Ok everyone...a lot has happened since my last update. So here goes nothing ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! Now that I have made it safely to Long Beach, Mississippi, I've decided that it's about time to update my lj. The team arrived on Tuesday and we've now been through 3 of our five days of training. Our training has covered everything from the sexuality of disabled people (which is as robust as our own and we are almost guaranteed to ( Read more... )

Shadows of a forgotten people ( Read more... )

Well...I'm back in Charleston getting ready to go to our project in Long Beach, MS. Upon my return I recieved a lot of mail, most of which included rejection letters from Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Tufts and Columbia. I have had the weird feeling of being depressed about it, even though I got an amazing offer from Cornell. I guess GRE scores do matter ( Read more... )

Dear Julia ( Read more... )

So here I am in Asheville, NC....pretty much the coolest city ever on what has turned out to be an amazing interesting, productive project. Here's the rub...we just found out that we're getting pulled from this project early to go do "disaster relief" (which really means any project in the Gulf Region). Americorps has told the headquarters that ( Read more... )

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
School of International and Public Affairs
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
420 West 118th Street, Room 408
New York, NY 10027

Via Email to Julia Becker (julianoelbecker@gmail.com)
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When I heard that our project was an education project I never envisioned that I would be the one getting an education ( Read more... )

I just got back from my day long chinsaw training at Sangree State Park. I did a lot of bucking (that's cutting felled trees into logs), limbing (that's cutting off limbs) and felled a decent sized oak tree. My arm is about to fall off it is so tired from trying to turn on the chainsaw....I honestly think my arm is just too short so I can't pull ( Read more... )

Hello everyone...sorry about the tardiness of a long overdue journal entry. I am still here in Brunswick, GA finishing up my project with the Boys and Girls Club. I have done enough painting to last a lifetime and have managed to get paint on almost every piece of uniform clothing I own. Painting highlights include spray painting railings in a very ( Read more... )