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I love to eat. The sheer joy of sinking my teeth into steaming hot, homemade chicken enchiladas, or the mouth-watering sensation of biting into crispy corn tortilla chips dipped into fresh ceviche brings an indescribable happiness to my heart, rivaled … Continue reading →

Conflict comes in every form at every level of society. Sometimes it is productive or violent, sometimes political or personal. The Good Friday Agreement forged in 1998 heralds respect from various nations as not only sustaining peace, but also its … Continue reading →

A few weekends ago I traveled with Molly to The Burren in County Clare, “out Wesht” as my Irish friends would say, for a weekend yoga retreat. The Burren is a stunning landscape made up of great sheets of limestone … Continue reading →

Ireland and the US are both approaching a turning point for LGBT rights at nearly the same point in time.  Both countries will soon decide the issue of marriage equality, but through quite different means. In the US, the issue … Continue reading →

My mother likes to remind me that when I was a small child she knew that taking me on a trip to the library was going to be a long outing. You can imagine then how thrilled I am to … Continue reading →

The 2014-2015 winter break marked an unusual transition for me. The past four years I was a “grade-waiter.” Upon returning home to Cincinnati, Ohio for Christmas, I would log into Duke’s online system every couple of days, waiting for my … Continue reading →

The Bioengineering program at TCD kept me pretty busy for my first semester in Ireland. I have made a New Years resolution to travel more in the coming semester and the following summer. But with my first day of second … Continue reading →

I’ve just returned to Dublin after three weeks at home. The end of 2014 came and went in a whirlwind of final tests, projects and papers. It was wonderful to be able to spend the holidays with my family for … Continue reading →