by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Field Notes, Profile, Recent Articles, Winter 2014
If you’ve ever wondered how safe it might be to travel to another country, Landes Holbrook knows the answer. Holbrook is the international security analyst at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, and also has extensive experience doing security analysis for...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Banner, Recent Articles, Winter 2014
Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, some areas of New Orleans are completely restored. “You would have never guessed that Uptown New Orleans, the Garden District, or downtown had even been affected by the hurricane,” says resident Freddie Hanson. “Parts of the city...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Field Notes, Recent Articles, Service, Winter 2014
Ghana. Ecuador. India. These are three of ten sites across five continents where university students from the United States are traveling to administer vaccines, conduct anemia research, and assist people who are afflicted with leprosy. In the process, they are...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Letter from the Editor, Recent Articles, Winter 2014
A couple of years ago, my roommates and I hopped in the car and drove from Provo, Utah, to Zion National Park for Labor Day weekend. On a shuttle from the parking lot to the trailhead, I heard this announcement over the loudspeaker: “Angels Landing is an extremely...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 17, 2013 | Happenings, Recent Articles, Winter 2014
The works of William Shakespeare, the master storyteller, are popular in many languages and countries. Whether the play is in English or in German, whether it is shown under the open summer sky of an amphitheater or within an indoor arena, no theater-goer’s experience...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 13, 2013 | Online Exclusives, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
An angry clansman clad in highlander garb charged right at me. I was standing in the middle of the four-walled theater at Culloden Battlefield museum, watching a reenactment of the gruesome battle unfold before me. Jacobite clansmen beat their chests and rallied for...