Olympic Blues and Purples

When you begin watching NBC coverage of the Beijing Olympics, you will no doubt be told that the Water Cube and the Bird’s Nest are impressive.
They are more than that.
Today, professors representing the international college students who have volunteered during the Beijing Games took a tour of the International Broadcast Center (home of the sprawling [...]

The “Water Cube” at Night

The National Aquatics Center, also known as the “water cube,” site of the Olympic swimming events. Photo by Alex Monnig

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Olympic Pin Trading

Last night, I was hanging out down in the lobby with some of our students.
The subject was pins.
The International Program has provided each student with a bag of Missouri School of Journalism Centennial pins to barter. Pin trading is an Olympics-specific tradition. Visitors and athletes swap pins from their own countries for pins from others.
As [...]