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LOOKING DOWN THE MALL While on a school trip in Washington D.C., members of
various media programs got to sightsee and tour as much of D.C. as they could during their time there. The group of students went to D.C. for the National Journalism Conference and took part in several different competitions and won a number of awards. Maya Dawson, freshman, took second in Commentary Writing, Carson Kennedy, junior, took Honorable Mention in Literary Magazine Photography, and Graciela Fischer, sophomore, took Honorable Mention in Sports Writing. photo by s. smith
HEY LOOK, IT’S A TOOTHPICK While sightseeing on their first day in
ADAM AND GOD Before their tour of the Capitol, junior Carson
thompson
photo by s.smith
D.C., the group of students got to see the monuments and memorials on the National Mall. Students posed in front of the WWII Monument with the Washington Monument behind them. photo courtesy of l.
Kennedy and senior Riley Patton sit on the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building. The duo wanted to recreate The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo and make the rest of the group laugh in the process.
LIVING THE HIGH LIFE After taking the minute long elevator ride to
the top of the 555 foot tall Washington Monument, sophomore Graciela Fischer, freshman Samuel Liffengren, and junior Samantha Smith look out one of the eight windows that overlook much of D.C.. Throughout the trip, the group of students referred to the Monument as a ‘pencil’ or a ‘toothpick’ and were finally able to go to the top of it on the last day of their trip. photo courtesy of l. thompson
CAPITOL MOMENTS After finishing their tour of the Capitol, some of
the students take a selfie with the Capitol in the background. On the tour, students saw both the Senate and the House of Representatives, along with other things such as statues from all 50 states that lined the halls of the Capitol, and the underground tunnels that led to it. photo courtesy of r. patton
BEANIE BROS After making their way around Dupont Circle,
sophomore Zoe Watts, junior Carson Kennedy, sophomore Graciela Fischer, senior Riley Patton, and freshman Samuel Liffengren, show off their newly purchased beanies. The group went to Proper Topper and decided to buy some beanies. “We were at Krispy Kreme and realized that we wanted beanies, so naturally I looked up where we could get beanies, and we went,” Kennedy said. photo by s. smith
D.C. GIRL GANG On the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building
freshman Maya Dawson, sophomore Zoe Watts, junior Samantha Smith, and sophomore Graciela Fischer, pose like a boy band before their tour of the Capitol. Most of the students hardly knew each other before the trip, but got along fine once they were there. “I barely talked to these people before the trip, and now they’re basically my family,” Watts said. photo by c. kennedy
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