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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
Posted in Class of 2005, University College Dublin
Tagged Equality Studies, Furman University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, UCD, University College Dublin
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January 2005 Reflection
It’s hard to believe I’ve already been living in Belfast for almost four months. As I arrived back from Christmas break, there was a definite sense of familiarity at the sight of the Victorian brownstones and Ulster accent that gave … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Comparative Ethnic Conflict, Cynthia Romero, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Princeton, Princeton University, QUB, Queens University Belfast
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January 2005 Reflection
Before you ask, I just want to say that I didn’t do it. My alibi is airtight. I was back in the States when Belfast’s Northern Bank got robbed. Ask my parents. Besides, what would I do with 26 million … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Comparative Ethnic Conflict, David Buckley, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, University of Virginia, UVA
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January 2005 Reflection
Perhaps a place first becomes your home when you return there from afar. I flew into Dublin this week from Chicago. Thanks to the windstorms and the jet stream, it only took six hours; thanks to my excitement and the … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Drama Studies, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Nicholas Johnson, Northwestern, Northwestern University, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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January 2005 Reflection
Greetings all! In my last journal entry, I gave you all a promise that I would attempt to become a far more fascinating Mitchell the next time you read my journal. Well, I have striven to keep that promise. I … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, University of Ulster
Tagged Brandon Thibodeaux, Loyola University of New Orleans, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, peace and conflict studies, university of ulster
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January 2005 Reflection
My flight arrived into Dublin four hours ago. Within ten minutes of collecting my baggage from the turnstile, one of my Irish friends called to say welcome back. Although I wasn’t sure myself that I had been in Ireland long … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Civil Engineering, JHU, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Ryan Hanley, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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November 2004 Reflection
For just over two months the “place of foreigners,” or Galway, has been my home. What a fantastic home to have. I live in a quaint apartment complex on the water just beside the docks with four Irish graduate students. … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, National University of Ireland Galway
Tagged Michael Gale, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Galway, University of Florida, Zoology
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November 2004 Reflection
A month and a half in Ireland has passed, and this makes no sense. To one part of me, the part that catalogues the minutiae but lives for the moment, a year has passed already; I live here, in Dublin, … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Drama Studies, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Nicholas Johnson, Northwestern, Northwestern University, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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November 2004 Reflection
I had no idea what to expect from Belfast. The usual reaction when telling American friends and relatives that I would spend a year in Northern Ireland’s largest city was often mild confusion at the very least. They may not … Continue reading
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
Posted in Class of 2005, University College Dublin
Tagged Equality Studies, Furman University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, UCD, University College Dublin
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November 2004 Reflection
“There was green alligators and long necked geese. Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees. Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you’re born. The loveliest of them all was the Unicorn.” It only seems fitting that I begin … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged Civil Engineering, JHU, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Ryan Hanley, TCD, Trinity College Dublin
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November 2004 Reflection
Greetings from Galway!!! What a fantastic, dream-like experience this Mitchell year has been and promises yet to be. But, without lapsing too far into grandiose hyperbole, I am happy to report that my three personal goals for the year appear … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2005, National University of Ireland Galway
Tagged Economic Policy Evaluation, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Galway, Princeton, Princeton University, Robert Mulcare
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