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La Vida At Our College: Reflections Of A Harvard Other

BY Alejandro Gac-Artigas
PUBLISHED: Sat, May 17. '08
Hello. My name is Alejandro Gac-Artigas. It’s a funny name, one that had terrorized many a substitute teacher calling roll throughout elementary school.

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Middle East Light: Fantasies and Fairytales

PUBLISHED: Jul 1 2008 - 11:57am
So, our group went on a trip with the university to Mt. Sinai (yea, the one where Moses chatted it up with God) and to a resort town on the Red Sea called Sharm El Sheikh. Mt.
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Egypt Underground

PUBLISHED: Jun 15 2008 - 12:06pm
After digging deeper within the folds of Egyptian society, I am finally beginning to see how things work here.
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Who Cares About Somalia?

PUBLISHED: Jun 10 2008 - 12:13pm
So I had my interview and I managed to get an amazing internship!
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No Bullets in the Desert

PUBLISHED: Jun 6 2008 - 5:34pm
Since my classes in Egypt don’t start till next week a couple of friends and I decided to go exploring the Libyan Desert, (which is actually in Egypt near the border with Libya) and a desert oasis (
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My All-American Kazoo: A Biographical Sketch

PUBLISHED: Jun 5 2008 - 5:57pm
It is nearly impossible to paraphrase the complete essence of a writer in an inanimate object, but if I could be anything, I would be a kazoo.
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Strangers on a Plane

PUBLISHED: Jun 2 2008 - 7:54am
Seat arrangements on airplanes are a lot like playing the lottery. On the way to Amsterdam I’m going to say… I lost.
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I was Quoted in the Kansas City Star!

PUBLISHED: May 31 2008 - 1:37am
This is a very quick blurb: I just wanted to mention that while googling myself for the 25th time today, I found something utterly bewildering and unexpected: I was quoted in the Kansas City Star!
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Confessions Of A Nerdy... Non-Linguist.

PUBLISHED: May 30 2008 - 7:42am
It's one hour before my flight takes off from Vancouver to Osaka's Kansai International Airport, and a part of me is choosing this moment to wave a white flag.
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Tales From a Wanderluster

PUBLISHED: May 28 2008 - 11:45am
So starting on May 30th, I will begin traveling the world in search of education, excitement, and adventure.
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Introductory Blog Salad

PUBLISHED: May 21 2008 - 10:14pm
No respectable blog can open its doors without a confession, so here goes my first: I really hate the Harvard Voice. Or at least I did so before checking it out online.