The day of the Inauguration had finally arrived, and waking up to my alarm at 5:00 AM with a sinus headache was not about to keep me from missing this already historic event. I donned several layers, including two sweaters and even a bathrobe, and gave my roommates some handwarmers my dad had given me for the big [...]
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Twelve Hours Well Spent
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Free Days in D.C.
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday was spent unsuccessfully attempting to meet up with my sister Shannon and her group from Homer High School. After getting some much needed rest and sleeping in a bit, we played a bit of phone tag and decided to meet at one of the many museums near the National Mall. This led to my [...]
Saturday
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today was our first “free” day in D.C., but it was still very full and educational. Our first stop was to a Starbucksto get out of the cold before finding our way to the Newseum. I was a little apprehensive as we have been getting a ton of exposure to the history and involvement of [...]
Technical Difficulties
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My day was not exactly as action-packed as everyone else’s. Waking up at 4:30 with a familiar feeling in my head and stomach, I knew this would not be the beginning of the day I had expected. Rather than attend the last day of the seminar and visit the National Museum of American History, I was [...]
Day 5
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, while off to a relatively slow start, was a definite success. Our first speaker this morning was Ross Baker, a Political Science professor at Rutgers. While very knowledgeable, his discussion was somewhat dry and his answers to questions were a little lengthier than they had to be. Following baker was Dr. Genovese, who covered [...]
Vast Improvements
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today left yesterday’s frustration and disappointment far behind, with one exception. During the second taping of the Washington Journal the guest was Dana Perino, the press secretary for the Bush administration. The show went fairly well, but as another student mentioned, none of the callers seemed to have a good question today, but instead praised [...]
There’s one in every group (…at least)
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was certainly interesting, which is a mamby-pamby way for me to say it was the worst so far. However, if this is the worst day of the entire program I would consider it an huge success. Also, not all parts were negative.
C-SPAN kicked off our morning session with their taping of the Washington Journal [...]
Day Two
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today went quite smoothly, even with the added chaos of morning rush hour. During our morning seminar we listened to three very different sets of speakers after opening comments by Michael Genovese. The opening comments were very insightful and interesting, and dealt with all the issues that face Obama as he takes up the presidency. [...]
Running Start
Posted in Chelsea Horak on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After a fairly straightforward check-in day yesterday, we were off to a running start on the first official day of program activities here in Washington D.C. It all started with an early morning alarm which led to the beginning of a busy and informative day. The Washington Center orientation began around 8:30 and lead right [...]
