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A chubby cheeked brown boy smiling with food on the side of his mouth, wearing no shoes with a torn t-shirt barely covering his full belly. What a sight! For most westerners, the urge to pick this little boy up and show him to the world seems irresistible. As someone who was paraded around in Europe as a “poor African war child”, I can say this with confidence, please stop picking poor children up for photos. In 1998, renowned opera singer Pavarotti along with some of his we

There was a program from graduate students to ask Police Officers questions about their new environment (VTech) I sat in the room of mostly international students. I listened as we heard about crimes and ways to stay safe. Then came the questions of how do you call the police in your country. The question went around the room and people called out the numbers they used to contact the police in their home country. When it was my turn, I said 911. I got a weird look from the