Most of my time in Oslo was spent traversing Karl Johan’s Gate, which is essentially Main Street in Oslo and one day while grabbing a cup of coffee and a chance to catch up on my reading I looked up and noticed something. Acceptance. The entire street was full of people from every walk of life and they all had smiles on their faces.

The entire time I was in Norway I rarely saw an unhappy face. Then again, Norwegians seem to only have one facial expression unless they are really irked by something. However, the people of Norway are wonderful as a whole.

Of all of the countries that I have been to Norway is definitely one that I am strongly considering moving to if things get really screwy here in the states come election day.

I mean, they’d take me, right?

Published by Steven Listopad

Steven Listopad, Henderson State University faculty and NDSU PhD candidate, has been an assistant professor of JMC and student media director at two North Dakota universities. He’s received honors from the Hefner Foundation, AEJMC, JEA, and SCJ for his work with New Voices USA and currently coordinates the New Voices USA website and the national campaign in conjunction with SPLC. His converged student media center at UJ was a finalist in North Dakota’s annual professional entrepreneurial competition, InnovateND, and he was a Scripps Fellow for Entrepreneurial Journalism. He has taught journalism in China, France, Italy, and Norway. He is currently the ieiMedia program director for OsloRocks, a music and culture international journalism experience. Listopad has been a member of CMA since 2005 and has served on the CMA and ACP Advisory Councils. He was chair of the CMA Adviser Awards Committee from 2013 to 2015. Listopad was honored with CMA’s Distinguished Multimedia Adviser Award in 2010 and has received two CMA Presidential Citations.