tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880596088910484472012-01-22T01:25:14.703-08:00A nontraditional student has been selected to represent CSU-Chico as one of this years Panetta Institute Congressional Interns.elizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490297439753623243noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2188059608891048447.post-49987757141366499332007-11-30T16:35:00.001-08:002007-12-01T09:47:52.210-08:00

Hello to all…the previous Jefferson quote was also quoted by George McGovern, during a question and answer briefing by a group of about 20 members of Congress. Senator McGovern was not alone at the table on one side of him was sitting Michael Isakoff and on the other sat Bob Woodward, next to Woodward sat Ron Suskind. Each of these men has written books about how the United States got into the

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Hello, to all…I would like to tell you all about my surroundings in my room. I am staying at the Hawthorn Suites and am in an efficiency apartment. I have a desk, and a lounge chair, as well as a kitchen (no oven), but it has a dishwasher…I have a king size bed and a flat screen television. The room also includes a DVD player and two closets. My room is on the fifth floor, front side

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Hello to all…I hope you all had a wonderful Veteran's Day. I certainly did, I did go to Arlington and it was a beautiful day. Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at the event; I will not say, at this point, my thoughts on that topic. After the ceremonies, I watched several wreaths being laid and it was beautiful, the way the marine guards stamped to attention and moved ever so slowly to lay

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Hello to all who are sharing this journey with me. I am going into Arlington National Cemetery for the very first time on Sunday, Veteran's Day. I am looking forward to seeing the laying of the wreath. I am thankful to be in Washington, D.C. for this occasion. My brother is a veteran of the first Gulf war, Desert Storm, and although it began and ended quickly and decisively, my mother could not

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Kneeling – Josh Bolton and Leon Panetta, present and former – Chiefs of Staff Hello to all...I want to begin by telling you all that my body seems to be falling apart. Whew...I am tired and my body is tired...but I am still plugging away. I think that many of you know that I have a disability. For those of you that do not know much about me, personally, I have arthritis in my

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Hello to all. I had a good day today. One of the legislative assistants in my office is having a birthday and we ate cookies in the congressman's office with him. He asked whether I had already graduated from Chico State and I let him know that I would be graduating in May. He asked me what my major is and I told him, General Political Science. He thinks that I should attend the master's program

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Hello to you all. I am writing really late tonight, but I went to a football game. The game was called, "The Longest Yard" and it is played between Congress members against the Capitol Police. The Congress "Mean Machine" was not so mean…they lost 28 to 0! The Capitol police were really good, well…not really good, they were just a lot better than an professional quarterback a couple of other

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Hello to all… I have been feeling a bit under the weather these days. I've had a migraine headache every evening this week. Ick!! I hope I begin to feel better. I am not certain what the cause of these headaches is, but it could be either the lights, reading the computer screen for long periods, or it could be my back. Not certain…I will prevail however…if my friend Scot can do it for so

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Last modified on: 10/6/2007, 5:36 PM Yea, yea, yea, I know…I said I would write more often, but sometimes I have a real problem wanting to write. You know…kinda like writer's block! So, I have been worried about what to write, because according to my office here in D.C. I can have a blog, but I cannot discuss my office. So, suffice it to say that I got the office I wanted…for those of you out

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Last modified on: 9/16/2007, 10:17 PM What a week this has been!! I am exhausted. We have had staffers of the Clinton Administration come into speak with us about the media and the effect they have on people holding political office. The Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representative spoke regarding House rules. We had two speakers from the Naval Postgraduate School speak regarding Iraq and

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Leon and Sylvia Panetta, Intern Welcome Dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Couch Elizabeth, Pebble Beach Country Club, Beach House

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E. Graham - journal entry #7 Last modified on: 9/9/2007, 11:12 PM Wow, what a week this day has been!!! That is a statement that my mother would have made about today. And it is certainly the truth. My day began waking up in Marina, California with my husband, Charlie. Today was very difficult for both of us, but we both believe this is a wonderful opportunity. Charlie and I went to Fisherman's

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Hi, once again to all those interested. Today I spent some time organizing the site a bit. On the left margin of the site, you will all find the archives of earlier journal entries. Click on these to find other entries, i.e. my personal statement or how I became involved in this internship. Also, on the left margin are links to political science websites that are an integral part of researching

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Wow, I am off to study at CSU-Monterey Bay soon, I always am concerned about the age difference between the other students and myself. I have only had one group of young people not like me very much and it all stemmed from my U.S. History class at Butte College. It began with a debate about war and ended with a debate about the Iraq war, in particular. She and I were not aligned ideologically on

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I went to Butte College today to give presentations to Cynthia Bynoe's Political Science classes. I had a great time; the students were very attentive and had plenty of thoughtful questions for me to answer. I created a presentation on Power Point, feel free to check it out again. I hope to be hearing from many of you during this semester. Feel free to ask me questions about what you are studying

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Hello again to all those interested. This is a picture of me from the Oroville Mercury-Register, it was published on June 11, along with a very nice article about me. Since my last entry, I have attended the final board meeting of the year for the Butte College Foundation to announce my internship and from that I have been interviewed several times for local papers. The Gridley Herald, the Chico

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I was taught as a child that one person can make a difference in this country. Luckily in the years since then, I have found this to be true. As an adult I have had the opportunity to work in many fields in which one person can make the difference in the lives of others. I have worked with community and nonprofit organizations that provide services for underrepresented populations, and I see a

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Several weeks ago, the chair of the Political Science Department at California State University, Chico, where I am a senior student, asked me if I knew anything about the Panetta Institute's Congressional Internship. I knew the name Leon Panetta, but knew nothing about the internship. She explained the internship and the application process, asked me several questions about my family and how they

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