Alex Suffolk
Departure in Deutschland, Arrival in America: A Little Story of Reintegration
“Oh my God, I haven’t been on Instagram in like, five days!”
These were the first words to grace my ears as I sat down...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
As of writing this, I am in my ninth week of the 15-week UCEAP Language and Culture Program. So while I feel like I...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
A Weekend in Amsterdam
May 9-15
One of the greatest things about Germany would have to be its location. With its position smack-dab in the middle...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR Student studying...
May Day
May 1
“Happy New Year!” shouted an alcohol-slurred voice among the multitude of faces.
This was the greeting my friends and I met as we...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR Student studying...
April 19 – The Train
I was on a train, alone, in the middle of the night, thousands of miles from my family in the...
The Deutschland Diaries: Excerpts of the experiences and misadventures of a UCR student studying...
Fail Better
April 6-7
The pub was filled with the steady booming of old-school Schlager music—dwarfed in sound only by the clinking of Astra bottles and...
There can be only one: Finals: one week to rule them all
UCR is changing. I feel it in the nonexistent river. I feel it on top of the C. I smell it in the trees....
Perfect Imperfections: a discussion of body image and self-acceptance
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you think that there is something wrong with the way you look? Do...
There can be only one: Do the Harlem shake
Last week, some of you might have noticed a sea of people undulating around the Bell Tower with no real rhyme or reason. Some...
There can be only one: Super Bowl commercial commentary
Unless you live under a rock, you might have heard that Edgar Allen Poe beat a gold miner during this year’s World Cup. But...