An interview with a UWC Mostar alumna Valeria Kluitko who, after graduating from the University of Florida, came back to home country, Belarus, and is now living in Minsk. The city became an epicenter of the current political uprising against the “reelection” of Alexander Lukashenko, a Belorussian president who has not managed to let go of his undoubtedly much cherished position in 26 years.
Not Just a Hashtag is an article discussing the #ENDSARS movement; what it’s about, a young Nigerian’s thoughts about it, and what it means to the greater youth of Nigeria.
Juan Antonio Nelson is a Jamaican graduate of UWC SouthEast Asia and is currently studying at Luther College in Iowa, USA. He believes that it’s important for members of the UWC movement to show their support to movements like #blacklivesmatter as much they do on other global issues.
Estella is an 18 year old Norwegian/Tanzanian first year student at UWC Maastricht, and an illustrator in the Flying Dutchman. She believes the current #blacklivesmatter movement is succeeding in tackling the issue of police brutality, but wants to see more people having open discussions on the topic and actively taking action.
It would’ve been just another article on Facebook. I almost scrolled past. I scanned through the first paragraph, my thumb almost on the screen, but then I saw the name of my city. The place I grew up in. I felt sick- but why only after I’d seen that one word?
For the people thinking feminism hates men, people thinking violence has no gender: it isn’t just about good people VS bad people. It is indeed about women and their struggle to take over their own lives.
In Jamaica, our language is an undeniable part of our culture, a part for which we have become infamous around the globe. Where we do we draw the line between its recognition and its tokenism?
Emerging from the Great Depression and benefitting from the War Economy, New York had experienced unforetold growth and unmanageable stress.
From Homer’s poems to tourism in a globalised world: the evolution of hospitality, through the Caucasus and UWC.
Reasons why you should consider taking a gap year.
