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Try New Things

Published by Conor Bohrer, Duke Men’s Track and Field & Cross Country
Try new things. That’s been my theme this summer, and ACE has been the driving force behind it. Coming into…
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What Defines Culture?

Published by Alex Miley, Duke Men's Cross Country & Track and Field
This is a question that I started to wrestle with about a week into my ACE experience. The location we…
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What I Learned About Culture

Published by Josh Romine, Duke Men's Cross Country and Track & Field
When I set out to Shangri-La with ACE, I expected to learn more about the local culture. I knew I…
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Connecting with the Kids

Published by Areta Buness (Stanford Women's Lacrosse) and Josh Romine (Duke Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country)
Our ACE team is spending three weeks at the China Exploration and Research Society (CERS) Zhongdian Center, just outside of…
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In-class Distractions

Published by Patrick Gibson, Stanford Men's Cross Country
When I'm bored in class, I normally draw a cartoon character named "brain-man." He's essentially a brain with a body,…
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Happy Birthday CeCe!

Published by Jack Keelan, Stanford Men's Cross Country / Track & Field
A couple nights ago started like the rest of the nights in Shangri-la. We had finished dinner, walked around exploring…
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Foreign to Being a Foreigner

Published by Jack Keelan, Stanford Men's Cross Country / Track & Field
When the whole ACE in China crew (except Jenna, who flew from Hawaii) boarded the plane at SFO headed for…
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