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CHAKRAVARTI: Rethink the Language of Identity

CHAKRAVARTI: Rethink the Language of Identity

By Priyasha Chakravarti October 7, 2022

As non-American individuals or those who have spent much of their lives abroad, I have seen non-Western international students fall victim to identity lingos like “whitewashed,” “coconut” or “fresh...

URTZ: Learning From Jordanian Hospitality

URTZ: Learning From Jordanian Hospitality

By Hannah Urtz November 9, 2018

When I lost my credit card in a crowded market last month, I initially felt panic. I frantically shuffled from vendor to vendor, retracing my steps to ask if anyone had seen it. Nobody had. Yet, as...

Learning to Love the Cultural Void

By Celeste Chisholm June 19, 2014

What does it mean to integrate? In Japanese, I often encounter the word tokekomu — to melt into something, to become a part of it as it becomes you. The metaphor seems to imply a mutual concession,...

Chinese Students Overcome Overseas Obstacles

By Jake Green November 17, 2011

Chinese fervor for American education is growing rapidly. In the past year, the number of Chinese undergraduate and graduate students at Georgetown has jumped 35 percent to a new high of 342. Coming...

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