Hasib Nasirullah of Global21 continues the discussion of our whereabouts when Michael Jackson died
BY HASIB NASIRULLAH
I must first preface this response with a warning: I am not a fan of Michael Jackson. Not the music, not the culture, and certainly not any of the controversies. Interestingly enough, however, I did not fully realize this until after [...]

Yang Chao of the Peking Globalist responds to our first topic question: where were you when Michael Jackson died?
BY YANG CHAO
Without that news, it would be a normal day for me. Like every summer holiday morning, I had my breakfast while watching Morning News on CCTV (China Central Television). When it came to the end [...]

Lin Boxiao of the Peking Globalist responds to our first topic question: where were you when Michael Jackson died?
BY LIN BOXIAO
It’s been quite a few months since Michael died, and the clamor on the Internet seems to have calmed down a little. When I try to view the whole thing in an impersonal way, getting [...]

BY REBECCA DISTLER
After an epic trip to Tanzania for two weeks with the Yale Globalist, I feared that returning to New York City – my hometown – for the rest of the summer would be a letdown. Although I had secured an exciting internship at an online news publication I was wary of a desk [...]

BY ANNA KELLAR
On June 8th, I began my adventure through the Himalayas: over the bumpy mountain roads, staying in tents or tiny guesthouses. Each day I followed the course of the river upstream, and as I drove deeper into the mountains, I felt like I was moving farther and farther away from everything that I [...]

BY ERIN SCHUTTE
On June 25th, 2009, I was in Fez, Morocco studying in a summer Arabic program.  But, it wasn’t until June 26th that I was finally able to connect to the sketchy internet in my villa residence and read the message my mom had sent me. “Did you hear that Michael Jackson died?” read [...]