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June 2008 Reflection
I am just over twenty-three years old and my mother still writes me plane-notes. For those of you who never had the experience of being a middle-school aged girl, a plane-note is a note that is snuck into your suitcase … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Ethnic Conflict, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Sarah David
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March 2008 Reflection
There are many ways to see Belfast. The obvious are the open-bus tours, the new “Belfast Eye”, walking through the city center or standing on one of the many surrounding mountains (or hills, for those of you who live near … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Ethnic Conflict, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Sarah David
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January 2008 Reflection
For years I have used CNN.com as a coping mechanism (no, I do not read FoxNews yet, but a few more months of BBC and I might require some fair and balanced reporting). More often than not people think it … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Ethnic Conflict, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Sarah David
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November 2007 Reflection
One of my favorite songs growing up was one about Belfast. It is called “The Black Velvet Band” and tells the story of a man who is smitten by a beautiful Irish woman and she ends up destroying his life. … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, Queen's University Belfast
Tagged Ethnic Conflict, Johns Hopkins University, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, QUB, Queens University Belfast, Sarah David
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May 2005 Reflection
My official title as a Mitchell Scholar will be expiring shortly, and with it all those wonderful perks that I have so enjoyed. Yet, as my degree at Trinity will take two years to complete rather than the normal one, … 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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March 2005 Reflection
If seeing more of Ireland is not a viable pastime, then my efforts these past two months have certainly been in vain. I continue to check off the places I’ve visited on the large map of Ireland I have hanging … 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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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
“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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