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June 2007 Reflection

Wow, it is hard to believe that the year is already over. When I last wrote it was March, and I was headed home for reading week. While I was there, I went back up to New York to see … Continue reading

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March 2007 Reflection

We are now halfway into the second semester. Technically here at DCU the idea is to finish the second semester before really putting any focus onto our dissertations. Instead, I submitted an abstract to the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference … Continue reading

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January 2007 Reflection

So we left off at Thanksgiving. My fiancĂ©, Jeff, was over, and we went to Paris for a few days. The Lourve was unbelievable, so much so that I begrudgingly might have to consider it more grand that the Vatican … Continue reading

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November 2006 Reflection

And so begins my Mitchell Journal and the longest time I’ve ever spent away from the States. True, I spent 4 months in Italy as a junior at Georgetown, but it was in Georgetown’s own villa with fellow Hoyas I … Continue reading

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