“I felt like I was eternal, because I was experiencing something internal”
Culture . Student lifeI find myself in the rooftop of a cafe in Munich with my good friend and interviewee, Anna. Anna Bertelli is a 21 years old philosophy exchange student at LMU, who has been rewarded with a special scholarship. She has been a volunteer in Cambodia and is very committed with the environment and with nature,
4 Things To Know About Japan
Culture . Society . Travel . UncategorizedAine Adachi is an exchange student at LMU. In this interview, she will be uncovering some truths about the Japanese society, that a lot of people from outside this island country have been wondering about, based oh her personal experience. Hi, Aine. Thank you for doing this interview with me. As I already know, you
Looking East
Student life . TravelBryan Roemelt is an American from Saratoga Upstate New York. He graduated from American University in Washington DC in May, where he majored in International Relations and German Studies. Since then, Bryan has moved to Berlin on a 6-month visa while searching for a job. A well traveled man and photographer, Bryan has spent a
Inside the Life of a Professional Athlete
Sports . Student lifeDaria Kuznetsova is a 22-year-old from Moscow who started playing tennis when she was 4 years old. In this interview, we will explore her experience growing up as a professional athlete. How did you get involved in tennis? Since I always had a lot of energy, my parents knew that I would be good at
My first German friend’s life
AuthorsThis week I decided to interview the first friend I made here in Munich: her name is Luisa, she comes from Northern Germany and she is 20 years old. I met her in September when I moved to Studentenstadt. She is involved in many projects of volunteering and mentoring and that’s why I thought you
Uncertainty, Freedom, Creativity: Architecture to me
Culture . TravelMy interviewee is architecture major Hongmao Shi from Tsinghua University Beijing China, is currently on a semester exchange program in Technische Universität München. Because of curiosity and interest in architecture. I interviewed her, hoping to learn more about her and the architecture she was studying. The following is a Z for the interviewer and S
First World Philosophy
Society“Is philosophy outdated?” We will explore this topic with First-World-Philosopher, Dr. Hans-Peter Söder. Born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, as the only child of a German-Protestant household, Hans-Peter Söder pursued higher education. With a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, a Masters Degree in German Literary History and a PhD in German Intellectual History and Philosophy, today
The Ultimate Exchange Student
Culture . Student lifeDavid Liu, an international student in Munich, has studied in three different countries in the last four years of his life. Hailing from the port city of Guangzhou, China, David completed his high school education there and continued on to study at one of the top Ivy League universities in America: Cornell University. Now in
German to English: is it hard?
Student lifeI had the pleasure of interviewing a native German speaker and good friend of mine named Phil. English is his second language and I wanted to get a better understanding of his process of learning English. What is your mother language? “My native language is German. As far as I’m aware, however, the current linguistic
Mission ‘Use a required assignment as an excuse to make friends’
AuthorsIt’s easy to stick to the familiar. In my case, the American bubble. It was about time to venture outside of that bubble so I took some time to ask an International neighbor about herself and how her German immersion was coming. Maeve Hurson is a 20 year-old psychology student from Galway, Ireland completing a