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“Cultured” Students Return From Abroad: Campus Pickpocketing At A High

“Cultured” Students Return From Abroad: Campus Pickpocketing At A High

AbroadCampus Culture January 14, 2025 The New England Classic

For those who stayed on campus in the Fall semester, get ready to lose your sanity hearing your acquaintance gab about their “eye-opening experiences”,... “Cultured” Students Return From Abroad: Campus Pickpocketing At A High

EUROPE — Many junior students have returned from their semesters abroad and are feeling changed, obviously very “cultured” from traveling the world (just Europe), and unfortunately a tiny bit totally broke. These abroad students may not have learned much academically during their semester-long vacation, nor did they pick up the language of their host country, but one very important European habit stuck with these students: pickpocketing!

For those who stayed on campus in the Fall semester, get ready to lose your sanity hearing your acquaintance gab about their “eye-opening experiences”, along with maybe losing your wallet in your backpack when around them.

Naya Eve (MCAS ‘26) is one of the many juniors back from her semester abroad, where she spent time in Barcelona struggling to keep her valuables. “Each new day was a battle, but I mith Bartha every day, the culture was everything,” she told members of the Classic. “I know everyone says not to use your phone wallet while abroad, but I kept blacking out and losing my purse, so it seemed like the best solution.” After some prying, Eve finally admitted that she also ended up losing her phone with her wallet, which was stolen at dinner.

Coming back to campus a little more angry and with a lot less money, Naya Eve decided to bring the pickpocketing culture to BC’s campus. “Well I have no meal plan, so freshmen’s Eagle IDs are obviously my first target. My next target is sophomores who are preparing for their semesters abroad, they’re all a little too eager and need to be brought back down to reality.”

At press time, Eve was found searching through concerned parent Facebook pages looking for new techniques of how their children were victims of theft.