Cafe Abroad InPrint Winter 2007

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Navigating Nicaragua

Tunneling the

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CONTENTS

MUSIC

DJ Curro Riera chats with Café Abroadcorrespondent Jacqui Davis about lifebehind the turntables in Seville.

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FOOD

Ordering a meal in a small restaurantalong China’s storied Silk Road can beas much of an adventure as the sight-seeing. As Sarah Markenson explains,Chinese food takes on an entirely differ-ent meaning in its native land.

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FILM

Power up the DVD player and plug inthe popcorn maker for a little cinemato-graphic predeparture orientation cour-tesy of Jamie Andrew.

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COVER SHOT

Transportation into Bosawás, Nicaragua. Withthe closest road miles away, traveling is done by river using large dugout canoes or “pipantes.”Here on the Rio Coco it is deep enough for the“provero” or pole-man to take a break andobserve some of the scenery. Photograph byScott Travers.

SOUTHERNCONE CAPITAL

Get some rest before you arrive; thenightlife down here starts early andends earlier. Welcome to one of theworld’s hippest cities – the kissingcapital of South America. CaféAbroad Team Buenos Aires offers to-tal cultural immersion in 3,000 words.Lesson one: pucker up.

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FROM THEUNDERGROUND

Lindsay Trice unearths facts and arti-facts, digging deep into the brewingcontroversy involving one of Turkey’slargest public works projects and ahistorical archeological discovery.

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BOSAWÁSBIOSPHERE RESERVE

“I awoke at 2 a.m. to shouting. A fer-de-lance, the deadliest snake in thewestern hemisphere, had slitheredinto camp and one of the indigenousguides had almost stepped on it,”writes Scott Travers, a University ofFlorida junior and aspiring herpetolo-gist. If this sounds intense, wait ’til youhear about the crocodile.

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STELLENBOSCHSTUDY CENTER

Having led programs on

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ve conti-nents, Bradley Rink is well preparedto set up a new study center in SouthAfrica. See Africa through Rink’s eyesand experience his passion for thecontinent’s culture and spirit.

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GABORONEMEDICAL CLINIC

Steven Friedman returns to Botswanawhere the sophomore already hasbeen prescribed a double dose ofAfrica. Friedman visits remote villagesand re

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ects on the partnership be-tween the Hospital of the Universityof Pennsylvania and its HIV/AIDShealth clinic in Botswana’s capital.

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Popol Vuh

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“Morning Sun” (Germany)

Pumice

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“Eyebath” (New Zealand)

Shonen Knife

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“Jackalope” (Japan)

Neu!

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“Hal logallo” (Germany)

Yura Yura Teikoku

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“Soft Death” (Japan)

Fela Kuti

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“Go Show” (Nigeria)

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PUBLISHER

Mark Travers

MANAGING EDITOR

Dan Schwartzman

ART DIRECTOR

Adrian Antonio

STUDENT CONTRIBUTORS

Jamie Andrew,

Maryland Institute of Art

Samantha Bradley,

Central Michigan U.

Julie Jane Capel,

North Park University

Jasmin Chang,

Northwestern University

Jacqui Davis,

Indiana University

Daniel Franken,

Georgetown University

Steven Friedman,

U. of Pennsylvania

Destiny Graber,

University of Georgia

Nicole Katze,

Wittenberg University

Dina Magaril,

Middlebury College

Sarah Markenson,

St. Louis University

Jessica Rettig,

Georgetown University

Scott Travers,

University of Florida

Lindsay Trice,

Georgetown University

Abby Wambaugh,

Long Island U.

Nicole Wong,

UCLA

FACULTY CONTRIBUTOR

Bradley Rink,

CIEE Stellenbosch

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want our opinion? We wouldn’t get accepted even i we cheated on the GREs.Regardless, we were happy to oblige. We might as well help our riends suc-ceed and go places in their young careers. By the same token, we’ve spent thepast year living vicariously through students’ adventures as budding world trav-elers.It’s always a little surprising when the phone rings and it’s someone rom anesteemed organization who’s called to hear our opinion. And it’s starting tohappen too requently to shrug it o as a fuke. Still, at this point, we preer tobe the ones doing the listening instead o the talking.To this end, issue 3 marks the creation o InPRINT’s letters section, wherewe’ve devoted an open orum or our readers to share their thoughts about anyaspect o the international education community. We’ve started this editionwith three upbeat comments, because, ater all, our egos are ragile. But in theuture, we hope to inspire students and educators alike to voice a diversity oopinions with Caé Abroad. Email

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.“Behold I have set beore thee an open door.” – Book o RevelationDan Schwartzmanmanaging editor

- By Abby WambaughCartooning rom New Zealand

Hey Dan,Congratulations to you, Mark, and the rest o theCA team. I was visiting a campus last week and sawa big stack o Caé Abroad displayed prominently! Ialso hear rom my Italian colleagues that there arefve students helping with Perugia, Italy.In bocca al lupo, as we would say!Best,Mark ShreveAssociate Director o US RelationsThe Umbra Institute

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Dear Dan,Congratulations, guys! Your site looks great.You are making a useul contributionto the feld. I wish you continued success.Regards,Annagene Yucas, Ph.D.DirectorStudy Abroad OfceUniversity Center or International StudiesUniversity o PittsburghHi Dan,This is a wonderul looking site - you have anincredible team.Congratulations,Angel CardecAssociate DirectorOfce o International StudiesUniversity o Central Florida

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