@tonnew4 Why do you have to be so mean? It's alright that you don't want to participate in Semester at Sea, but for many of us, it was life-changing. I worked for a very long time to earn the money and scholarships I needed to go on the F09 voyage and it was well worth it! I am now a Ph.D. student studying tropical disease because of a passion I developed during my time with SAS studying Parasitology under a great professor and visiting the countries where these diseases are endemic.
Man really wish there were more positive comments. Who cares what people who havent experienced this and can't think? They obviously have no interest in the experience. So let it go, enjoy your memories and pay it forward.
Great video!! Way to go SAS F11. I went on the F92 voyage and it changed my life. I like about SAS everyday. How blessed we all are to have had this opportunity. Thanks!!!!
I sailed on F74 over 35 years ago and it was a life changing trip. I have done alot of traveling since but this was the best way to see and study a number of cultures first hand. It is expensive but not all the students come from wealthy families. I have recently reconnected with many of my shipmates and we are trying to scrape together money to sail on a reunion tour. This new ship looks awesome.
@tonnew4 YOU should try talking to even one of the hundreds of students who plan, work, save, and raise money for months or even years to come up with the money to get on the ship, experience the real world and then come home only to plan, work, save and raise money to give BACK to the people and communities they came to know along the way. Kiva? SAS alum. Pencils of Promise? SAS alum. Freedom in Creation? SAS alum. You are exactly what you accuse these students of being. Only worse.
tonnew4 is just plain wrong! For many of us it is a life changing experience! My Semester at Sea was 43 years ago, and because of that voyage of discovery I dedicated my career to government service working to advance civil and human rights for all Americans!
@napili00 You learned so much about the world that you decided to advance the rights of all Americans! That is ripe for parody. Why isn't every non-American bowing down to you and kissing your feet? I mean you clearly have so much respect for us all.
@tonnew4 Until we have full equality for all Americans at home, it is difficult to set an example for the rest of the world. If I had been in the State Department, you bet I would have worked hard every day to advance these same rights everywhere I served!
@tonnew4 Non-Americans are the biggest hypocrites, It's funny. You come to a video of first year college students having fun and all you do is spew negativity and your ignorant judgement and then wonder why Americans treat foreigners the way they do. You are an inexperienced know-it-all. The best part is, you insult the education of Americans, and the US is home of 7 of the top 10 universities in the world 15 of the top 20.
@WhiteBeltAcademy That is a big assumption. Your readiness to jump to the conclusion that @tonnew4 is foreign and therefore suspicious of people from the US is a convenient way to ignore his argument. It also suggests that your experiences traveling the world did little to teach you tolerance for other cultures.
@SoupNCoffee It's not a big assumption. You're comment however, is one large ignorant blanket statement. Are you tonnew4? His first comment was how he was disgusted that a bunch of rich white Americans think they are smart. How is that a valid argument? I'm intolerant of intolerance. Way to twist my message beyond recognition.
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This is disgusting. A bunch of rich, white Americans who think they're smart just because their mommies and daddies could afford to send them on a cruise around the world and pretend to be cultured.
@tonnew4 Haha you have no idea what you are talking about. You are aware that not all of the students are American right? Or that many of these students are paying for this on their own? If it disgusts you that people are on a cruise touring the world while they learn, then it's obvious that you are sad and jealous and have nothing better to do but to bitch and complain, meanwhile you could apply for aid and go on one yourself you dope.
Don't do it! It's a program full of rich morons who are pretending to be cultured. This is not the way to learn about other cultures. There are way too many white people in this video for me to believe that the program provides any semblance of cultural literacy.
@tonnew4 Oh, so it's a racial thing. Of course, so people traveling to different countries and experiencing different cultures first hand and earning a degree at the same time offends you because they are white. You are exactly what is wrong with society. Mad because people are bettering themselves and you can't help but to cry about it. "OMG white people are traveling around the world and learning! They must be morons!" Morons or not, they're doing it and you're not. Stay jealous, hater.
@WhiteBeltAcademy Farrakhan is right. Do the kids who go on this booze cruise ever have to read his writings? Not according to the syllabus I found. It looks like a high school syllabus. They're reading writings by the usual canonical white thinkers. They don't even require kids to read the controversial white authors. I don't think I want to spend a semester with people who don't know who Fanon is. So, so jealous.
@tonnew4 You've found a syllabus? Really? And? All I am seeing is nagging and bitching about people enjoying their lives. Get over yourself already. No one cares what you think about a program that you have never experienced. "I found what I think might be a syllabus to one of the hundreds of courses offered and it's terrible, therefore the entire program is terrible" Ok Mr. Blanket Statement - what ever you say you babbling fool.
@WhiteBeltAcademy Contrary to your statement that "no one cares" what Tonnew4 thinks, I care and you certainly seem too riled up to claim indifference. It seems to me that cruising the world on a pricey boat is a way to see the world, but hardly a way to really experience and understand it. Rather than shell out thousands of dollars, perhaps a student can learn more by versing themselves in history books. Or, for the really adventurous, join the Peace Corps-free and useful
@SoupNCoffee Really? Are you going to play the semantics game? No one cares FOR his opinion. Better? The course isn't cheap, but not only are there a ton of grants and aid, for what it costs you get a life changing experience. 105 days 11 countries and a full semester of college. Id rather have a loan out for the best experience of my life, than to read about someone elses experience in a book. That's just me. But to downplay that choice is just plain ridiculous.
@WhiteBeltAcademy I’m not trying to play a semantics game, I just think @tonnew4 makes valid points. It is good that you enjoyed your experience and I appreciate that you acknowledge that it was both expensive and self-indulgent. I however, am not impressed by 11 countries in 105 days. You see a bunch of stuff, but never really experience a culture. I think immersion is a more meaningful learning opportunity.
@SoupNCoffee He doesn't make a single valid point, and I in no way expressed that it is self indulgent. In fact, it's the total opposite. It's eye opening. 11 countries in 105 days is not impressive to those who have never experienced it. Also, if you work hard you can do it for free or get most of it paid for. The majority of students had aid pay for more than half and some had grants that paid for the whole thing. To say you don't experience culture is also nonsensical.
@SoupNCoffee $22,000 is expensive. But it's not just a semester at college. If you can't justify paying for this opportunity, then don't. It's that simple. But to try to compare and say this or that is better, is just blind opinion. I'm yet to meet a single person who claims that the trip was a waste of money.
Amazing job SASers SAS 2005 The best 100 days of my life...also where I met my soulmate and now hubby/father to my babies.....on the 2nd floor woop woop
AMAZING JOB!!! Loved seeing the MV Explorer again. This really captures the excitement and enthusiasm of Semester at Sea!! Great work putting this together, I'm sure it was no easy feat.
A 10 year alum (Fall '01) can say nothing but, "Well done gang...well done!" Keep rocking! We shouldn't rest until Semester at Sea is mandatory to graduate from university :)
2x alum here, Spring'83 student and Summer'96 staff. This is such a great video. The ship is amazing! I sailed on the Universe and the Universe Explorer and still can't watch anything like this without wanting to get back on the sea again. Once you sail on SAS, yo never feel the same way about travel and the world again. I can't wait till my daughter can go!
Great video! I'm an alumni of SAs when it was called World Campus Afloat (WCA). Does anyone remember the Ryndam? This ship looks wonderful! The students all look the same! I will never forget my adventures traveling around the world in a semester at sea. Thanks! Enjoy your life the waters are deep and sometimes rough but what an adventure!
Fall 1982, Ship life looks about the same. New ship looks like the Ritz. Great memories of a wonderful trip around the world. All 82 "shippies" contact me on Facebook. Laurie Smith Parese
Fantastic video! It is a great taste of the spirit of the adventure shipboard community! Brings back such awesome memories and created a great opportunity to get back in touch with awesome friends from the voyage! Thanks so much! Looking forward to our 10-year reunion next year!
I love this. I've watched it 3x already and just showed to my 22 year old daughter who didn't have the privilege of sailing on SAS like I did back in Fall 1974. You all and the ship look great. Fabulous job making the video.
Is this only for college students
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kaaayellie 1 week ago
On a completely different note, this is AWESOME! Great job F11! This makes me miss the MV Explorer so much...
tcb7r 3 weeks ago
@tonnew4 Why do you have to be so mean? It's alright that you don't want to participate in Semester at Sea, but for many of us, it was life-changing. I worked for a very long time to earn the money and scholarships I needed to go on the F09 voyage and it was well worth it! I am now a Ph.D. student studying tropical disease because of a passion I developed during my time with SAS studying Parasitology under a great professor and visiting the countries where these diseases are endemic.
tcb7r 3 weeks ago
AH! My sister is in this :) She told me how amazing everything was. I cannot wait to go myself and have my life changed like she did!
Love You Short Sister ;)
MISTERLOLCRACKERS 3 weeks ago
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rhenriquez04 3 weeks ago
What a great video!! Takes me back to my time on SAS. Such a great job by the students!!
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Man really wish there were more positive comments. Who cares what people who havent experienced this and can't think? They obviously have no interest in the experience. So let it go, enjoy your memories and pay it forward.
trix907 1 month ago
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TheBluebellEngine 1 month ago
man i wana do this .. i really love hearing the different languages
DaZZed4DaYz 1 month ago
Great video!! Way to go SAS F11. I went on the F92 voyage and it changed my life. I like about SAS everyday. How blessed we all are to have had this opportunity. Thanks!!!!
perunapitt 1 month ago
Wow, that is an amazing logistic achievement...props to the SAS F11 Team!!!
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I am so happy my voyage did this! Its like a video yearbook of all the people who changed my life forever! SAS Fall 2011!
musicalmal 1 month ago
Not a single person unliked this.I have, sorry but envy is strong in me.
sg000001 2 months ago
My best friend Jess was on this ship! I am so proud of her and she is the best!!!
FormalJoker 2 months ago
I sailed on F74 over 35 years ago and it was a life changing trip. I have done alot of traveling since but this was the best way to see and study a number of cultures first hand. It is expensive but not all the students come from wealthy families. I have recently reconnected with many of my shipmates and we are trying to scrape together money to sail on a reunion tour. This new ship looks awesome.
goefrank1 2 months ago
@tonnew4 YOU should try talking to even one of the hundreds of students who plan, work, save, and raise money for months or even years to come up with the money to get on the ship, experience the real world and then come home only to plan, work, save and raise money to give BACK to the people and communities they came to know along the way. Kiva? SAS alum. Pencils of Promise? SAS alum. Freedom in Creation? SAS alum. You are exactly what you accuse these students of being. Only worse.
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tonnew4 is just plain wrong! For many of us it is a life changing experience! My Semester at Sea was 43 years ago, and because of that voyage of discovery I dedicated my career to government service working to advance civil and human rights for all Americans!
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@napili00 You learned so much about the world that you decided to advance the rights of all Americans! That is ripe for parody. Why isn't every non-American bowing down to you and kissing your feet? I mean you clearly have so much respect for us all.
tonnew4 1 month ago
@tonnew4 Until we have full equality for all Americans at home, it is difficult to set an example for the rest of the world. If I had been in the State Department, you bet I would have worked hard every day to advance these same rights everywhere I served!
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@napili00 We do not need America to set an example for the rest of the world. Your statement is absurdly condescending.
tonnew4 1 month ago
@tonnew4 Non-Americans are the biggest hypocrites, It's funny. You come to a video of first year college students having fun and all you do is spew negativity and your ignorant judgement and then wonder why Americans treat foreigners the way they do. You are an inexperienced know-it-all. The best part is, you insult the education of Americans, and the US is home of 7 of the top 10 universities in the world 15 of the top 20.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@WhiteBeltAcademy How would you know @tonnew4 is not American?
SoupNCoffee 1 month ago
@SoupNCoffee Usually Americans don't identify race with a country. It's usually white people or black people. Not white Americans.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@WhiteBeltAcademy That is a big assumption. Your readiness to jump to the conclusion that @tonnew4 is foreign and therefore suspicious of people from the US is a convenient way to ignore his argument. It also suggests that your experiences traveling the world did little to teach you tolerance for other cultures.
SoupNCoffee 1 month ago
@SoupNCoffee It's not a big assumption. You're comment however, is one large ignorant blanket statement. Are you tonnew4? His first comment was how he was disgusted that a bunch of rich white Americans think they are smart. How is that a valid argument? I'm intolerant of intolerance. Way to twist my message beyond recognition.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
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This is disgusting. A bunch of rich, white Americans who think they're smart just because their mommies and daddies could afford to send them on a cruise around the world and pretend to be cultured.
tonnew4 2 months ago
@tonnew4 You must have a sad life if that is all you saw in this video!
goefrank1 2 months ago
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rsalese44 2 months ago
@tonnew4 Haha you have no idea what you are talking about. You are aware that not all of the students are American right? Or that many of these students are paying for this on their own? If it disgusts you that people are on a cruise touring the world while they learn, then it's obvious that you are sad and jealous and have nothing better to do but to bitch and complain, meanwhile you could apply for aid and go on one yourself you dope.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
hahaha this is amazing. there was some hanky stuff written behind the painting in my room... ;)
ConnieTheVulpix 2 months ago
Gives me goose bumps and the tingles. Seriously. -Jason F'01
orb13jc 2 months ago
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It never ceases to amaze me how nostalgic rich people get over wasting their parents' money.
tonnew4 2 months ago
Still think about it every day, Scott Maizlish Spring '89
baqsheesh 2 months ago
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That's kind of sad.
tonnew4 2 months ago
i wanna do this so bad but its sooo damn expensive
CheerDiva112 2 months ago
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Don't do it! It's a program full of rich morons who are pretending to be cultured. This is not the way to learn about other cultures. There are way too many white people in this video for me to believe that the program provides any semblance of cultural literacy.
tonnew4 2 months ago
@tonnew4 Cheer diva your an idiot
rsalese44 2 months ago
@tonnew4 Oh, so it's a racial thing. Of course, so people traveling to different countries and experiencing different cultures first hand and earning a degree at the same time offends you because they are white. You are exactly what is wrong with society. Mad because people are bettering themselves and you can't help but to cry about it. "OMG white people are traveling around the world and learning! They must be morons!" Morons or not, they're doing it and you're not. Stay jealous, hater.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@WhiteBeltAcademy Farrakhan is right. Do the kids who go on this booze cruise ever have to read his writings? Not according to the syllabus I found. It looks like a high school syllabus. They're reading writings by the usual canonical white thinkers. They don't even require kids to read the controversial white authors. I don't think I want to spend a semester with people who don't know who Fanon is. So, so jealous.
tonnew4 1 month ago
@tonnew4 You've found a syllabus? Really? And? All I am seeing is nagging and bitching about people enjoying their lives. Get over yourself already. No one cares what you think about a program that you have never experienced. "I found what I think might be a syllabus to one of the hundreds of courses offered and it's terrible, therefore the entire program is terrible" Ok Mr. Blanket Statement - what ever you say you babbling fool.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@WhiteBeltAcademy Contrary to your statement that "no one cares" what Tonnew4 thinks, I care and you certainly seem too riled up to claim indifference. It seems to me that cruising the world on a pricey boat is a way to see the world, but hardly a way to really experience and understand it. Rather than shell out thousands of dollars, perhaps a student can learn more by versing themselves in history books. Or, for the really adventurous, join the Peace Corps-free and useful
SoupNCoffee 1 month ago
@SoupNCoffee Really? Are you going to play the semantics game? No one cares FOR his opinion. Better? The course isn't cheap, but not only are there a ton of grants and aid, for what it costs you get a life changing experience. 105 days 11 countries and a full semester of college. Id rather have a loan out for the best experience of my life, than to read about someone elses experience in a book. That's just me. But to downplay that choice is just plain ridiculous.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@WhiteBeltAcademy I’m not trying to play a semantics game, I just think @tonnew4 makes valid points. It is good that you enjoyed your experience and I appreciate that you acknowledge that it was both expensive and self-indulgent. I however, am not impressed by 11 countries in 105 days. You see a bunch of stuff, but never really experience a culture. I think immersion is a more meaningful learning opportunity.
SoupNCoffee 1 month ago
@SoupNCoffee He doesn't make a single valid point, and I in no way expressed that it is self indulgent. In fact, it's the total opposite. It's eye opening. 11 countries in 105 days is not impressive to those who have never experienced it. Also, if you work hard you can do it for free or get most of it paid for. The majority of students had aid pay for more than half and some had grants that paid for the whole thing. To say you don't experience culture is also nonsensical.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@SoupNCoffee $22,000 is expensive. But it's not just a semester at college. If you can't justify paying for this opportunity, then don't. It's that simple. But to try to compare and say this or that is better, is just blind opinion. I'm yet to meet a single person who claims that the trip was a waste of money.
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
@WhiteBeltAcademy OK Mr. Comma Splice.
tonnew4 1 month ago
@tonnew4 Why are you so nitpicky?
WhiteBeltAcademy 1 month ago
The best days of my life :) Miss you all :/
Bumerangization 2 months ago
Just finished Fall 2011...miss it already...
There I am at 3:30 4:53 5:17
ElJorro 2 months ago
This is amazing! I'm from Spring05 and wow, that takes you back! LOVE IT!
GNagle26 2 months ago
Amazing job SASers SAS 2005 The best 100 days of my life...also where I met my soulmate and now hubby/father to my babies.....on the 2nd floor woop woop
jwoodardlifecare 3 months ago
Spring 2011 alum here! Best 104 days of my life! So nice to see my favorite home the beautiful MV Explorer. =) Amazing video. Good job SASers!
StayChat 3 months ago
I hope all of you still feel the excitement I do, and I went on my semester at sea in 1968!!
Go Fall 2011 SAS students! You rock!!
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taraz238 3 months ago
This is amazing! Very well done. I'm missing the MV
footballfreak2112 3 months ago
This video was awesome! I was on SAS Fall of '09. I miss it so much. Thanks for bringing me back on the ship for a few minutes!!
meganwinkley 3 months ago
AMAZING JOB!!! Loved seeing the MV Explorer again. This really captures the excitement and enthusiasm of Semester at Sea!! Great work putting this together, I'm sure it was no easy feat.
Austin Allen Fall 09'
fsallen92 3 months ago
This seems pretty cool. I was thinking about doing one, and this made seem even more special
thephoenixsage 3 months ago
A 10 year alum (Fall '01) can say nothing but, "Well done gang...well done!" Keep rocking! We shouldn't rest until Semester at Sea is mandatory to graduate from university :)
taraz238 3 months ago
@taraz238 Im a 10 year F01 alum too!!! Cried my eyes out...the new ship is no Universe Explorere though!
42lisapet 3 months ago
@42lisapet no it's not! I'm heading to the reunion voyage in January so I'll be able to compare :)
taraz238 3 months ago
why did I ever got off of that ship? Best time of my life
likerawrandstuff23 3 months ago
2x alum here, Spring'83 student and Summer'96 staff. This is such a great video. The ship is amazing! I sailed on the Universe and the Universe Explorer and still can't watch anything like this without wanting to get back on the sea again. Once you sail on SAS, yo never feel the same way about travel and the world again. I can't wait till my daughter can go!
wherenow 3 months ago
As an alumni of F02 -- this brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for doing this.
smallsorkin 3 months ago
Summer 2007 here, you guys make me so proud! I am so homesick for that damn ship right now, best summer of my life by a mile.
jwsteele 3 months ago
Great video! I'm an alumni of SAs when it was called World Campus Afloat (WCA). Does anyone remember the Ryndam? This ship looks wonderful! The students all look the same! I will never forget my adventures traveling around the world in a semester at sea. Thanks! Enjoy your life the waters are deep and sometimes rough but what an adventure!
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weeknightingale 3 months ago
Fall 1982, Ship life looks about the same. New ship looks like the Ritz. Great memories of a wonderful trip around the world. All 82 "shippies" contact me on Facebook. Laurie Smith Parese
Great video!
lauriesmithparese 3 months ago
wow awesome!! i want to summer 2012!
chalommm 3 months ago
aaaand 4 years later, i still remember every inch of that ship- well done, thanks for that walk down memory lane!!
GMarieO 3 months ago
Fall 08' here. Recent grad: great, stable job...... dammit, this video is seriously detrimental to my career.
Veneratio1988 3 months ago
Fantastic video! It is a great taste of the spirit of the adventure shipboard community! Brings back such awesome memories and created a great opportunity to get back in touch with awesome friends from the voyage! Thanks so much! Looking forward to our 10-year reunion next year!
bradyjayolson 3 months ago
Great video - Makes me smile just thinking about the memories! Thanks for sharing.
jaimiefish 3 months ago
That would be awesome.
philipperboy 3 months ago
Going through Semester at Sea withdraw real bad right now
AdvanceAirTime 3 months ago
I love this. I've watched it 3x already and just showed to my 22 year old daughter who didn't have the privilege of sailing on SAS like I did back in Fall 1974. You all and the ship look great. Fabulous job making the video.
goefrank1 3 months ago
i CANT WAIT TO GO!!!
thehockeybeast13 3 months ago
They do so much faster than we ever did on the summer voyage! Guess that's what you have to do to cross the Pacific! I miss this!
willcleek4 3 months ago
HOW IN THE WORLD DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 305 VIEWS!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!
Shquietpleasesir 3 months ago
Makes me want to go again, but the explorer might be too nice for me. I am more suited to the Universe
rico88x 3 months ago
i want to go back!
aaronrosendds1 3 months ago
I was on staff in charge of Security in 1987. GREATEST experience of my life. You guys did an awesome job. Think I'm ready to go back again. THANKS!
expair 3 months ago
This Is Awesome Work . . I So Hope To Be Here One Day
sephirothsnow 3 months ago
wow amazing work!
dayrinx33 3 months ago
This is really well done! It was great fun to revisit the MV Explorer this way.
JoAnnGirard1 3 months ago
Amazing! Makes me miss the ship SO much. Nice work everyone!
XOakXO 3 months ago
SPLENDID VIDEO!!!! :D
Moonstriker 3 months ago