Alas, due to a scheduling conflict this semester, my attendance at ISSA was not what I would have liked it to be. However, I did attend three events either hosted or promoted by ISSA, flyers of which are depicted below. Overall it was a good experience for me, leadership honestly seems to me made up of really cool, smart people. I used to be in debate in high school, and we would do a lot of research on how specific policies would affect the international landscape, so hence my interest in this sort of topic. The intersection of one of my majors with one of the events (the discussion of the U.S treasury market) was really interesting to see too.

A Personal Anecdote

The “Why Greenland” talk somehow ended up being the most intimidating event out of all of these. To set the scene, all of these CIS professors were sitting there in business casual and talking about international politics, and otherwise the room was mostly full of middle-aged adults and upperclassmen. Cue me in my wolf t-shirt and black jean jacket, taking fervent notes like some kind of amateur journalist, nodding very coolly along, and going “I researched arctic oil drilling in high school debate! Who knew it would be so applicable!” I kid, it was a really well-researched and interesting event, I just felt a bit underdressed while it was happening.

Other Events

For the bake sale I mostly just swung by after class, but you can see kind of what it was about on the flyer above. And see my other blog post for my thoughts on “The End of Exorbitant Privilege”

That is a brief summary of my ISSA participation this semester, and I look forward to continuing my membership/attending interesting events next semester as well.