Well! I've had quite the week here at American University. Yesterday was a very long day, as classes were spread out quite a bit. In the morning, my Journalism class met with our professor Gil Klein. He is a very established man who once served as the President of the National Press Club - and yes, he's my PROFESSOR. It's crazy what this school can offer. He gave us a brief overview of the Constitution because at 2:30, Vaughn Ververs, political journalist for MSNBC.com, came and spoke to us about politics and political journalism.

He is pictured above in blue with AR, myself, Kaela, and Jack.

He first worked on the Presidential Campaign for Pat Buchanan, then found a job working for TheHotline - which was a news company that sent out a 25 page fax every morning to those who requested it. He left TheHotline for a short time to work for CBS and Fox News Sunday. He returned to TheHotline for a little while, but left again to work for Politico. He now works for MSNBC.com as a political editor - and to think, he didn't have any idea "what he wanted to be when he grew up" - and now he's exactly what I want to be when I grow up!

After he left, our class headed into the city around 7:00 p.m. to see the Kalb Report - because Gil Klein is one of the Associate Producers of the show! It was very interesting and an extremely eye opening experience - especially with Bill Keller and Dean Baquet from the New York Times on the show! I actually sat in balcony seating - which is where the women sat back when the National Press Club was an all male club!

Washington is such a historical city! I'm not going to lie - I thought I was going to be robbed at some point because I heard it's not a great place at night, but it was really really safe! There were police everywhere.

Tips:

1) Weigh your options when it comes to commuting - sometimes money isn't worth the amount of time you spend waiting around for class!

2) Prepare for the extra expenses - the metro, food, and random everyday items will add up!

3) DON'T SKIP ANYTHING. You're only cheating yourself by spending your time elsewhere.