Adventures in Translation
By Chris Barton, Co-Editor; and Brian Adams, Guest Writer Over winter break, I took a trip down to Costa Rica to explore buying a trout farm in the mountains and setting up a Sustainability Education Center. I was working with locals and ex-pats, landowners and businesspeople. It was my first real international business experience, and […]
Teenage Wasteland: San Pedro’s Sunken City
By Jake Strickler, Editor-in-Chief All photos by my dear, old friend Derrick Monks. Please check out his wonderful work. T-Birds are an adventurous lot. That’s the most reductive and unnecessary string of words I’ve ever put together but I had to start this thing somehow and if your week has been anything like mine then […]
Learning Spanish in Guatemala
By Aaron Rockwell, Staff Writer My winter break = 8 hours a day learning Spanish in a one-on-one setting. Here’re my big take-aways: Chicken Busses (great business model): Busses run on point A to point B systems. They pretty much fill up to the brim before leaving. Once the bus is halfway to its destination, a […]
How to Make the Most of Returning to Campus
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer A month out of school could mean a number of different things: a recharge of energy, positivity from reuniting with family and friends, a trip to remember, or even just some simple rest and relaxation. No matter what you did over the holidays though, the immediate changes in routine and […]
Western Regional Night: Fall 2016
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer The lights were off, the music was on, the food was served, the flavors were mixed and the people, well the people were ready for the second Regional Night of Fall 2016. The second Regional Night of this semester was held on Saturday, November 19. The event was promoted by […]
¿What Do You Mean?: Spanish Slang Around the World
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer Whenever a person is learning a new language or traveling, there is always a desire to learn about the slang of this other new place. These are the words that are not formal; the common language that people on the street speak. These are the terms that are often metaphorical, playful, […]
Euromonitor: A Recent Alum’s Path to the Present
By Nash Wills, Co-Editor ‘Tis the season of company informational sessions. Whether virtual or in person, major shout-out to the CMC this year because there have been a lot of them. A wise person should make it a habit to attend these sessions as often as possible, but precisely because there are so many, the […]
Diwali: Celebrating a Festival of Lights
By Laura Aviles, Staff Writer The 29th and 30th of October is the celebration of the Diwali festival, which is the most celebrated Indian festival and one of the most important holidays of the year. Diwali is a very important holiday for Hindus, much like Christmas is very important to Christians. In fact, as India is a multicultural […]
TEM LAB in Tanzania
By Alex Marino, Staff Writer All Photos courtesy of Neha Bandekar Last week, we welcomed home some traveling T-Birds who had embarked on challenging business adventures in Romania, Senegal, and Tanzania. The Tem Lab teams all represented Thunderbird with the vigor, enthusiasm, and professionalism that makes this institution a globally notable brand. I caught up […]
Madagascar Adventures: Building Sustainable Relationships in a Consulting Project
By Alex Marino, Staff Writer For those of you considering a TEM Lab, GCL project, or consulting-style internship as part of your Thunderbird experience (I highly encourage you to do so), I’d like to share some step-by-step relationship building and discovery phase tactics we used in Madagascar to gain our client’s trust, identify and access […]
