Time is flying by and we almost made it to
Spring Break, the half of the semester. But before that we have to conquer all
of the midterms, which should be possible with a great amount of caffeine,
food, and Elvis Presley music in Donkey’s. Since the last post, students of
Ohio University have protested against the American presidents executive order
that put a hold on immigration of certain Middle Eastern countries. The protest
ended with 70 arrests of student, who started a sit-in in Baker Center to make
OU a sanctuary place. Of course we attended this rally but also left before the
sit-in to not get arrested, our visas taken away, and kicked out of this
country. The great disappointment of everyone in Leipzig would have been too
much! (On the other hand, it would have been a joy to see Eric trying to
desperately safe us.) Further, this weather in this town is absolutely mental.
We have these very cold days but we also have days such as yesterday, where we
could walk around in shorts and a t-shirt. How can people still ignore the
climate change? Sometimes I wonder.. What else happened? Lena and I went
grocery shopping the other day and when we wanted to take the bus back to our
places, someone stopped for us and asked if she could give us a ride. Turns out
she is the nicest and sweetest person on this planet earth, who was given the
name Space by God twenty years ago somewhere on a ranch in the Midwest. As much
as I dislike this country sometimes, it also has these wonderful, crazy
individuals whose stories just make your day. (She also gave us soap, which she
makes and sells! – I just loved it.)
The
plan for Spring Break will be to spend some days in Washington, D.C., and then
maybe another two days in Columbus with one of my roommates. I am very much
looking forward to it. I really wanted to go to the National Museum of
African-American History and Culture, but the next tickets one can get are for
May. So, I will have to go back and plan a head the next time. But I am sure
the other millions of museums will keep me busy. I will now continue to study,
thanks to the great people here at Donkey, Queen will entertain me for next few
minutes!
P.S. I still have not found a place to develop
my ten films for a descent price. Problems of the 21st century!
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