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WRITERS | PHOTOGRAPHERS CAROLYN BRADLEY JORDAN CLAY EMMA JENSEN SOPHIE POKORNY LIZZIE LEBOW KHYLA WALLACE
FALL | WINTER 2018
enaca once said travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. That seems to be the case for the six Columbia College students who traveled to Peru earlier this year. They returned to Chicago with new insights about art, food, dogs, racism, staying young – and much more. The stories you see here in our 2018 issue put the spotlight on a range of issues and subjects, including:
• How the elders of Lima are staying young through dance • The pervasive Eurocentrism found in Peruvian advertising • Street artists who bring color to the city • Catholicism and gay rights at odds in South America • Guinea pigs, dogs and alpacas — animal life in Peru • The art of bargaining on the busy streets of Lima • Tourism — both a blessing and a curse — in Machu Picchu • The ubiquitous potato, which originated not in Ireland or Idaho but Peru • Sexism rears its ugly head for female tourists • The rise and fall of the Inca empire, in only 100 years • The many lessons learned when traveling far beyond home A special thanks to Elio Leturia, who took the students to his native homeland and shepherded these stories from inception to completion. He also worked closely with 15 students studying visual communication whose designs you also see here. Thanks to longtime journalist Nancy Traver, who assisted with the editing, as well as Mary Mattucci, who helped with proof reading. Kudos also to recent graduate Michelle Yu who worked and reworked the layouts. We believe that studying abroad complements a well-rounded education by giving our students the opportunity to experience, first-hand, other places in the world. This is the third time Peru has been a destination offered in our Communication Department, and students have soaked up the exciting opportunity navigating a different culture in a different language reporting, writing and documenting their experiences. We hope you enjoy reading the latest issue of Wanderer — the 11th edition produced since 2010 — and learn as much as we did about Peru and the joys of traveling. Let us know what stories you think our students should tell in Wanderer’s next issue.
— SUZANNE M c BRIDE , Chair, Department of Communication
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DESIGN EDITORS CLORICE BAIR LARISSA BORROR REBECCA CASEY KENNY COLEMAN CHASE CONNER CIMONE DAILEY JULIA JANIZEWSKI MADELINE LOCKART ANJALI PAUL ANAÍS MORÓN-SÁNCHEZ CHRISTIAN SALVUCCI GABRIELA SZCEPANIEC GUADALUPE VALENZUELA MARIAH WILBAT MICHELLE YU COVER EMMA JENSEN | STEVE KRASON LAYOUT EDITOR MICHELLE YU EDITING NANCY TRAVER PROOFREADING MARY MATTUCCI PAGINATION JAVIER SUÁREZ FACULTY ADVISER ELIO LETURIA DEPARTMENT CHAIR SUZANNE MCBRIDE
This publication has been possible thanks to the support of the Communication Department of Columbia College Chicago, 33 Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago, Ill. 60605 Phone 312.369.8900 SPECIAL THANKS Tabata Matos Freelance photographer | Paulo Puma, Tourism guide-Cusco | Luis Calderón, Tourism guide-Lima | Diego del Corral, External Study-Abroad Associate
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