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,...
I suppose one could say that I’ve been up in the air for a long time. The pressure up there is different, and so whenever I touch back down to Earth, like clockwork, my ears pop. Before too long I always...
When the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, taking place from March 20 to April 13, announced its eight 2014 Goodwill Ambassadors, Sarah Santana (COL’16) was among those chosen to serve as...
Cheap, unhealthy, and easy to make. It's every college student's guilty late-night pleasure. When we're sick of Leo's, too broke to order take-out, or too lazy to cook, we can always depend on this...
Devoid of its own World Cup and denied inclusion in the most recent Summer Olympics, baseball lacked a consistent and legitimate world showcase until the creation of the World Baseball Classic in 2006....
Focused and poised, the warriors bow to their opponents before engaging in a series of attacks. Dressed in white, robe-like gi and black-and-blue pleated belts called hakamas — traditional Japanese...
For two days last week, the campus enjoyed a remarkable moment in international and intra-Jesuit relations. Sophia University’s president, vice president and Jesuit chancellor led a delegation of faculty...
On March 27, 1912, American first lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda, the wife of the Japanese ambassador at the time, planted two cherry trees along the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C....
United States Ambassador to Japan John Roos provided an on-the-ground perspective of Japan and its allies' response to 2011's earthquake and nuclear disaster Wednesday.
The event, sponsored by the Office...
Last week, Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish agreed to a six-year deal with the Texas Rangers worth approximately $60 million. The kicker? The Rangers actually spent over $111 million to sign Darvish,...
After a semester wracked with international challenges, Laura Monarch, the director of the overseas studies in the Office of International Programs, got a breather this week to discuss how she orchestrated...
The Office of International Programs decided to suspend all study abroad programs in Japan Monday evening, according to Director of OIP Laura Monarch.
The U.S. travel warning for Japan, urging American...
