By Nikki Mayo

We started off the day by going to the Capitol. On the way to the building we saw the Supreme Court and Library of Congress. We went to the Capitol to meet with civil rights activist, Representative from Georgia, and someone whose life we had heard about …

By Rob Pressel

Today we started out by driving from our hotel in New Jersey to my home city of Philadelphia. Our first visit was to the National Constitution Center. We saw a live performance introducing us to the ideas and history of the Constitution. While most of us thought …

By David Beer

Today was a day of relaxing. Although it was relaxing, there were a few unexpected things to happen. First we got on the bus and fell asleep before getting to New Haven, CT – home of Yale University. Billy let us have some free time and some …

By Halley Belt

Waking up in my home city was awesome. I love Boston. Not just because I have lived in the area my whole life, but because of the people who make up a welcoming atmosphere filling the historic streets.

After the usual buffet breakfast, the now 20 of …

By Jonah Schumer

Only a week left, and we arrived in my hometown of Boston. Unfortunately, we spent more time than planned on the bus due to a flat tire. We started the morning off still in the Big Apple where we went to the campus of Columbia University and …

By Bradley Schwartz

Today was a great day in New York City. We started off in the morning by going to H&H bagels which is talked about a lot. We continued by meeting with Billy’s friend Scott Fried. Scott spoke about HIV/AIDS and gave us an informative lecture on sexual …

By Joe Kallman

One place that really touched me was Ellis Island.  Walking and seeing where the first wave of European immigrants came through got me questioning. Do I have ancestors who passed through Ellis Island? I remember coming here before but never thought of this before.

I found in …

By Luna Manela

Today we woke up in Pennsylvania and continued our drive to New York. For lunch we had a one of a kind experience at a Wawa gas station and convenience store. After a couple more hours of cruising, Frank Sinatra’s famous “New York, New York” boomed through …

By Sam Forman

Today was our first and only day in Ohio. It began as usual with at least one room boarding the bus within 5 minutes of waking up. From there our ride to the Buckeye State ensued. I am sure it was a phenomenal landscape but it is …

By Elana Hoffenberg

After waking up and eating breakfast we ventured into Evanston, a city near Chicago, to hear from the Dean of the Medill School of Journalism. His name is John Lavine. The Dean spoke to us about advances in media technology that already exist but are not yet …