Applied Psychology senior Mayah Siegel went to the Dominican Republic this summer with her sister Ilana, who is a Farmingdale sophomore Applied Economics major. Together, with faculty members from the Department of Applied Psychology, the sisters helped families in need. Mayah describes her experience in the Dominican Republic as transformative. She hopes that more students […]
Part 1: Gas Station Camels: Some enterprising gas station owners in the West Bank region tether camels in the parking lots, as the animals formerly known as Ships of the Desert are now demoted to photo ops. For the equivalent of $5, you can mount one of these wretched flea-ridden creatures […]
Well, it turns out Juan Valdez, the world-famous mascot for Colombia coffee, was created by a Miami advertising agency in 1959 in what became a highly successful attempt to brand Colombian coffee. The folks in Miami could not differentiate between the individual Latin American countries, so they chose “Juan” as a generic first name. Ok on that, […]
A first hand account of studying abroad in Florence, Italy Anxious and excited are the two best possible words to describe how I felt before taking off on a three-week long study abroad adventure in Florence, Italy. I’ve never traveled out of the country before, let alone traveled on my own, and I didn’t know […]
