Student leaders of Hillel and SASA (South Asian Students Association) discuss a conflict they had over SASA using the swastika as a decoration for one of their events. The two leaders worked out their conflict with the help of Clark’s Difficult Dialogues initiative.

“I decided to do this [research] because right now, malls are looked at as public spaces to meet someone on a date, go and walk around and just people watch, or go for your morning exercise, especially in suburbia The point is to show that the mall environment isn’t doing what people want it to be doing. – Yael Bassal ‘10 geography major. Listen now.

“I think the thing you have to do is follow your passion…” – Daniel Strachman ‘93, Entrepreneur and Writer. Listen to his story.

Fall Fest 2009: Listen to undergraduate students talk about their summer research projects. Listen to full interviews with these and other Fall Fest students under “Life at Clark.”

” I studied abroad in Beijing, China…and I interviewed people [in Mandarin] from three different generations about what images they had of the West and what they thought of the cultural exchange between the United States and China.” – Marlene McManus ‘10, communications and culture major. Listen now.

“You could go sliding through the bog with all your materials and dig into the peet with a shovel and try to get the roots out. It was difficlult, but it was a lot of fun and beautiful.” – Darcy Young ‘11, biology major. Listen now.

“It’s challenging to deal with the corruption [in Guatemala] and the fact that all these people don’t have medical care…” – Claire Crawley ‘11, psychology major, pre-medicine concentation. Listen now.

“The goal is to bridge the gap betweent he private schools in Lima and the public schools that are in very rural areas in Peru…” – Alexandra Carter ‘10, Theodore H. Barth Foundation Internship Award recipient, international development and social change major. Listen now.

“I got the Barth Scholarship for a summer internship to work with Alzheimer’s patients…I worked with the music therapist and the activities director at a residential center to facilitate music therapy.” – Alissa Hills ‘11, Theodore H. Barth Foundation Internship Award recipient, psychology major. Listen now.

“I am originally from Ghana, so I want to leverage the experience and background I have in West Africa and also the experience I’ve gotten here in the U.S. to try and marry the two.” – Ekow Archer MBA ‘04, Principal & Managing Partner, Rotaĝon Company, LLC. Listen to his story.