Perhaps one of the most fascinating things about ECLA is its international community. ECLA is a place where one meets people from all over the world, where one can embrace many different cultures by having the world in just one room. On Wednesday, May 27, all the members of the ECLA community had the chance
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Family Portrait
We use our beautiful campus gardens in a variety of ways: student-professor football, volleyball, or badminton matches, mastering the Frisbee, sunbathing, reading or sleeping in the grass, and even treasure hunting. Elizabeth Hanka (AY, USA) proposed dining there too, and the idea expanded to that of a barbecue in the garden, which warmly welcomed everyone
Poetry Night: Food and Melancholy
These were the verses that introduced the second poetry night. They are the opening lines of a poem written by Mark Strand, a contemporary American poet, which was published in his book Dark Harbor in 1993. The poetry night was held in the common room of Waldstrasse 15, on Friday, January 23. The topics of
The Twilight Hours of the Class of 2008
June 2008 – the last week of the Academy and Project Years. The first article I wrote on this website raised the question of identity, whether we would live in the tradition of previous years and how we would create our own ways. Looking back, it seems that it is now possible to recognize a
Class of 2008
October 2007 – European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin, and the start of a new term, a new year and a new experience, as students gather from all over the world to start a one-year programme of intensive study. Although ECLA is a young and growing institution, it is clear that other students have gone
International Dinner and Poetry Night: Soul Food
4:45 PM “Yes! There is no one in the kitchen. Let’s get started!” 5:00 PM “Um, guys, where can I put this plate? Is there any room left?” 5:15 PM “We need more dough” 5:45 PM “We have more dough!” 6:00 PM “Could you pass me the fork? Where’s the big knife? Cut the garlic
Hunting for Fun
“What’s on for tonight?” “The “Scavenger Hunt!” “Is “scavenger” a German word?” “Ah, got it guys! Wiki says that “scavengers are animals that consume already dead animals” ”OK, so we’ll be predators…” “What are we looking for?” “No clue” ECLA students were given ten creative tasks and cameras. Needless to say, hilarity and a great
ECLA Yearbook 2007
“We can do it!” – became a secret motto for the yearbook team. The meetings of the team began in the previous term, but the real work on the publication started just a few weeks ago, when the layout, design and content of the album were planned. The ECLA Yearbook 2007 promises to be different