Photo courtesy of Ailys Toledo/The Beacon Ailys Toledo/Columnist It is really challenging to try to put into words just how beautiful and inspiring the city of Seville is. Whatever adjectives I use will simply not do it justice. It would not be enough to describe the winding cobblestone streets that scatter throughout the city or […]
Photo credit: Ailys Toledo/The Beacon Ailys Toledo/Columnist After a not-as-grueling-as-I-thought-it-would-be flight to Spain, Matthew Young and I landed in Madrid for a two-hour layover to Seville. The airport in Madrid is bigger than any other airport I have ever been to! Getting from one terminal to another takes no less than 30 minutes. I knew […]
Photo courtesy of Ailys Toledo/The Beacon Ailys Toledo/Columnist I knew from the moment I booked my flight that traveling to my destination was not going to be pleasant. Perhaps this predetermined mindset is what set the tone for my flight. I was set to depart from Miami International Airport at 5:35 p.m. on May 18 […]
Photo courtesy of Ailys Toledo/The Beacon Ailys Toledo/Columnist Before I decided to study abroad, I had a mindset of what college was about. As a commuter student, attending college is part of a daily routine. I wake up for class, drive to school, stay a few extra hours to have lunch with a friend or […]
Ailys Toledo/Contributing Writer Exciting changes are underway for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Starting fall 2013, broadcast media will be available for students to declare as a major. The SJMC has worked diligently to bring the program back to the curriculum and is ready to take in students. The new major, broadcast media, […]
Ailys Toledo/Contributing Writer Katherine Mansfield, a visiting research associate to the School of Environment, Arts and Society, will be discussing the life and history of the ocean’s most precious creature: the sea turtle. SEAS will feature Mansfield as part of the Eat, Think and Be Merry Series on Tuesday, April 16 in its lecture “FOUND: […]