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May 2005 Reflection

I’ve been back in America for nearly a week and everything here in Anderson is the same. I’m watching Cosby Show reruns and a copy of Paul Wellstone’s The Conscience of a Liberal rests on the table beside me. Friday … Continue reading

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March 2005 Reflection

The months since January have been so busy that I’ve barely been able to keep up. In my world, hectic equals happy! Haha. I started off the new term in my wonderful Equality Studies program with a bang, having class … Continue reading

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January 2005 Reflection

The time frame for this journal entry, November-January, started off on an extremely low point for me: the November 2 elections. I am grateful for the ideological diversity of our Mitchell class, but I have to admit I was personally … Continue reading

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November 2004 Reflection

The more I travel, the more I realize that every place is basically the same. I don’t mean that in the sense that globalization has infected the whole world with a McDonald’s on every block (although that would be an … Continue reading

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