After my first shock – the moment I realized how much it will cost me to fly home for the winter holidays - I started expending my perspective from Expedia to the rest of the internet. I have discovered a few things that might be useful for other international students as well.
Why We Should All Care: Italy, no country for sans-papiersA sorrowful Italy was still remembering one of the saddest news of its history. On the 8 of August 1956, now already 53 years ago, a devastating accident broke the hearts of the It... Read more... |
Why We Should All Care: Attention! No gays allowed.The path has been difficult and steep; it has always been full of suffering and anguish, of desperation and grief. Lives destroyed, ruined stories of love, broken hearts and silenc... Read more... |
 Possibilities For International StudentsEUOPEAN CITIZENSHIP / EU BLUE CARD Although we do not like to divide people to categories and apply different rules and procedures, this is the case when it comes to internation... Read more... |
 Why We Should All Care: HIV, (hi)story of a NightmareEndless hours of research and social action, disheartening figures, destroyed families, stigmatized persons and communities, tears of anger and incomprehension. HIV’s legacy is dee... Read more... |
 Serve the City, Leuven: Everyone Can ServeGET READY FOR THE WEEK OF VOLUNTEERS! On the first week of March, in association with K.U.Leuven and the University Parish, Serve the City Leuven is organizing a week of volunteer... Read more... |
Physics meets EcologyLEUVEN SUSTAINABLE EARTH CENTER IN SEARCH FOR SYNTHESIS OF TWO WORLD VIEWS With the creation of the Leuven Sustainable Earth centre K.U.Leuven marks a milestone in the research to... Read more... |
The Significance of Ramadan for MuslimsOn the night of Thursday the 20th of August, the common question circulating among Muslims here in Leuven, and similarly worldwide, was: Is Ramadan tomorrow? Has the moon, of the n... Read more... |
 European Book Prize AwardLast year The Voice was invited to attend one of the most important culture events of the European Union - European Book Prize Award. We were lucky to write an article about it and... Read more... |
 International Association: IPSAIPSA, the International Philosophy Students Association, is a student organization that is being started almost from scratch this year. There were no members remaining from the yea... Read more... |
 K.U.Leuven Alumni President of the European CouncilThe president of the European Council under the incumbent of the Lisbon Treaty is Herman Van Rompuy, the now former Belgian Prime Minister and alumni of K.U. Leuven. He is the firs... Read more... |
Obama’s Nobel Prize for PeaceOPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL REFLECTION? On the 9th of October, 2009, the Nobel committee in Oslo announced the selection of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to be... Read more... |
Studying In Three Different Countries... AND ALL THIS IN ONE YEAR For most students it is a challenge to start an academic adventure combined with travelling around Europe. Constant movement from one place to another... Read more... |
About BelgiumA CRASH COURSE ON BELGIUM Vesta, the division of the International Office that covers all welcome, hospitality and intercultural activities of K.U.Leuven, once again organises ‘Ab... Read more... |
 Pangaea 2009Lively music blasts in the room, while people converse, joke and play cards. A couple is playing scrabble at the next table, while another group huddles over a laptop. Such is a ... Read more... |
Forced MarriagesIn 2007 the American photographer Stephanie Sinclair obtained the prize of the international competition “UNICEF-photo of the year”. Her photograph shows a bridal couple in Afghani... Read more... |
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