If the world were a global village of 100 people, one third of them would be rich or of moderate income, two thirds would be poor. Of the 100 residents, 47 would be unable to read, and only one would have a college education. About 35 would be suffering from hunger and malnutrition, at least half would be homeless or living in substandard housing. ( Read more... )

I'm so exicited. For so long, I've been debating joining the peace corps or going to grad school. Well, I think I've made my decision. I am (hopefully, probably) going to Duquesne after I graduate to get my masters in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies. I'm so exicted with my decision ( Read more... )

If you want to know who I spend most of my time with, it's her...


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I just bought my plane ticket! I'm so happy about that. It was relatively cheap, just under $300. I will be leaving from DC on the 27th of May and arriving in Tucson,Az that evening. I'm going to spend the night there, and then take a shuttle to Douglas and then cross the border into Mexico. I will be in Mexico until August 10th, just in time for ( Read more... )

These good things happened in the past couple of days ( Read more... )

I looked up the city I'll be living in over the summer, Agua Prieta, on weather.com. I wanted to see what the weather was like now, just so I could see how hot it is. In the 10 day forcast, it ranges from 85-90 degrees! Oh no. It's only April, and I'll be there all summer. I'm going to fry ( Read more... )

Well, I've been pretty busy this week. But it's been fun. I hung out a good bit with Joe and Nick and Jenn and Michelle. I had a French quiz. I walked many miles (25 this week!) with Baby Emily. I went home on Friday. I came back to school then. Matt and I watched Crash. It was very good. I went over to Miller Street. Nate walked in the room we ( Read more... )

This past week was pretty good, the weekend too. I saw Renee on Friday, and that was good.
Rebecca made this for me today,

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This week went by rather quickly. I got a lot of test back, and I did well on 3/4 of them. I guess thats not too bad ( Read more... )

So, I watched Cool Hand Luke today, and it made me think of and MISS Ben Houck.
I'm also back at school, and that's good. It was getting hard being home towards the end of break, I just felt sick of it. I dont know why. I'm weird sometimes.

Anyway, I decided I keep in horrible touch with people. So, I'd like it if you wouldgive me your addresses. ( Read more... )