When Emily Adler heard that her roommate was going on a free 10-day trip to Israel, she couldn't wait to sign up. Truth was, she could take or leave Israel n but a free trip to a foreign country was simply too good an opportunity to pass up.

The night before her flight, the UConn sophomore was out with a few old friends in her native New York.

"Are you excited?" they asked her.

"I don't know," she shrugged. Why would she be excited?

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