Alison Hill SteichenAlison Hill Steichen is a longshoreman on the Seattle Waterfront by trade. She is a current returning undergraduate student at the University of Washington studying the Comparative History of Ideas and Labor Studies. Alison has a strong interest in social justice, specifically workers rights. She has participated in study abroad programs in Greece, […]
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I Am Home
I am home, I am home, I am home! India. How to explain India? Colorful and alive, bustling and loud, overwhelming and breathtaking, heartbreaking and beautiful. Bangalore is a heart, beating to the rhythm of auto rickshaw horns, marketplace haggling, sizzling dosas and the tantalizing aroma of Indian filter coffee decoction, kept alive by a […]
Why Study Abroad Sucks
It’s 2:34am. Your listening session of Yeezus by Kanye West reaches its 5th or 6th cycle. It’s 6am. Wake up. Pop Anti-Malarial Meds. Lie down. It’s 6:30am, you should not have lain down. Commence nausea and gagging repeatedly over your toilet bowl. It’s 4pm, mom and dad drive you to the airport and the pit […]