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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


McLaughlin: Student sabbaticals make sense

McLaughlin: Student sabbaticals make sense

November 21, 2013

The Daily’s profile piece on Anika Jhalani took me back four years ago. Jhalani’s globe trek during a gap year before coming to Northwestern was similar to my own journey after I graduated high school....

Instead of applying to colleges, Medill freshman Anika Jhalani took a gap year and traveled the world by herself. Jhalani said she decided “on a whim” to take the trip, which took her to eight countries.

Purple Profile: ‘On a whim,’ Northwestern freshman travels world during gap year

November 17, 2013

When Medill freshman Anika Jhalani arrived on campus this fall, it was the final stop on her year-long world tour. Jhalani, who is from Saratoga, Calif., decided one morning that she would take a...

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