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"As gas prices exceed $4 per gallon, public transportation systems are experiencing a rider-ship increase. Americans are driving less. Once I was introduced to the bus fare prices, I was convinced. I got out of my car for a week to discover a world where people travel together." - Sarah Alisdairi
"Medvedev had just been elected when I arrived, did he end up a Putin puppet as everyone feared or has he struck out independently from his benefactor? Have the students at Moscow State University remained as outraged over the electoral posturing as they were during my stay or has everyone moved on to the business of final papers, new romance, and preparing to graduate? And what about the psychedelic rubber boots everyone was wearing last spring?" - Meagan Murphy Ross
Today in America, not every student is an 18-22-year-old freewheeling young person. As educational opportunity becomes more widely available through institutions such as UWT, more students with outside responsibilities are working toward their degree. This article is an account from a married student with a young daughter, detailing her efforts to juggle home and schoolwork. - Rebecca Chambers
Moscow's subway system, dubbed "The Metro" is a stunning civic achievement, providing a complex means of travel to city residents and utilizing unique architecture in each of its stations -Meagan Murphy Ross