Berkley Center

“Am I crazy, or are they staring at me?” This is a common question posed during one’s first few days in Spain. It can be a bit jarring at first, feeling like someone is watching you, analyzing your every detail for far more than an appropriate amount…

There seems to always be that brief pause at the dinner table. My family isn’t religious; we don’t normally say grace before our meals, save for a few large family gatherings. So when I’m eating with a friend’s family for the first time, I always…

As I write this post, I am sitting in a small, overpriced coffee shop a few blocks away from school. The back wall of the coffee shop is unfinished, revealing several other paint jobs and the original concrete, instead of the white paint found on the…