The War on Poverty: Experiencing Poverty Firsthand in America
Culture . Health . Politics . SocietyWhen Detroit natives, Robert and Rosemary Reid, visited Kentucky for two weeks for humanitarian work, they had no idea how it would impact the rest of their lives. Robert was working at Ford Motor Company in the 1960s when President Lyndon Johnson declared a national “war on poverty”. This political effort aimed at not only
Visit to BR Funkhaus
Excursions . Media . UncategorizedWithin the course Professional Communication in Munich the students did their second field trip to the broadcasting studios of Bayerischer Rundfunk. There, they got a tour through three of the eight radio studios of BR. One of them was a really big studio which is also used as a concert hall for orchestras and other
Over the boarder
Culture . SocietyCristian Fernandez (30) moved to the U.S. when he was 16 years old. Having to adjust to a whole new culture and way of life opened his eyes to new possibilities as well as understanding what he is capable of. Why did you move to the U.S.? My dad has U.S. citizenship and wanted us
Me, Myself and I
AuthorsMy name is Laura. I am in my Junior Year of university at Wayne State University in Michigan, USA. I am half German and Argentinian but I haven’t lived in Germany since I was 5 years old. At home we speak German with my dad and Spanish with my mom, but since I have noticed
Who’s behind Alexa?
AuthorsAs she was studying communication at LMU, Marie Kilg never thought she would have ended up working for Amazon as Alexa Content Manager. But here she is, only 24 years old, soon moving to Seattle to follow her career path. However, it is pretty comprehensible she couldn’t tell after all: just a few years ago
World Traveler in Training
Culture . Student life . TravelAsha Ress is a 20-year-old student of criminology at University of Minnesota Twin-Cities, and a current member of the study abroad program Junior Year in Munich. Already in her short life, she has visited over a dozen countries and plans to visit many more during her year abroad. Asha says that one of her lifelong
Can Metal Music Halt the Influence of a White Supremacist Narrative?
Music . SocietyPhillip Age 27 Avid Metal Music Listener Earlier when we were speaking doing an Erasmus year you told me you wanted to go to Sweden. Why would you choose Sweden? “It’s an awesome country and I love the culture there. Every German guy says it’s because of the girls but that was the last thing
Body language and spiritual connection
Culture . Health . TravelThe person I will describe is not my fellow-student or a friend of the same age. However, it is a story about magnificent international connection, which has changed a lot my perception of life. A story, created by conducting a long-distance interview via voice messages and e-mails. And now I can say that I am
Pack your bag with no ticket back w/ Duarte
TravelDuarte is a 23year-old Portuguese who, when working as a volunteer in a small town in the heart of Transylvania, started to become passionate about hitchhiking. “Hitchhiking (locally called auto-stop) is cultural there”, he says “Outside most rural towns, there’s a designated area for the locals to lift their thumbs and wait for someone to
Et Voilà – Carlos Maio
Food . Travel” … have the opportunity to delight my clients with my own creations” Carlos Maio aka Pipas Maio is a brave guy that risked it all in his dreams. The Cuisine is his passion and as a young cooker his efforts have been rewarded by the professionals in the field. After going through for more