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andrea
“I’ve always been fascinated by the past, and I think it’s interesting to
learn about what came before I did and how we got the world the way
that it is today. I’m currently studying interwar Germany, but I really
enjoy Victorian era Britain. I’ve never been to Germany yet which is
really bad, but I have been to Britain twice on vacation. However, the
only time I spent a significant time abroad was when I was in France
for a month one summer studying. It was so cool seeing all of the
history come to life. I really like cities too, especially cities that I have
never been in. My favorite thing is to just go out and walk. I’ll walk
like twelve or thirteen miles. One time, I even walked fifteen miles
just exploring! I like to feel the energy of cities. It’s so strange that just
walking around places, you can get different energies. I like people
watching too. It’s my favorite way to explore a city. It’s sad because of
Covid I’m not walking around as much, and since I’m new here in Baton
Rouge, I haven’t really been out to explore the way I like to explore.
I’m from Illinois, and I applied for the history masters program here
at LSU because Dr. Marchand is a big name in the intellectual history
field which is kind of my specialty. They seem to really care about the
students and that’s not something I’ve necessarily seen in other places.
That’s what I love about the history department.”