by Olivia Sanchez | Jan 21, 2019 | Excerpts from Olivia's Paris Journal, Postcards from Abroad
I am getting used to Paris. Don’t get me wrong, I still snap a picture almost every time I see the Eiffel Tower, and wander around my neighborhood in the evenings just to listen. The magic is not lost on me. But as I type this letter to you on the French keyboard in...
by Olivia Sanchez | Jan 14, 2019 | Excerpts from Olivia's Paris Journal, Postcards from Abroad
I decided to apply to work in Paris on a whim, the same way I’ve made most of my best decisions. I was made aware of the application on a Thursday afternoon in October. Twenty minutes later I called my parents to tell them I’d decided to apply, and submitted my...
by Alec Cowan | Jun 28, 2018 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News
This story originally aired in partnership with KLCC 89.7 FM during June 28 and 29. President Donald Trump’s travel ban was upheld in the Supreme Court tuesday on a 5-4 decision. Those at the University of Oregon are adapting to life under the ban, but universities...
by Jonathan Bach | Jun 9, 2016 | Food for Thought, Stories
Story and Photos by Christopher Chávez I held it in my hands; a long ivory tusk weighing about one hundred pounds. It was yellowed and coarse with several markings carved into it. Likely some sort of inventory code marked by the officer who confiscated it. And then I...