Tagged: DC
July 2nd, 2014
in Student's Blog, Summer 2014, Washington, DC
How was your first month of your semester in DC? How does it compare to the first few weeks of a semester on campus?
By Alissa Kim
Summer 2014
Washington D.C. is a city that is constantly moving and changing. People come in-and-out of the city and walk the streets of the nation’s capital with a sense of purpose. In such a fast-paced city, it is difficult to not get overwhelmed with the influx and the flow of tourists, locals, and business professionals.
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Tagged Alissa Kim, DC, Moving, Summer 2014
April 7th, 2014
in Spring 2014, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Elle Harrigan
Spring 2014
I came to Washington not really knowing what to expect. I’ve been a political junkie since before I could properly tie my shoes, tagging along with my mom as she voted in the 2000 election, but I still felt incredibly green in the face of the indomitable entity that is Washington, D.C. So much so, in fact, that when asked by my work supervisor on one of my first days in the office if I knew how a bill became a law, I replied “Uh…I think?” I 100% definitely know how a bill becomes a law and have known since Schoolhouse Rock came into my life 12 years ago but I really did not know which aspects of TV Washington I should believe.
Washington might be like what you see on TV. But I certainly didn’t get to see that side of things. What they don’t show you in House of Cards or Scandal is that for every Frank Underwood or Olivia Pope, there are hundreds of staffers and thousands of interns laying the groundwork and fighting the good fight to keep the United States government afloat. Turns out you actually need a lot of people to get that done. Who knew?
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Tagged DC, Elle Harrigan, Spring 2014, What to Expect
April 7th, 2014
in Spring 2014, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
The Case Against Cory Booker
By Michael Neminski
Spring 2014
When I originally signed up to write this blog post, I selected the question “Would you vote to reelect your current representative?.” Yet the ever-changing nature of congressional politics has even impacted the question, as my representative, Rush Holt (D-NJ) has chosen to retire at the end of his term. Therefore I will write about another race going on in my wonderful state, and that is the race for US Senate. In this race, Cory Booker (D-NJ), who won a special election last October, will be seeking reelection. Therefore, for this post I will be focusing on if Cory Booker deserves reelection.
Would not vote to re-elect him.
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Tagged Corey Booker, DC, Michael Neminski, Spring 2014
April 7th, 2014
in Spring 2014, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Jordan Bernard
Spring 2014
Me with some of my coworkers from the VA
In Summer 2013 I was lucky enough to spend my time in Dublin, Ireland on the BU Summer Internship Program. It was truly one of the most amazing experiences of my life and the entire summer went by in a blur of fun. My internship was great, the city was great, the bars were great, and the culture was great. But at the end of the day my time spent there was incredible because of the experience I had immersing myself in a country that was new to me and most likely not going to be in my itinerary in the near future. It was an opportunity to forget that I was a rising senior and was going to return to America to a whirlwind of job searches and squeezing in those last minute requirements. I chose to come to Washington, DC my last semester at BU hesitantly in a last-ditch effort to figure out what I wanted to do when the dreaded May graduation date rolled in. As the final weeks in the program approach, I can honestly say that all the fun I had in Ireland could not even come close to competing with my experience in Washington.
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Tagged DC, Ireland, Jordan Bernard, Spring 2014, Study Abroad
April 7th, 2014
in Spring 2014, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Charles Crocker
Spring 2014
As anyone can point out, Washington has little regard for money. With a debt that our grandchildren’s grandchildren will still be paying off, and an ability to pass a budget that’s more in line with fighting over toys in preschool than passing legislation in the government, one has to think if they ever even consider monetary transactions. Well, as it turns out, the currency of Washington is not a five spot with Lincoln’s mug. It’s business cards. A day doesn’t go by where one doesn’t receive or give out info to someone wearing a fancy suit. It’s not about how many bills are in your wallet, rather how many business cards are in your pocket.
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Tagged Charles Crocker, Connections, DC, Networking, Spring 2014
April 7th, 2014
in Spring 2014, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Cassandra Carroll
Spring 2014
Our class outside the US Capitol.
In my first week as an intern on Capitol Hill I was asked the same sequence of questions approximately 40 times, and my first week was only two days long. People would start by asking if I was a student, when I replied yes, they wanted to know where, when I told them, they asked what I was studying. As soon as the words public relations were out of my mouth the confusion would cross their face. The next question was almost always some variety of “what are you doing here?”
No, I do not have a press specific internship. I answer phones, I give tours, I go to briefings, I do what every other intern on the hill does. The difference is that the political science major taking notes on America’s Future in Asia is at that moment doing something relevant to his major. It’s a clearly made connection.
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Tagged Cassandra Carroll, Congress, DC, Internship vs. the Real World, March 2014, Spring 2014, The Hill
April 7th, 2014
in Spring 2014, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Anna West
Spring 2014
Politics are replete with high-octane, action verbs. You don’t submit a vote; rather you cast one, as if you were fishing on the high seas. You don’t just ring doorbells and post billboard ads; you campaign by waging political war against your opponent. And you certainly don’t walk for office, you run for it.
But in D.C. it’s evident that running takes on a literal meaning aside from the political realm. During lunch breaks, politicians actually run up and down Pennsylvania Ave. I see them bounce in place at streetlights, puffs of vapor escaping their breath in what has been the longest winter of subsequent polar vortexes. They battle relentlessly with the cold – gloves, hats and scarves, the fabrics of their armor.
Maura and I outside the ultimate Washington landmark.
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Tagged Anna West, Cold Weather, DC, Housre of Cards, Maura Monagan
November 12th, 2013
in Fall 2013, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Kelly King
Fall 2013
After spending two consecutive summers interning in Washington, I was prepared to begin my academic semester here with a level of comfort in the city that would help me balance classes, an internship and a social life in this exciting town. What occurred to me throughout the first few weeks with my new classmates was that they were experiencing for the first time everything I already enjoyed about this city. I loved the free events, transportation simplicity on the metro, the international flavor of its people and the intense energy that emanates from the politicians, interest groups, and interns like me. I have now adapted and appreciated the bustle of the city, but what has always and will continue to surprise me is the access one can have to high level people and influential policy makers in Washington.
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Tagged DC, Fall 2013, Kelly King, State Department
November 12th, 2013
in Fall 2013, Student's Blog, Washington, DC
By Taylor Hartz
Fall 2013
Joy, Brittnee, Kelsey, Myself, Shelby, and Sidney (L-R)
From the moment we arrived in D.C., we were taught that in addition to our college degree and internship experiences, real world connections would be essential during the post-grad job hunt. The word “network” appeared on every orientation hand-out and came up in all our discussions, helping us to understand that if we planned to get a handle on networking, this was the place to do it.
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Tagged DC, Fall 2013, Networking, Taylor Hartz
October 30th, 2013
in Fall 2013, Student's Blog
By Shelby Carignan
Fall 2013
By some stroke of luck, I got to spend semesters abroad through BU both in the U.S. and abroad. Studying abroad for a semester is on the bucket list of most college students. It’s an especially big part of the BU undergraduate experience, since they’ve got programs literally all over the world. Most students looking to study abroad probably don’t even consider the idea of studying within the U.S. at BU’s campus in D.C. or LA, but if a student wants to have their professional goals at the center of their experience, domestic programs give students a unique edge that they won’t get abroad or in Boston. Having experienced studying with BU’s program in Paris, France and being halfway through the D.C. journalism program here, I think I’ve got a sense of the pros and cons of each.
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Tagged DC, Fall 2013, Kelsey Hopper, Paris, Shelby Carignan, Study Abroad
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