Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

by | Apr 25, 2019 | Fall 2019, Letter from the Editor

If you had asked me when I was younger what my favorite place in the world was, I would have told you Rock Mill Park. It was a small park no more than three miles from my house with a quaint pavilion and cement trails that wound through the woods. It was somewhere I...
Have You Heard of Esperanto?

Have You Heard of Esperanto?

by | Apr 6, 2019 | Blog, Culture, Fall 2019, People

The language barrier is one of the greatest concerns of aspiring international travelers. Even with pocket dictionaries, Google Translate, and multi-lingual tour guides, being in a country where you don’t speak the primary language can be uncomfortable, scary, or even...
Glow Worms in Alabama

Glow Worms in Alabama

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog, Fall 2019

At Dismals Canyon, a small reserve in northern Alabama, worms glow. Commonly known as “dismalites” in the area, the worms are not only a local attraction but also an international anomaly. Glowing worms exist in only three places in the world: New Zealand, Australia,...
TV Tours: Netflix and Nostalgia

TV Tours: Netflix and Nostalgia

by | Mar 18, 2019 | Blog, Culture, Fall 2019

Netflix is the most popular streaming company, with about 137 million subscribers as of October 16, 2018, more than double the runner-up (Amazon Prime, 66 million). Though Netflix had over 300 original titles in 2017 and that number is only growing, two of the most...