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“Mason wählt”: Getting Quoted in German

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This is totally random and has nothing to do with my week in New Orleans or my continuing attempts to kiss a penguin. However, it’s awesome.
Last fall, a group of foreign correspondents were brought to George Mason University during one of the Mason Votes watch parties for a presidential candidate debate. I talked to a [...]

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GMU Law Professors to Testify at Sotomayor Hearing

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Two George Mason University Law Professors will be testifying at the Senate hearings of Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nomination for the Supreme Court, this Monday. Neomi Rao and Ilya Somin are listed among the Republican witnesses. Both have published articles on Sotomayor’s nomination in the past few months.
Assistant Professor of Law Neomi Rao recently [...]

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EuroTour09: Paris, Figueres, Barcelona…

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So once I got to Paris where it cost 2 euros for 30 minutes of Internet, I suddenly lost interest in blogging every day. It didn´t improve in Figueres, where the computer in my hotel was literally coin-operated. Now that I am at a gorgeous hostel in Barcelona with free, if occasionally laggy Internet, I [...]

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EuroTour09: Snail Therapy

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I started my day in Paris in a pretty foul mood. Only I would be stupid enough to break up with my boyfriend while I was alone, about to take a night train from Berlin to Paris, with no good way to keep in touch with anyone. I ran out all the money on my [...]

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EuroTour09 Travel Diary: Berlin

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I’m sitting in my hostel game room writing this, listening to a few guys speaking…Italian? I think? playing a very noisy air hockey type game. Spending an exorbitant amount on Internet is helping me keep my minutes online down a bit so I force myself to go see the city instead.
It occurred to me- yesterday [...]

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I have a Niece!

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So it’s been a week since I’ve last posted. Partially because well, so much has been happening it’s hard to know what to talk about first.
Obviously, the best place to start is the most important news! I have a new niece! My brother Benjamin and his wife Valerie had a beautiful baby girl, Elaine, this [...]

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Traveling Alone in Rome: Pros and Cons

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So did I mention I was going to Rome this last weekend? It came up in the hostel post, but I don’t think I ever elaborated.
Basically, I went by myself, pretty spur of the moment, and it was fabulous. I got to do nearly everything I wanted to. I got some incredibly good food and [...]

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Hiatus

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I’m taking time off blogging for a while for reasons I’m not getting into.
I don’t know when I’ll write again.
Rachael

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