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  Edgeware

  Author: Samantha Karas

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, EUROPE, LUCKY WINNERS

  I’m from Nebraska—most of my world exists between two cornfields. So when I ventured to London for the first time with my school band, I was expecting charming accents. Flying umbrellas. Double-decker buses. Instead, I g Read More›



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  Language Barrier in Thailand

  Author: Caitlin Camfield

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, ASIA, LUCKY WINNERS

   “Mai, sip-jet bee,” I corrected. The extent of my knowledge of the Thai language only reached numbers and a few incorrectly pronounced words. However, I could still understand that the lady on the train guessed I was thirteen year Read More›



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  The Pennsylvania Hills

  Author: Kassandra Caudell

  Categories: CHILL, UNITED STATES & CANADA, LUCKY WINNERS

  I learned to measure milk in a half an eggshell, found doppelgangers exist, fell in love with rollercoaster-like land . . . and decided family reunions had possibility. I truly tried to avoid my great-aunt’s “genealogy get-toget Read More›



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  A Perfect Tiramisu

  Author: Jenna Ewald

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, EUROPE, LUCKY WINNERS

  As the rain outside slowly dwindled away we walked into a preserved castle, tucked gently away in Italy. Upon entering, the shadows of people danced upon the walls as they talked in hushed voices at their tables. The small murmurs that rang in our  Read More›



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  Teaching in Sichuan, China

  Author: Alice Lu

  Categories: HELP OTHERS, ASIA, LUCKY WINNERS

  Two weeks without air-conditioning--without Internet--without triple-layered, triple chocolate brownies. I traveled to Sichuan, China, with a program called “Building Bridges” hoping to expand my world view and make friends with Read More›