Author Archives: Jessica Raboin

Finals week and the last week have freshman year are finally here. It’s certainly astounding to think that eight months have gone by. I have five finals this week, but I am staying relaxed and getting a good amount of … Continue reading →

This weekend was our last free weekend before the last week of classes and then finals, so my friend and I headed to Florence. We stayed at PLUS Florence Hostel, which was a hostel chain (my personal favorite over a … Continue reading →

For Easter I went to Germany to visit my host family and friends for one last time before I fly back to the states. It was actually my first Easter in Germany, because last year during Easter break I visited … Continue reading →

This week I would like to talk a little bit about academics at Loyola. Following a 450 year old Jesuit tradition, Loyola believes in the value of the “Core” curriculum. The “Core”, as we all refer to it, is a … Continue reading →

On Saturday I went on the Assisi pilgrimage day trip. The trip was organized by the school and partially funded by the Director’s Fund and Campus Ministry. Although you can get to Assisi by train, it’s difficult to do in … Continue reading →

My friend and I got up early on Saturday morning to explore the unexplored Rome we had yet to see. We started off in the Vatican looking for a famous café, but for some reason we couldn’t find it—then we … Continue reading →

My friend and I spent spring break in Krakow, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic and Munich, Germany. It was probably the best spring break I am ever going to have, and I am certainly thankful for it! In Krakow we spent … Continue reading →

On Sunday our Rome Start “Introduction to Fiction” class had a make-up onsite in Mompeo, a small village area about an hour and a half from Rome. There we spent the morning discussing Raymond Carver’s (an American short story writer … Continue reading →

On Saturday my friend from Germany arrived; we spent the evening wandering around Rome and eating a wonderful dinner at my favorite restaurant, “L’archetto.” It is a “Spaghetteria” with over one hundred and fifty different kinds of pasta, all under … Continue reading →