I spent fall semester abroad, and I can attest to the cultural gap between us and our neighbors across the pond; a penchant for jean on jean ensembles, the inexplicable dearth of ice cubes in restaurants and a steadfast belief that Duran Duran is the second coming of Christ.
This month, labor riots in France highlighted this divide. At the apex of the demonstrations, 75 percent of French universities closed and one million protesters rallied.
In essence, if Northwestern were in the land of Gaul, you’d be holding a club instead of this newspaper, and you would likely be bashing it through the windshield of your Peugeot.
Over what?
Job security
