My Week In DC

Hey there people. The site has been up down, so this has been quite delayed. Sorry about that. I’ll talk about yesterday right now, and bring up today’s events later on tonight. We traveled down to the Capitol building to take what was shaping up to be a fantastic tour. Before that we headed down to the Portrait Gallery to hear a very prestigious speaker: Chuck Todd. He is one of the most influential people in regards to White House journalism. His speech was very interesting, and he seemed like a very down to Earth man that had a lot of intelligence an insight on the things he was speaking on. His inspiring words helped me see that there may be another path in my future. After Mr. Todd, Dean Flagel had a talk with us regarding the college application process and how we should look to find a school for us. He is a very funny man that most certainly has a way with connecting to young adults when he speaks. He put a clear perspective into my mind of what college would be like.
          After the Dean spoke, we traveled down to the Pentagon Mall to each lunch and enjoy a little down time. We went around and looked in the stores during our short visit before heading back to the bus for our highlight of the afternoon. Upon reaching the Capitol building, my friends and I enjoyed a few laughs together out on the front lawn and during the walk to the security check-in. The Capitol tour in general was kind of a drag, I personally thought it would be longer and a little more enjoyable. I guess I’ll take what I can get. Although it was pretty cool to be in a building with so much distinguished history behind it.

Well thats it campers, I’ll write back later tonight to explain the events of today. Only 1 1/2 days left! My how this week flew!

PEACE!!! =)

What a great day! It was so informative and totally not what I expected. From Pokemon on laptops to “Rocky” races to meet Abraham Lincoln. Today started out with a little panel dialogue at the National Press Club. This dialogue was very interesting while it involved all the facts of the changing of times in Journalism and how it will look in the future. The speakers each had their own point of views and oppinions on the subject and each granted an excellent view into the world of political journalism.
         After that our group traveled down to the smithsonean (sp?) museum to hang out and tour the worldwide cultures collected among three buildings. The first building was filled with collect ables from throughout American History, from the Civil War to WWII to Segregation. These artifacts were very interesting and very cool to see. I enjoyed viewing things throughout history that were actually used and perfectly preserved. The second building was the Air & Space Museum. The one thing that was on everybody’s mind of course was: FOOD!!! Hallelujah for a food court after all that walking. With all that McDonalds stuffed into my stomach I was ready to take on the rest of the day. The Air & Space Museum was very interesting, but the Natural History Museum was awesome. With objects and exhibits that included the Hope Diamond, and an Ocean exhibit.
             We then went to the Arlington campus of GMU and experienced a mountain climbing group activity, and then a delicious dinner provided by the school. After that we went to another panel discussion that was split up into a few seperate rooms. I went to the room featuring Ms. Kathy Orton, a sports reporter for the Washington Post. She was most definatly the most interesting speaker of the whole Conference, not only because I love sports, but because she had a way with words. She informed me of things I never thought of involving the world of Journalism. I will most certainly be trying to contact her to talk about how I can become a better journalist and get my foot in the door and begin a career.
          Well now its really late due to traffic coming home so im signing off. Goodnight George Mason

Wow! What an experience in only 5 hours of being at GMU! I arrive at George Mason U. to the greetings of friendly staff members who will assist me with my learning throughout the week. Then after chowing down with my family, they of course leave their little boy to fend for himself. A 16 year old kid from a small town just west of Pittsburgh ,Pennsylvania alone to find his own friends and entertainment. I’ve only been here for a little while, but I know I’m going to have fun here! I’ve met some cool people and can tell we’re all going to have a good time. I also got to be the first official speaker at the conference by welcoming Dean of Admissions, Andrew Flagel. What a cool dude haha.
Well, now its time to sleep so I can wake up at the ungodly hour of 5:30 a.m to prepare for the day ahead.
C-ya Later!!

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