by Mitchell Armentrout | Nov 30, 2010 | Fearing the Law, Good Question, Problems with Papers, The Migration, Work, Jobs and Money
[Read the full profile at Thoung Shwe: A Burmese refugee with time to share] After a six-hour ride, 18 first-time fliers stepped off the plane and were greeted by television crews, outnumbering the travelers themselves. “Welcome to Japan,†read a banner at...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Nov 27, 2010 | Back Home, Stories, Uncategorized, Work, Jobs and Money
As the plane’s engines kicked into high gear, reality finally started to settle in for Bogdan Pukszta. He had been planning the move with his wife and two children for over two years, but he never knew exactly what it would mean until the wheels rose from the...
by Mitchell Armentrout | Oct 12, 2010 | Our Staff, Puerto Rican Festival, Uncategorized, What's New
When I first met Luke Siuty, we were part of the same freshman orientation group, bumbling and stumbling our way through the first day of high school. He showed me the way to the science wing of the building. I helped him with his locker combination. We were fast...