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> Date: Fr Apr 14, 2006 13:49:00 US/Eastern
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: American University (totally off topic)
>
> Hiya, Valerie Metzler forwarded me your e-mail. I graduated from AU in
> '81 so
> I don't know how much good this will do you . The school has really
> grown
> since I was there, and the surrounding area has been built up. My
> degree was in
> anthropology but I took a lot of other stuff to. My experiences were
> entirely
> possitive vis-a-vis the school experience although I never lived on
> campus but
> rather several miles away so I walked to school. DC is the best city
> for
> walking. Even if I did not recommend the school I would have to
> recomend the city
> for an education. There was so much info available there - all the
> other
> libraries, esp. the lib of congress, the free museums, all kind of
> headquarters. If
> you were really keen on independent research the city was limitless.
> Also
> when I attended you could take classes at any of the other colleges or
> universities in the city - I took classes at Catholic and UDC in the
> summer. My niece
> was just accepted at Georgetown and AU and chose G-town but this kid
> could go
> anywhere and was sold on DC. I always lived in a mixed neighborhood and
> although obviously violence is always getting worse, I found that the
> sheer number
> of people on the streets at all times made you feel very safe. No, it
> is
> totally incorrect to assume DC breeds conservatism - those are still
> some of the
> most progressive, friendly white folk you can have the pleasure of
> meeting. .
> Mind you, it's what you choose to seek out but to this day as you
> approach DC the
> bumper stickers improve radically. Also DC is flush with fabulous
> intern
> opportunities - WAMU, the NPR station I have listened to for decades
> is on campus,
> which is cool for communications majors, yes? I won't kid you, at
> least when
> I was there there was a certain segment of the student populace that
> were
> passing their time wealthy kids ,pretty boring, but easily
> academically overtaken.
> Traffic may seem daunting but there is a short cut into the back of AU
> which
> gets you in and out of the city really quick off of the beltway.
> E-mail me for
> directions or anything else - subject head the e-mail "Kid at AU"
> because i
> delete most stuff. And one more thing, altough I have no idea where
> you live,
> but DC is a wonderful city for the senses, esp. seasonally. After all
> these
> years and all the places I have lived, there are smells that take me
> right back
> there. Good luck with the decision making.Louise
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
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Valerie A. Metzler, M. A., C. A.
Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian
114 Ruskin Drive
Altoona, PA 16602-2916
814 940 0493
fax 940 0449
cell 932 1740
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