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Make Waves with Your Vote on Election Day

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Art by Sacha Irick Lil Jon, First Lady Michelle Obama, Fred Armisen and more have spoken up about spreading excitement for the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Midterm elections are right around the corner, but what are they exactly? From deduction, one could guess they are elections in the middle of a president’s term, which is correct, but there is more. Although presidential … [Read more...] about Make Waves with Your Vote on Election Day

Peso Failure Affects IP

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Photo Courtesy of Haley Laningham The collapse of the Argentine peso, coupled with political drama, has sent reverberations through the Buenos Aires International Program — but not in the way one might think. In essence, rapid inflation has caused the cost of buying one peso with dollars to rise significantly. In 2010, $1 could buy about 4 pesos worth of goods. Today, it can … [Read more...] about Peso Failure Affects IP

Shutdown affects internships

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Photo by Marissa Baly WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the clock struck midnight on Oct. 1, the nation’s capital was dumbfounded. An estimated 800,000 federal employees were furloughed starting that Tuesday, and anxiety loomed over the district. Government workers wondered when they would see their next paychecks, medical patients worried whether their health treatments would continue … [Read more...] about Shutdown affects internships