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Issue date: 9/18/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Hanna Thrasher A scanned copy of the most recent issue of Cafe Abroad.

Cafe Abroad InPRINT, a new magazine touting itself as "the next development in study abroad," is now stocked by the Study Abroad office.

The interschool magazine publishes quarterly and features student-written articles about their experiences abroad, according to managing editor and co-founder Dan Schwartzman.

"Cafe Abroad InPRINT is distributed in increments of 30 copies to more than 300 universities nationwide," wrote Schwartzman in an e-mail interview.

Schwartzman and Mark Travers, publisher and fellow co-founder, were motivated to create a magazine focused on study abroad experiences after their own travels as students. Travers studied in Barcelona and Madrid, and Schwartzman studied in Brisbane, Australia in 2002.

"After graduating we were both working at a small paper in the summer of 2006 and reflecting on our experiences overseas," Schwartzman said.

"We recognized that there was no space for students who were aspiring writers to share their experiences with peers, so we founded the Web site as a social network with a journalism bend," he said.

The magazine's online counterpart currently features more than 250 stories from student writers.

The most recent issue has no articles from SJSU students.

"They really want San Jose State to be involved," said Baum about Cafe Abroad's editorial staff.

According to Baum, the next issue will include the writing of SJSU student Jade Law.

Law is listed on cafeabroad.com as part of Cafe Abroad's "Team Asia."

Schwartzman said the team system is how the staff organizes stories and assignments for prospective writers.

"Instead of freelancers we put together teams of students in different cities around the world. Those students work on a number of initiatives (study abroad city guides, magazine and web stories, promotional events and more)," he said, adding that the teams have resulted in "scores of great stories."

Both Baum and Schwartzman hope the magazine will encourage more students to study abroad, as well as be a hub for students currently abroad.

Darren Mistry, a senior business major, chose not to study abroad.

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