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Happiness vs. Meaning: Do We Have to Choose?

The media is obsessed with the idea of happiness, bombarding us with guides like ‘10 changes to transform your life’. The constant messaging creates...

Feeling Burnt Out and Only Two Months into School: Why Am I So Tired?

Bad news. Everyone is feeling burnt out. It's a familiar scenario. You're about two months into the school year, yet you feel like you’ve been...

Driving Innovation: IE University Unveils New Formula Student Team

Formula Student is a European competition that aims to simulate the process of what it would be like to work on an actual Formula 1 team (or any motorsport team). The IE Team is aiming to enter the Spain Formula Student Competition which last year took place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in August.

Liam Payne’s Death: Details and Reactions to the Tragic Loss of a Global Star

As the music world continues to mourn the loss of a beloved and talented artist, his legacy will forever live on throughout music history. His influence, both through his music and the heartfelt connections he formed with fans will remind all of the impact one artist like Liam Payne can have on the world.

Museums, Memories, and Modern Relevance: Lessons from El Triángulo del Arte

In the museum, we walked into the room housing Goya's dark series, full of melodrama, moving with life, and it felt like there were ghosts from centuries past peering upon us. Morbid. Deep. Dark. Shadowy. And more than ever before, I tend to understand why paintings are so cherished, highly prized, and enduringly relevant because of the stories they show about a nation's past, which is eternally present and alive for viewers. 

The Unsettling Genius of Rosemary’s Baby

When you think of Roman Polanski, you may think of another one of Hollywood's felons and predators, but he was once a well-loved and...

Sentir poco, sentir demasiado

¿En algún momento del día te has parado a pensar cómo te sientes?

Dead Blondes: A Hollywood Phenomenon

There is an innate association between Blondness,  youth and beauty: to be blonde is to defy the drag of time. To be blonde is to be an impossibility. And no institution of cultural hegemony enforced this understanding better than Hollywood. 

Third Spaces: Finding Comfort and Safety

All of us have at least two types of places in common that we frequent: our homes and our school campus. But what spaces do we occupy outside of that? And does it even matter?

My Trek to Everest Base Camp: Gaining 5,400 Metres of Altitude and an Appreciation for the Sherpas

Over the spring break, a group of SPEGA students were able to hike up to Mt. Everest's base camp in Nepal, led by Sherpa guides native to the region. While on the hike, students were able to immerse themselves in the culture of this ethnic group. With the goal of spreading the culture of the Sherpa people, who often go under-appreciated, Lucy Ball writes of the lessons she learned from the group's Sherpa guides while trekking up the mountain.

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Conversations for Change: Manuel Muñiz Behind The Scenes

How can we ensure the democratic participation of the youth? What is the relationship between education and human rights? In this interview, we explore...

Georgia’s Revolution of Dignity? Lessons from Ukraine’s Euromaidan

The current events in Georgia are somewhat similar to the beginning of Euromaidan. On October 28, 2024, during parliamentary elections, the pro-Russian Kobakhidze government got a majority. According to the OSCE report, statistical anomalies, and prosecutors in Georgia, the elections were not fair, causing the first “wave” of protests. The most likely scenario is that the Kobakhidze government will try to suppress the protests completely until the very end, which might lead to a revolution in Georgia.

Where Did All the Coffee Shops Go and Why Democracy Needs Them

Third spaces, apart from fostering community, have also historically been the cornerstone of discussion, exchange of ideas, and conversation – the proverbial “living room” of society. It is a place where we can affirm our identity while developing empathy and understanding for those different from our own, and their decline is negatively affecting our psyche as well as modern democracy.