Today was the perfect cap to our trip here in D.C. We woke up around 3:15 to get ready and catch the Metro when it opened around 4a.m. It was a madhouse underground and patience was needed. It took a lot of crowd-manuvering before emerging above ground again and we had to run to get [...]
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Inauguration
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rest
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we started with some much needed rest. After sleeping in we headed out to the congressional offices in order to pick up our tickets to the ceremony tomorrow. The lines stretched all around the building and since the tickets were in my friend’s name she waited in line as we ran the other errands [...]
Inching closer…
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we woke up at the crack of dawn yet again to start our day. After travelling into the city, we wandered around for quite some time before finding a restaurant that served breakfast. We found our destination across from the Ford Theatre and next to the house where Lincoln died. ”The Waffle Shop” was [...]
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we started with the Newseum – the newly opened museum about the news in America. We kicked it up a notch from yesterday by seeing a movie in 4-D. The movie was about the news, but the seats moved and jolted and some water was sprayed at you during some scenes. A revolutionary war [...]
Add creative name here
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We have just gotten back from helping some of our friends move thier stuff into another room after their toilet exploded. There were simply too many opportunities for a creative name in the title.
Our day started off again with a morning session with talks from Sam Donaldson of ABC, a panel of former governors and [...]
Thursday
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today we got to sleep in more than usual. We were given tickets on Wednesday by a student from Montana to the U.S. Senate. So today we went to the Senate through the new Capital Tourists Center in order to sit in the gallery while Senators Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton gave their farewell speeches [...]
Wednesday – Day 4
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The morning sessions are too early in my opinion. The first part of the session started with Steve Bell commenting on the media, and then with another C-SPAN live broadcast. The guest was Dana Perino – Press Secretary of the United States. She took questions from students and callers from around the nation. Through her [...]
Day 3 in the trenches
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we were able to be in the audience for live broadcasts of C-SPAN. Guests Juan and Brett commented on the significance of Barack Obama of being the first American-American President of the United States. Real reform started with the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court case. Juan [...]
Day 2
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was another interesting day in our nation’s capital. We started off the morning with Dr. Michael A. Genovese from Loyola Marymount University. He spoke to us about the interesting situation that Obama is currently in. He says that Obama must have a balanced act in order to retain power as president. He must keep [...]
Washington
Posted in Dan Volkosh on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Washington experience has begun. Today we were able to listen to the distinguished Steve Bell as he lectured about President-elect Barack Obama and the media. We addressed the issue of bias in the media as well as satire when he showed clips from Saturday Night Live. We then listened to Dana Bash, correspondent for [...]
