international

Lost in translation?

Lost in translation?

Photo from Lesley University AUM international students share main difficulties about language barriers By Sofia Cerebuch and Tre Redden International students have been an integral part of U.S. campuses for years, according to Open Doors, which counts for approximately 1.2 million international students, as reported in 2025.  Being a foreign student is not always easy, and looking around, one realizes just how many challenges and nuances lie behind it all. Eric Möller, a freshman on the man’s tennis team, recounts one such incident. “When one guy was picking his classes, he was overwhelmed because he couldn’t really understand what the…
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Opinion: Going Back Home Doesn’t Always Mean Going Back to Yourself

Opinion: Going Back Home Doesn’t Always Mean Going Back to Yourself

designed from Veli Rehanne from Canva. For those who leave and return, it feels like meeting a stranger, the person who left is no longer there and the place just another unfamiliar stop along the way. At a certain point in the life of a person who has built a reality abroad, a realization comes that is like a crash. It doesn't happen the moment she steps off the plane, or when she starts using a language she knows again; it can happen all of a sudden or grow slowly. It happened to her in a bar, one of those…
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