Class Begins!

Today, being the first day of class, brought on a full agenda. We fellows started our day off at 8:30am with a lecture covering policy formation delivered by the director and our professor Dr. Kolson. The two pieces we studied and discussed consisted of James Madison's "The Federalist No. 10" and Charles E. Lindblom's "The Science of 'Muddling Through.' " Each of which were interesting and will aid us in the development of our policy papers.
Following our lecture we headed off to the Library of Congress for an extensive tour. In summary, the LOC is as grand and beautiful as it is resourceful. However, one would expect nothing less form the world's largest library.


At the end of our tour we each received library cards! These will come in handy for research purposes and will also serve as great souvenirs! We ended the day with a WISH welcome reception where we were given the chance to mingle with tons of other Washington interns and enjoy the catered food. Tomorrow morning and Friday morning we head to our internships for full days of work and have plans to fill the weekend with sight seeing. Even though our time here so far only consists of a few days, we are finding D.C. to be a very impressive city and are looking forward to what all this quarter will bring. Oh, and this post would not be complete with out a quick shout out to my parents. Hi Mom & Dad!

Chelsea