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...with the people they associate with the most: their classmates and housemates. These are usually other Americans or foreigners who can speak English and are familiar with American norms. In effect, students create an American bubble in another country. They live, study, and socialize within a group of comparatively similar people...
...within this safe social space, students studying abroad drastically reduce their ability to understand another culture. Whenever they experience something significant, it is filtered and interpreted by several different like-minded perspectives. Such experiences themselves are limited because, in another university environment, students tend to drift toward a lifestyle similar to the one they practiced at home. The standard class-study-party triad rebuilds itself with a more interesting background. There is little opportunity for interaction with locals and local culture, other than with shopkeepers and teachers—relationships that will always be one-sided...
...Because the two serious tickets are running on similar issues, the defining factor will likely be which candidate can craft—and sell—the better campaign narrative, says Sundquist. He adds that the Flores-McLeod ticket may have trouble engaging voters on a personal level...
Brian M. Weller ’09, new inductee and Applied Mathematics concentrator who has done extensive research in economics, had a similar reaction...
...social network, Fowler said, comparing this contagion of emotions to catching a sexually transmitted infection. “For example, in a network of sexual partners, if you have many partners and your partners have many partners, you are more susceptible to catching an STD.” Similarly, Fowler said the most connected people have a greater likelihood of “catching happiness.” Happily, the study suggests that sadness is not as easily transferred through social networks. “Unhappiness spreads, but it doesn’t spread quite as much nor does...