by Iceland Study Abroad | Nov 1, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
I like to think of the morning as a high school bully. Some may label me as a “morning person” because I possess the rare ability to surge out of bed with vigor. I can roll with the punches, laugh it off, and confront that morning monster. Some days, the very idea of...
by Kori Cooper | Oct 3, 2015 | Meaning of Sustainability, Staff Column
by Kori Cooper Elon Musk was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently discussing his plan to put humans on Mars. This planet has been the focus of worldwide attention because it is the planet most like Earth. Before you scoff at Musk’s idea, consider that...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
Right is a scenic panorama taken from the summit of local Mount Hestur. The mountain, which is little more than a bump by Icelandic standards, is nonetheless the most distinguishable geologic feature within hiking distance of Solheimar. At least, this is the...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland, 2015 Spring Iceland
The day I applied to CELL, I looked everything up about Iceland, the food, language, what the weather was like: it all sounded amazing. The one thing that really stood out to me was the northern lights. I saw pictures and heard people talking about them and how unique...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
I have found it difficult to choose just one isolated experience that has most impacted me in my brief time in Iceland thus far, so I’ve decided to dissent from doing so. Iceland is a land that hints at magic and mischievousness and breathes life. Poetry bubbles...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
Iceland has spent the last three weeks showing me the earth in a way that has been both heartbreaking and inspiring. I do not have the capacity to see all that is happening to our earth and I am sure I never will, but I have found more and more the importance of the...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
I would never have considered myself a “horse-girl”, but I have always loved these large animals. Having the opportunity to attend Réttir in Reykhólt, Iceland, I may have changed my mind about considering myself a “horse-girl.” These small community gatherings take...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
In the depths of a modern city surrounded by man-made architecture, whooshing, buzzing, and flashing cues train us to flow to the tune of this anthropocentric structure. We are accustomed to thinking, behaving, and weaving within our synthetic reality. In cities,...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
Time. Whatever your belief, this is a seriously confusing concept. It doesn’t start. It doesn’t stop. It just goes. It seems to go one way, but if we labeled it as monotonic then we could be committing an error on the magnitude of those who thought the world was...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Sep 21, 2015 | 2015 Fall Iceland
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” – Elie Wiesel...
