January 15, 2020
By: Admin
By Eleanor I’d like to discuss something very close to my heart today: food. Senegalese food, to be exact. I promise you that each dish will leave you begging for the recipe-- and you’ll want them all. Especially the street...
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January 8, 2020
By: Leslie
By Amichai [caption id="attachment_881" align="alignright" width="225"] With my chevruta (learning partner), I am learning Talmud, specifically the tractate of Bava Kama, which is a book of Jewish law that discusses civil matters and deals with rules of damages.[/caption] When I...
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December 18, 2019
By: Admin
By Delaney Hello! My name is Delaney, and I am from Cleveland, OH! I recently returned home after spending three months in Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho. Now that I’m back home, and have access to a computer, a shower, and...
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December 6, 2019
By: Admin
By Delaney Hello! It’s Delaney again. The last blog I wrote was a huge overview of my semester with NOLS, but I feel like I didn’t give certain events and days the attention they deserved. In this blog I want...
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November 28, 2019
By: Leslie
Today, I’m going to tell you about a personal project that I’ve dedicated my Gap Year to: Mack’s School Prep (MSP). MSP is the academic nonprofit I founded in July of this year with the mission of equipping under-resourced and...
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November 27, 2019
By: Leslie
It's been a month since I first arrived in Israel, and the experience so far has been unbelievable. For the first week, I stayed in the small desert town of Sde Boker, which is probably best described as a desert...
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November 14, 2019
By: Leslie
I’m halfway through my semester in Paris (a sentence I can’t believe I’m typing–I feel like I just got here), and feeling more comfortable with my daily routine. I thought it would be interesting to walk you through an average week...
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October 31, 2019
By: Admin
Hello Blue Devils. Welcome back to my blog for the Duke Gap Year Program! This edition will focus on my first two weeks in New York City and the start of my gap year with the New York Times. I...
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October 29, 2019
By: Admin
It’s been nearly three weeks on the Chemin de Saint Jacques (as the trail is called here in France) and about 250 miles. I’ve decided to take the day off in a little village called Auvillar, giving my body much...
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October 15, 2019
By: Admin
Kate, How lucky am I to have had you in my life over the past eight months! This is not a goodbye, but a thank you and a see you later : ). Thank you for teaching me all...
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