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Iranian New Year!!

Arts & Culture, Culture, Events, Holidays, Interesting Stuff, Life, News, UncategorizedBy Nikoo Givehchian March 19, 2018

A new year is just around the corner! Tuesday, March 20 2018 at 10:15 AM (mountain time), will be the official start of the year 1397, or the moment of ‘saal tahvil.’ It’s kind of funny to consider the western calendar, and how 1397 would be considered part of the medieval times… so are we…

Thoughts on Duolingo

Arts & Culture, Culture, Life, Reviews, School, Self-ImprovementBy Madina Shaykhutdinova March 19, 2018

I’m sure many of you have heard of Duolingo, an online program to learn languages. As of this moment, there are 27 languages available for English speakers, the most popular of which are Spanish, French, and German. Duolingo makes learning like a game, with points, “lingots” you can use to get power-ups, and streaks. It…