Gold and Blue at the Inauguration

Sunday - Bono Sings In Front of The Lincoln Memorial!

Erin Clemens | January 26th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Inauguration festivities officially began in DC on Sunday, at the end of Barack Obama’s symbolic reenactment of Lincoln’s train ride to DC, with the We Are One Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The following is a photo journal of the experience. Keeping warm with hot chocolate…I think, if not for this, I would have curled up and succumbed to hypothermia… "23564", :s... Read More

Inauguration Eve -- Baracktails and Irie Inauguration

Erin Clemens | January 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 am
As soon as the primaries were over and I realized Barack Obama would most likely become the next president, I began making inquiries about tickets to the official balls and events. Apparently, however, I am not connected enough to pull those kinds of strings. I didn’t intern or clerk at any government office, I don’t have a roomie who went to elementary school with the Nigerian am... Read More
Erin Clemens - Inauguration

Erin Clemens is a Morgantown native who is completing a double major in International Studies and English, and a double minor in Native American Studies and Chinese Studies. Erin is president of two student organizations, ONAI (Organization for Native American Interests) and FOL (Friends of Literacy), in addition to serving as public relations officer of the Chinese Club. Erin is Head Singer with the Native American teaching drum, the ONAI Singers. Erin is also the Art Editor and Website Design Editor for the 2009 issue of Calliope, the WVU undergraduate literature and art journal. In addition to her studies, Erin is an award-winning poet, photographer and multimedia artist whose works have appeared in local and national galleries, exhibitions, symposiums and colloquiums. When she isn’t engaged in collegiate or creative endeavors, Erin volunteers for Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, leading an advanced ESL conversation group and serving on their Board of Directors. Erin has previously blogged for WVU’s Blogging From Abroad during her 2008 summer exchange in China.