Imagine eating nothing but meatloaf, burgers and fried chicken. No pizza, spaghetti, kung pao or tacos.
Even at the dinner table, a world with no international connections seems a little empty and boring. Certainly, the world has more to offer than food — there’s movies, literature, technology and different ways of approaching problems. Global connections enrich us in large and small ways, from bridging cultural gaps to trying a new spice with your dinner.
To embrace these connections is not to be anti-American, but to accept a fuller picture of what it means to be an American. A great strength of our culture centers on the ability to absorb the best of other places and give it our own unique spin.
In this spirit, the opening of Missouri Western State University’s Global Center represents something more substantial than a rebranding effort or a photo op near a large allotment of flags. Any institution of higher learning serves as a city’s window to the world.
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