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The Presidential Guidebook

This past weekend, I tried my hand as a tour guide of Boston when my grandparents and a close family friend came for a visit.  It was extremely kind of them to travel all the way up from Pennsylvania just to spend a weekend with me, and I tried to make their first...
Hiking to Heaven

Hiking to Heaven

My travels this summer have been confined to urban areas. Cities are easy for a carless traveler to get to and from via public transportation, contain enough to do for an entire weekend, and have attractions that are within walking distance. Overall, cities...

Global Attitudes and President Trump

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend an event at the Brooking Institution called “America’s Global Image” which was an event to unveil the Pew Research Center’s findings for their annual Global Attitude and Trends survey. The results were nothing less than...

The final stretch…

If it is one thing that I have learned throughout the process of creating an album is that it takes a lot of effort. Generally, things that are of high quality are typically not that easy to create/come across whether it is art, ability or luxury goods. Aside from...

Primer in Public Transportation

I am getting a primer in public transportation this summer both via my lived experiences and my areas of study with my internship. Everywhere I have lived for long periods of time, Gettysburg and State College, there are both local, considerably vibrant public...

Advice to Incoming Freshman

This past week I finished my SOC 467: Law and Society course. I now only have one elective 400 level Sociology class left in that major. It feels really odd to almost be done studying Sociology at a college level. I love it. I find it so interesting to learn about....

A More Personal Approach to Peace

This past week at NDU was exceptionally eventful, as our office welcomed the new class of National War College and Eisenhower School International Fellows. In addition to the plethora of in-processing tasks which kept me busy, this was exciting because we had the...

It’s Not Ciao, It’s See You in August

Well, I’m back in the States! I’m not sure where these past six weeks have gone, but they sure do feel like a dream. I went into this trip with expectations of building a stronger global perspective and learning more about others and myself. Stepping off the...

Week One in Italy

Week 1 In Italy: For those who do not know I am currently participating in an archaeological field school through the University of Pisa in Altopascio, Italy for the next three weeks. I have been in Italy for a week and to be honest this is probably the most...

Driving into the Future

One of the things that I have really enjoyed about Liberty Mutual is the variety of intern programming offered to us interns to expose us to different opportunities within the company as well as different components of the insurance industry.  Between trainings in...