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I arrived in Washington, DC at Reagan International Airport at 2:10pm on Friday, June 1 and was greeted by Rusty Foster and Erik Showalter, two Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation staff members. We waited at the airport for an hour and a half for Philip and Chris to arrive. Upon Chris and Philip’s arrival, we hailed cabs and headed to The George Washington University to check-in to our apartment. We arrived at the apartment around 4:30pm and began unloading and unpacking all of our belongings. I could not believe how well supplied our apartment was by the George Washington University and by the KAOEF. Everything we needed, from pillows to a toaster oven, was supplied by the KAOEF.

I began interning at the American Business Development Group on Tuesday, June 5. The first week was slow because most of the employees in my office were on a business trip in Anchorage, Alaska. I spent the majority of my first week settling in and helping to rearrange the office. Overall, the first week was about adjusting to working and living in the city. Getting accustomed to waking up early and riding the Metro was simple. In addition, the Metro prices are relatively inexpensive and the Metro system is extensive enough to take a person within walking distance of any point in the city.

-Tate Bolick (Epsilon Mu – Elon ’05)