Thursday, May 8th Students from various universities marched down Calle Condell, I suppose to Parque Italia or Parque O’Higgins*, dressed in black. There were also elementary school children and high school aged youth marching in the protest. They woke me out of bed, I went to the balcony of our apartment to watch hundreds of… [Read more…]
May 8, 2008
I couldn’t help posting about this wonderful site I came across that explains all of my favorite web things in “plain english”. Click here to find out what a blog is, and why you should get one! Click here to find out why you should be using del.icio.us bookmarking. Click here to find out what… [Read more…]
May 7, 2008
In light of all of the extreme events that have been happening here in Valparaíso, I thought I would make a partial time line for those of you on the outside. Start by reading my first post on the paro. Four universities have been collaborating with one another to make the impact of the paro… [Read more…]
April 19, 2008
The students at my school are on strike right now, protesting bus prices which are set to be raised over 50%. Buses are the main means of transportation in Valparaíso. Some departments were on strike up until this past Friday, others are on strike indefinitely until the situation is resolved. Students are not going to… [Read more…]
April 3, 2008
This past week was Semana Novata, a week which celebrates freshman. Classes are suspended, and each evening boasts an event hosted by the university’s federación estudiantil, or student body. To take advantage of this week off school, I along with two other girls studying at PUCV on exchange went camping at the National Reserve Siete… [Read more…]
March 25, 2008
You can access the original article here: http://www.estrellavalpo.cl today (March 25th) by scrolling down the page– or any other day for an indeterminate amount of time by doing a search for “Hannah Kelley”. I was interviewed on Saturday while sitting at a cafe near my house. At the top it says: The Gringa of the… [Read more…]
March 23, 2008
Fellow Rotary scholar Paul Goldberg held a get together at his residencia on Cerro Placeres (Pleasure Hill). His good friend and proprietor of the residencia, Miguel Angel, is a former chef–which didn’t hurt in preparing food for approx. 20 people. Friends from the university came and invited friends of their own, along with Rotaractors and… [Read more…]
March 22, 2008
Hills The Saturday of Easter Weekend I went wandering around the hills Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepcion near my apartment with fellow scholar Paul Goldberg. We first went to a very unique cemetery, which is actually visible from the rear windows of my apartment. See more pictures of the cemetery here. Although I live at… [Read more…]
March 17, 2008
While walking around Casa Central (main campus for PUCV) on Monday, I noticed that some fellow students were using white paint to write on enormous strips of black plastic, then hanging them as banners all along the inside of the courtyard. Posters inside of Casa Central I stopped to ask one of the students what… [Read more…]
March 16, 2008
Announcing my home phone number: (011) (56) (32) 221-9305 Saturday was Beach Day. I didn’t bring my digital camera, but I took a lot of pictures with a small plastic 35 mm camera I brought. I am anxious to see what effect the camera gives to the pictures. I went with Matthieu by bus to… [Read more…]
May 8, 2008
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