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Taking it to the Streets.

11/18/2011

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There was a massive student protest in Dublin yesterday on Wednesday. The protest was over a raise in student fees that the current elected official campaigned on not allowing. So about 30,000 students took to the streets on Wednesday and marched around Trinity, a small bit of Dublin, and on to the government building where they held a rally. The gardaí (Irish police) were out and about as well - including a few mounted officers and some in full-on riot gear (There are picture of the horses below, Missy!). With the exception of a few tiny squirmishes, the whole thing was quite peaceful. And quite loud. I was there to observe a bit of it, but my sense of self-preservation told me to move off just in case anything did happen. And of course, there were some great signs. A few boys carried around a casket for education and recovery. For the Harry Potter fans, someone had a a sign saying that even Voldemort didn't have to pay fees. Quite the exciting day.
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Valerie
11/19/2011 08:01:39 pm

Hi girl. I'm sitting in the atlanta airport waiting for my connecting flight back to Dayton from Phoenix. I went to a great psychosomatics meeting and am again excited and energized by dymanic people.

Back at home, I just started the Student Health job at WSU. Pretty cool so far. Think I'm going to like it but my mess to clean up this time is going to be dealing with treating ADHD in college students and the high risk of diversion and abuse. Need to sharpen my ADHD skills!

Haven't checked your blog in a while. I just have to say, you are SO COOL! and we miss you. Glad you're having fun.

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