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Jenny Uncategorized May 5, 2014
  Welcome to the NEW AND IMPROVED A Thing For Wor(l)ds!!! This is the grown-up version of my modest little site that started 21 months ago as a project to continue writing, a passion that I discovered while blogging during my time studying abroad. ...Read More
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Reunion ¡¡Por Fin!!

Jenny Uncategorized October 8, 2013
This past week my best friend from Granada, Javi, came to visit. His band Aurora was playing a concert in a beautiful church-turned-music hall in the center of Bilbao, and it was absolutely great to get to see them all again. I played the ...Read More
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Graduation

Jenny Uncategorized June 18, 2013
This weekend I graduated from UC Santa Barbara, officially becoming a Gaucho Alum. It was a jam-packed weekend full of dinners, graduation parties, pictures, ceremonies, and final nights with friends. Most academic departments on campus held small receptions for their graduates. My housemate Deniz, ...Read More
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Faking Status

Jenny Uncategorized October 15, 2012
I have quite the travel bug after a year in Spain, but unfortunately I am low on both funds and free time. So Erin and I used this Saturday to have a fake luxurious get-away. We pretended that we were throwing a bachelorette party ...Read More
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Genius College Essay

Genius College Essay

Jenny Uncategorized October 12, 2012
Let’s round out to an even three what has seemed to become a theme here on A Thing for Wor(l)ds–college applications. (And then enough! No more talk about the subject, at least for a while :) For many people the college admissions process was ...Read More
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More White Girl Problems

More White Girl Problems

Jenny Uncategorized October 9, 2012
Continuing this theme of college admissions and White Girl Problems (we still love you, Maddy!) is today’s post about Abigail Fischer, a white 22-year-old who didn’t get into the school of her dreams (University of Texas) and is now taking her case to the ...Read More
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First Day of School

Jenny Uncategorized September 28, 2012
Yesterday was my last first day of school (hypothetical grad school excluded) and the first time in a UCSB classroom in 15 months. The highlight of the day was German 1, where I learned such phrases as “My name is Jenny. What is yours?” ...Read More
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Legitimate B.S.

Jenny Uncategorized August 31, 2012
Speaking of language, sometimes words are used in some pretty appalling ways. Normally by politicians, to nobody’s surprise. By now you might be familiar with Missouri Congressman Todd Akin’s comments about “legitimate rape.” This is one of those instances when you shouldn’t use a ...Read More
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Studying Linguistics

Jenny Uncategorized August 29, 2012
I first came to UCSB as a declared Global Studies major. It’s a bit broad—you know, studying the globe and all—but generally encompasses the fields of international relations, political science, sociology, anthropology, environmental studies. . . . In theory the major would be perfect ...Read More
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Hi There!

Jenny Uncategorized August 29, 2012
I started to have a quarter-life (or hopefully one-fifth-life) crisis today, now that I’m back from my year abroad and facing the reality that I only have one more year of college left before I enter The Real World. Many of my friends have ...Read More
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