Social Work Student Blogs
•SARDINES The streets in the Gold Coast are filled with a never-ending flow of people. In the morning, fast walkers swiftly navigate around the more relaxed movers- people walking their dogs, cleaning the sidewalk, perhaps those still trying to become fully awake. There is streamlined movement towards the redline stop at Clark and Division, and…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•A TWO-SIDED STORY The media does a pretty wonderful job of reporting every horrific crime that occurs in Chicago, and I am not here to say that is wrong. It is important for people to be knowledgeable of the events occurring in this city and to be aware of what is going on. I feel…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•THE SELFIE STICK MADE IT TO CHICAGO Moving to Chicago was one of the bigger changes that I have experienced. I was SO nervous about what life would be like in a big city and if I could handle the drastic differences from my small-town life in Byron Center, MI. Little did I know that…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•RICE AND THE CITY After being a resident of Chicago for about a month now, I have two questions: when does the time come when I stop using my phone to find my way around and when do I start going to Navy Pier as a native, instead of a tourist? Since being in the…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•One full week of our internships left- where has the time gone!? I am writing this post with mixed emotions, excited to reconnect with family and friends back home, but not ready to say goodbye to new friendships and city life. Getting to Chicago Semester was a journey in and of itself for me. Since…
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