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 [...]
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Inauguration Day…WOW.
January 21, 2009
Day 9 — Less than 24 hours away!!
January 20, 2009
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 left and [...]
Day 8/Beginning of Inauguration Week!!
January 19, 2009
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
January 18, 2009
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 [...]
Day 5
January 15, 2009
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
January 15, 2009
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
January 14, 2009
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
January 13, 2009
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
January 12, 2009
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 [...]
T-minus 2 days
January 9, 2009
Welcome to my blog. I’m a senior at St. Bonaventure University who will be in D.C. for 11 days on a trip through The Washington Center. The first week of the trip will include classes, panel discussions and site visits. The remainder of our trip will revolve around the numerous Inaugural events. Stay tuned to [...]
