Now, as Inauguration Day comes to a close, I still cannot quite put together the words to describe today. Everything had been building since the election season began nearly two years ago, and suddenly it’s over. Let me start from today’s beginning.
My roommates and I woke up around 3:30 A.M. and left our hotel just [...]
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Inauguration Day…WOW.
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day 9 — Less than 24 hours away
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy MLK Jr. Day! Last year on this day I spent my afternoon sitting and reflecting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King gave one of his famous speeches. Today was a little different. My roommates and I slept in this morning which felt great. After having breakfast in the room we [...]
Day 8/Beginning of Inauguration Week!!
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was awesome. A bunch of us had an early start and left our hotel around 7:30 A.M. to get over to the Lincoln Memorial for the “We are One” concert. For those of you who don’t know, the concert was free and open to the public, and called for all Americans to unite. I [...]
Days 6 & 7
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, where should I begin? Let me first apologize for not blogging last night. Let’s just say there was a surprise event on the 3rd floor of our hotel — I’ll get to that in a minute. Friday started out with the last of our seminar sessions at the UDC. While I have enjoyed them a [...]
Day 5
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, today certainly didn’t go how I expected it would. Yesterday, a few of us had been given tickets to the Senate floor of the Capitol for this morning’s hearings. When I woke up at 5 A.M. very sick, I knew I would not be in attendance. I’ll spare you the details and just say [...]
Day 4
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we had another live taping of C-SPAN’s “The Washington Journal” to start our day off. The guest was White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino. One student in the audience asked her how realistic it is to get major issues done within the first 100 days of President-Elect Obama’s administration. She stressed how issues are [...]
Day 3
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today started out with Steve Bell speaking with all the students before C-SPAN began taping for their programming. While Mr. Bell said that President-Elect Obama is bringing change, he talked of some aspects that lead up to the presidency, which contradicted that. The examples Mr. Bell spoke of were President-Elect Obama becoming more of a [...]
Day 2
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a night of sleep where my roommates and I remembered to turn on the heat, we started our day hearing from Dr. Genovese at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). He talked of the need for skill, strength and good judgement to be possessed in order to be a “great president.” Dr. [...]
Day 1
Posted in Jenn Sherman on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After an exhausting day of travel on Saturday, today we meet at the University of the District of Columbia’s auditorium for the first of our morning sessions. Steve Bell, a professor from Ball State University, is the featured professor of The Presidential Inauguration Seminar and he spent his time today discussing video clips from various [...]
