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Articles by
Kevin Nguyen
This is the fifth installment in a series of essays by globe-trotter Kevin Nguyen, who is currently studying at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Meandering the streets at night, he recognizes the grandeur in the city’s thousand-year-old architectural legacy.
This is the fourth in a series of essays by globe-trotter Kevin Nguyen, who is currently studying at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. After encountering the difficult Czech language, Kevin searches for alternate forms of communication to compensate for his linguistic ineptitude.
This is the third in a series of essays by globe-trotter Kevin Nguyen, who is currently studying at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. In search of coffee, Kevin instead encounters the country’s ubiquitous beer culture.
This is the second in a series of essays by globe-trotter Kevin Nguyen, who is currently studying at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Wrapped in historical culture, Kevin sees how the country’s commemoration of its past is making way for its future.
This is the first in a series of essays by globe-trotter Kevin Nguyen, who is currently studying at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Traveling through London and Munich before reaching Prague, Kevin finds that feeling like a foreigner in Europe is all part of the study abroad experience.
In an attempt to console his love/hate relationship with author Nick Hornby, pseudo-intellectual Kevin Nguyen scrutinizes his summer wrapped up in books.
Getting donation requests from your college can be irritating. As a caller, Kevin Nguyen finds phone solicitations tricky and ethically ambiguous.
Given the faith’s association with polygamy and kidnapping, it’s easy to cast off Mormonism as a cult. Perspectives shift when Kevin Nguyen meets a Mormon on the train.
Bad design is frustrating, and in this day and age, we are constantly surrounded by it. In spite of it all, Kevin Nguyen meets the team behind Boston’s new Accessible Sailing Program and finds that the right thought and dedication can still produce brilliant results.
