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Author Sophie Murguia

Sophie Murguia

Student at Amherst College

Sophie Murguia is a student at Amherst College and the editor in chief of The Amherst Student.

Is Travel Dead? The 21st Century Tourist Trap

Diana Babineau and Sophie Murguia

Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture

The twenty-first century tourist can get a bad rap: it’s easy to conjure images of loud-mouthed Americans clad in sneakers and Hawaiian shirts, snapping photos of the Colosseum with bedazzled iPhones. Is it possible to be a traveler in the world today? These The Common pieces seek an answer.

How Language Can Be a Homeland

Diana Babineau and Sophie Murguia

Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Society & Culture

In the following three pieces, authors Emeka Ogboh, Jason Tucker, and Luana Monteiro discuss how language has impacted their sense of home in various ways.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. -Elbert Hubbard

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. -Elbert Hubbard

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. -Elbert Hubbard

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. -Elbert Hubbard

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success. -Elbert Hubbard