voice in a German Campus Radio
Feature . MediaThe first thing I didn’t understand was a joke. The speaker made a remark about student radio culture. The room laughed immediately. I smiled a second too late, trying to catch the tone rather than the meaning. Around me, pens were already moving again, notebooks filled with bullet points and arrows. The information session for
Reportage about the Oktoberfest: Traditional celebration, or an overpriced festival?
Culture . Food . Germany . TravelHey everyone! I’m back with another post from my Professional Communication course at LMU. For this assignment, we were asked to write a reportage about a topic in our environment that raises a question or shows an issue. Since I’m currently on exchange in Munich, I decided to finally go to Oktoberfest, something I had
From São Paulo to Munich: The comfortable silence
Authors . City life . SocietyI arrive in the northern part of Munich on a pale Saturday morning. The apartment building looks almost silent from the outside. Bicycles are chained neatly in front of it, a thin winter light pressing through the windows. Inside the apartment complex, I step into the narrow elevator and press the button for the 4th
Chasing a Place to Call Home: Student’s Housing Struggle in Munich
City life . Germany . Society . Student lifeFor almost two months, Cécilia searched relentlessly for a place to live in Munich. She attended more than 30 apartment viewings, both online and in person, before finally securing a room in a three-person shared flat. The rent was around 800 euros per month per person — far from cheap, but a relief after weeks
Seen but Limited: Queer Identity in the Thai Entertainment Industry
SocietyThe lights on the set of Taste are ready for today’s shooting, marking the spot for actors to be on their scene. While others’ scenes are filmed, Obey Punnavich focuses with his script and tries to connect with his character, preparing for his take. One of the set prop’s staff walks by and laughingly says
The disappearing of Italy and its cold, demographic winter
City life . Culture . SocietyThere is a sound that is growing increasingly rare across vast areas of the Italian peninsula: the chatter of children leaving school and their laughter while playing all afternoon in that small park amongst the flats and houses. From the ridges of the Apennines to the valleys of the Alps, and across the inland territories
The Liminal Threshold: Negotiating Comfort and Control at the Global Hub
City life . Opinion piece . Society . TravelWhenever we transition to a new phase or domain, we inevitably encounter a boundary. This boundary, where two distinct realities meet, inherently implies negotiation and competition. A night spent at Istanbul Airport revealed a continuous, silent negotiation unfolding within the stillness. Ultimately, this threshold—where individual desire clashes with systemic control—defines the core dilemma of our
Smart, Polished, and Online: The Rise of College Student Influencers in China
SocietyConstant buzz and notifications on phone broke into Zhao Ziyi’s quiet summer vacation. She had casually posted a blog to memorize her high school life on Red Note, a trending Chinese social media platform, and went to sleep. By morning, she surprisingly found her blog went viral, attracting over 2,000 likes. That was the beginning
Süddeutsche Zeitung – a resilient behemoth of print journalism
ExcursionsVisiting Süddeutsche Zeitung’s printing plant was both inspiring and insightful, revealing how the company sees the future of newspapers and how the physical printing process actually works. We began with a briefing from an SZ executive, who walked us through the paper’s history and influence with the help of an old introductory video. From the