[Rhodes Scholar Stephen Aylward] is specializing in early twentieth century German philosophy, particularly that of Martin Heidegger, which Aylward studied last year while on exchange at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Though he found his courses there, conducted entirely in German, to be challenging at first, the 21-year-old native of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, said that the experience gave him a new perspective upon returning to McGill.

"No longer having to do all my readings and write all my papers in German is like boxers training with weights on-you take them off and it's the same sort of idea," Aylward said. "Reading seemed far less daunting, even readings that would have struck me as difficult before."

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