A 3am wake-up call did not seem like a good idea when the alarm rang this morning. I did manage to get up and moving though. A bunch of us headed for the metro station at a little after 4 this morning. We got ended up closer to the Capitol building than I had thought [...]
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A Day To Remember
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almost There
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a late start. Once we got moving, Kari and I headed off to the Natural History museum followed by the Air and Space museum. The Natural History museum was pretty cool. It was interesting to go around and see different animals from the continents and to read a little about them. In one section there [...]
Sunday
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was an uneventful day in Washington. A few of us went out to lunch at the Capital Brewery. The food was great and the service was good too, I would recommend the restaurant to anyone. We ended up not going to watch the concert in person but to watch it on tv. That turned [...]
Saturday
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we headed off to the Newseum. The Newseum was fascinating. We were able to look at “today’s newspapers” from all over. It was fun to see the headliners in other cities and countries. The 9/11 section was very powerful. There was a wall of newspapers with the headlines about the attacks. There was also [...]
Friday
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We started off with our last auditorium session. We heard from Steve Bell, Sam Donaldson, and from 6 former members of Congress. Steve Bell continued to talk about the role of the media; showing more news clips. I wasn’t too impressed with Sam Donaldson. He dragged out most of what he said making it hard [...]
Thursday
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday seemed to be a long day. We started off the morning seminar with Ross Baker, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, who spoke about the first 100 days and their challenges. Baker wasn’t the most interesting speaker we’ve had but he still made some good comments about Obama coming into office.
Dr. Genovese then [...]
Another Great Day in DC
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today started off with another C-SPAN taping. Dana Perino, the press secretary for the White House, was interviewed. I found that she was interesting to listen to. She definitely knew how to take odd questions. I liked hearing from someone inside the White House and especially working for the press. There is always a hype around [...]
Tuesday
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was another great day in Washington DC. The day started off with the Washington Journal live on C-SPAN. It was a very interesting experience to watch the interview. Questions from both the audience and from people calling in were addressed. We were sitting right in the center of the auditorium; I hope tomorrow we will be [...]
Day 2
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was another good day at the seminar. The speakers we had were Special Agent David O’ Connor, Marc Pachter from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, and lastly a debate by Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel, columnists at USA Today. As the speakers went on today, I felt it got more interesting. Special Agent David [...]
First Day
Posted in Melinda Tubbs on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a long day but worth it! The couple speakers we had today were very interesting. I really enjoyed hearing from Dana Bash, the Senior Congressional Correspondent at CNN. She gave most of her time to having the students ask questions. It was nice to hear from the other students and to get the [...]
