Study abroad, for many, represents an opportunity to sit in a classroom overseas, learning to adapt to a new language and new customs.
But depending on the program, some may find themselves adapting more to the nightlife as they party rather than study abroad.
International studies junior Sarah Beck said the program she went through, which she found by searching the Internet, focused little on academics.
Beck went to Salamanca, Spain, where she went out every night. The tourist-oriented city was a party center, she said. She went to bars that offered inexpensive alcoholic drinks, which ran around $1.50.
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It ain't over till the fat lady sings. But for most UA students, "it," the experience of opera, has yet to begin.
However, "La Canterina" or "The Budding Soprano," a short comedic opera by Joseph Haydn, offers a perfect introduction to the world of opera.
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For more than a decade, the UA has been a "weapons-free" campus.
But buried beneath Bear Down Gym are the signs of a tradition that has gone on at the UA for far longer.
Beneath the students playing basketball and lifting weights is a shooting range built in 1926, the year the UA signed a contract with ROTC as part of its land grant mission.
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Study abroad, for many, represents an opportunity to sit in a classroom overseas, learning to adapt to a new language and new customs.
