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As my Columbia classmates prepare for home, beaches and master’s project work during next week’s spring break, I will be getting on a plane tomorrow to Ireland. I’m going as part of a class of 16 students for Columbia’s “Covering Religion” course, a trip provided through the Scripps Howard Foundation.
The class has taken these trips over spring break for eight years now, led by professor Ari Goldman, former religion reporter for The New York Times. They have traveled to Israel, Russia, Indiana and now for the second year, Ireland.
Never has the class arrived in a new land the midst of such breaking news. Continue reading
