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November 2008 Reflection
As I walk through the old campus of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, I pass beneath gray stone buildings dripping with bright red ivy and accented with arches and towers. Overtaking the ruins of Maynooth Castle at the college … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2009, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged Andrea Laidman, Anthropology and Development, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, National University of Ireland Maynooth, University of Notre Dame
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June 2008 Reflection
In my last entry, I expressed my mild dislike for the windy, rainy Irish winters. The seasons have indeed changed, but the breeze is a constant here, and it’s strange now that it’s my favorite part of the warm (though … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged Jeffrey Benedict, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Musicology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Vanderbilt University
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March 2008 Reflection
Considering that I’ve managed to avoid any semblance of ill health since August, I suppose that it’s my deserved time to get a cold. And the health advice that I’ve received from everyone and their little brother about the best … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged Jeffrey Benedict, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Musicology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Vanderbilt University
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January 2008 Reflection
I suppose it’s worth mentioning at the start that this entry is not an eleventh-hour attempt, as the saying goes, but rather a second-hour one. Second-hour, as in 2:00 a.m. Yes, yes—the rapturous joys of intercontinental jetlag, such as waking … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeffrey Benedict, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Musicology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Vanderbilt University
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November 2007 Reflection
As I walked back to my dorm room this evening from the 18th-century south campus of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, I reminded myself how much I love being in places where the history is literally within an arm’s … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2008, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Tagged Jeffrey Benedict, mitchell scholar, mitchell scholarship, Musicology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Vanderbilt University
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