Washington comes to Denver: Part 1

So the 2008 Democratic National Convention seminar is in full swing and I'm back home in good ol' Colorado gearing up for the madness that will undoubtedly be the convention.

The seminar itself has about 400 students from pretty much every college imaginable - including some that aren't even in the country. I think it's awesome how people who aren't even citizens and can't even vote in the election are still so excited to be here and witness history being made.

Thus far we've only done orientation types of things. You know, the boring stuff. Bottom line: No alcohol and wear your credentials always. Not sure why they needed two hours to tell us all of that.

We received the schedule and it looks like they're pretty much running us ragged for the next two weeks. The boring lecture stuff is in the morning (some of it seems interesting, I just consider it boring because it's sitting around doing nothing instead of chasing down delegates) and then we have small group meetings for discussion about the lecture and then there's something always going on at night.

Tonight they have busses available for us to go to downtown Denver and explore and see where everything is. Tomorrow night we're doing an official bus tour of Denver, one night we're supposed to see a movie at Red Rocks, and sometime we're having a fancy reception just for Washington Center students somewhere.

As a part of the program, each student is given a "fieldwork" assignment based on their interests, abilities, and resume. I was assigned to the Denver Post which is AWESOME. It feels great to be able to represent both homes - Drake and Denver - at the convention. Official fieldwork things don't start until Wednesday, though, so I kinda have to sit tight for a while.

Make sure you check back for updates and, naturally, pictures :)