A little over a month ago I was on a plane headed back to the United States after studying abroad for a semester at Carlow College in Carlow, Ireland. When I originally left for Ireland in the fall, I...

There are many things that we want to do in our lives that get set aside because they seem inconvenient or impractical. This is one reason that studying abroad did not happen for me until I stepped on...

“So, how was your trip?” This question has been on almost everybody’s lips for the last two weeks. I just came back from spending four months studying in Carlow, Ireland, and everyone who knows me...

On Sept. 11, while all my fellow Madison College students were going about having a normal Wednesday, I was sitting in a bathroom stall at the Dane County Regional Airport trying not to fall apart for...

I stare into my closet and think, “How on earth am I going to fit all this into one suitcase and one carry-on bag?” Good question. Packing for a trip is hard. Packing for four months abroad is...