When you think of the quintessential American college experience, one of the first things that come to mind is Greek life. For me, it was one of the aspects of UNC that I was most looking forward to, mainly because I wanted to see how accurate movies and tv series portrayed fraternity and sorority houses at colleges, but also because I admire the focus on ‘sisterhood’ and making strong friendships. I wanted to get to know some people beyond GLOBE whilst at UNC, and this seeme

When the news about the incoming hurricane reached Chapel Hill, there were a lot of mixed opinions. Many believed that the media was overplaying the strength of the hurricane, whilst many others had already booked their ticket to the West Coast, fleeing the area immediately. As exchange students, it was hard to properly assess the situation and we had no idea what the correct response was. Originally my roommate, Emma, and I had decided that it would be quite the experience t

When I first realised that we would be in USA on the 31st of October, I already started looking forward to, what I consider, the epitome of American culture: Halloween. Judging only from stereotypes, I see Halloween as a candy-fuelled children’s party where groups go trick-or-treating at traditional American-style homes, enthusiastically decorated with skeletons, fake spiderwebs and hand-carved pumpkins. I honestly believed that it would be mostly children that would enjoy Ha