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Ed/Gov reporter for @MLive . Prev @MIRSnews . @MSUjschool alum, photographer, and lover of the Oxford comma. retweets 🚫 endorsements. djames @mlive .com
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Instead of work from home, today was work from dome! (I’m sorry)
Had the amazing opportunity to tour the Capitol dome restoration project before the scaffolding is torn down. You can read all about what I learned in
@MIRSnews
tonight.
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Rep.
@NoahArbit
announced the introduction of the Michigan Hate Crime Act and Institutional Desecration Act, both of which would aid prosecution of hate crimes and vandalism motivated by sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, ethnicity and age.
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The House just passed
#HB4202
, a bill closing a loophole allowing a defense against spousal rape, with widespread bipartisan support.
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The room is approximately half full for GOP Chair
@KristinaKaramo
’s opening remarks on Mackinac Island, but the Grand hotel check-in line is about halfway down the hall.
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Not quite journalism related, but I received an early Christmas gift yesterday and it’s a film camera!! I would love any tips on how to best shoot film, as I’m still very new to it.
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Reps.
@lpohutsky19
,
@AbrahamAiyash
and
@BetsyCoffia
introduced a bill package building on the MI Healthy Climate Plan, including Coffia’s bill establishing a 60% renewable energy portfolio by 2030 and a target of 100% carbon-free energy by 2035.
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Inbox: Since reporting by
@detroitnews
reporter
@DNBethLeBlanc
on a $20 million business accelerator grant that was used to purchase a $4,500 coffeemaker, several Republican House members have issued calls to the MEDC for accountability. Rep. Steve Carra called for a taste test.
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A group of protestors have gathered outside of the House chamber to advocate for the passage of DRIVE Safe bills, or legislation that would make driver's licenses and state I.D. cards available to applicants without proof of citizenship or immigration status.
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Thank you to
@MIRSnews
quote of the day for causing me to choke on my coffee in committee this morning.
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As a first-time Mackinac Policy Conference attendee, I want to highlight some of my favorite moments and conference details. First, the media room coffee cups!
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Spent this morning at MIRS World Headquarters recording our podcast episode on the 2023 Freshman Legislator of the Year, which the gang all agreed is first term Rep.
@votepenelope
.
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Starting off the 2024 Legislative Softball Game strong, Rep. Samantha Steckloff sings the National Anthem.
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The House officially adjourned sine die today at noon. The chamber is mostly empty, save a few staffers, Speaker Pro Tempore
@lpohutsky19
, Reps.
@jaimegreene65
and Gregory Alexander.
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Gov. Whitmer took time out of her 9 to 5 for “Dolly Pardon,” the second turkey to be pardoned after Mitch E Gander last year.
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I couldn’t possibly have asked for a better first journalism job or a more interesting time to jump into politics.
Thank you to everyone who’s been by my side or shown encouragement these last few years, and I can’t wait to share what’s next!
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So honored to have been selected for this opportunity, and excited to meet other journos passionate about election coverage!
Congrats to the 34 journalists selected for NPF’s 2024 Elections Journalism Fellowship. We’re thrilled to meet them in Detroit from July 28-30 for 3 days of intensive training on election security, voting rights and more.
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Apparently picked a bad week to take a vacation!
BREAKING: Michigan's legislative redistricting maps ruled unconstitutional by a federal court.
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Second
#MPC24
is a wrap, and after several much needed days of sleep, I’m finally getting around to editing my photos of the Grand Hotel.
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The House just passed
#SB147
,
@SenErikaGeiss
’s bill adding protections against discrimination for employees who have an abortion. The bill received a 57-50 vote in favor the first time around, but Rep. Ann BOLLIN switched to a no vote during a quick re-consideration.
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If anyone in the Lansing Center has a background in chiropractics, please report to the media risers where multiple members of the Capitol press corps are writing on the floor.
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House Health Policy Chair
@vote4rogers
said Rep. Vanderwall’s outfit “blinded the clerk” during attendance.
Spotted in the Michigan House Office Building: Total blasphemy.
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Fifteen minutes ahead of the 10:30 House Health Policy committee and the overflow room is already filling up. One House Sergeant said people have been camping out since 9 a.m. to see the committee take up bills as part of the Reproductive Health Act (RHA).
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SOS
@JocelynBenson
said today that more than 1 million MI voters have cast a primary ballot so far, a 13% increase in pre-Election Day turnout from 2020, which she attributed to expanded early in-person voting.
Of those, 78,000 people have voted in person, Benson said.
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Here’s a tip for future journalists. If your grandmother gives you a pair of cute shoes, don’t wear them to the debate. This one quite literally fell apart on my foot. Here’s to hobbling around doing interviews.
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Even a bill establishing the black swallowtail as the state butterfly has received some opposition today.
Rep.
@grahamfiller
said he’s “just always been a monarch guy,” when asked about his no vote.
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@MIRSnews
A majority of the line is same day registered voters from Brody’s satellite clerk’s office, one election official on site said.
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Getting my last unobstructed looks at the dome for a while before she too becomes scaffolded.
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Lansing and Detroit real estate developers have announced a $215 million project to create three housing developments in downtown Lansing, including the 25 story “Tower on Grand.”
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Nothing can prepare you for covering an event like this, especially when it happens at one of the places you love most. But through my talks with Spartans and parents, I can tell you this: Spartans are scared, Spartans need to mourn, but they are also incredibly strong.
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Took a break from covering my own state House to check out someone else’s. Second time at Colorado’s state capitol was made even more memorable by a visit up into the dome, and we caught them during their last week of session (part time legislature problems).
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.
@RLJnews
making Michigan proud!
Ecstatic to share my next step: I’m the new political reporter for
@abc15
in Phoenix, AZ!
I’m so happy to be back out West and can’t wait to tackle reporting in a state that’ll be a key 2024 player. This team is incredible and I’m honored to have my name on screen next to theirs.
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Inbox: As students gather at the Capitol in memorial of the one year MSU shooting anniversary, organizers from End Gun Violence Michigan say student organizers are “overwhelmed with media requests,” & ask media to attend scheduled events, rather than reaching out individually.
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The House said “I do” to a Rep.
@KaraHope7
package banning child marriage. Her
#HB4293
prohibits marriage under 18, while
#HB4294
establishes 18 as the minimum age of consent for marriage.
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Charter school students have dressed up as Michigan elected officials today, as part of the first annual Lansing political figures living wax museum.
Those represented include
@GovWhitmer
,
@AbrahamAiyash
,
@SpeakerJoeTate
,
@koleszar_matt
,
@JimmieWilsonJr1
and
@RepMattHall
.
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BREAKING: One of the five students treated at Sparrow Hospital has moved from critical to stable condition.
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Whoever decided to put a campaign finance deadline day on the Friday of Halloweekend before a rivalry game did not consider the happiness of the early 20’s political reporters
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Sen.
@SarahAnthony517
visited the House to see the passage of her
#SB90
, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination. Her bill passed 100-7.
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The House Elections Committee required a room for overflow after so many people showed up to hear testimony on a set of bills prohibiting firearms at polling places and criminalizing threats against election workers.
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The view outside the Capitol as protesters gather to speak out against recent acts of gun violence.
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House Majority Floor Leader Aiyash said "the cake is baked" when it comes to the two packages of House and Senate energy policy on the House agenda.
He said both sets of bills will be taken up tonight, and he is confident Dems have the votes after negotiations.
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My article in
@MIRSnews
on the possibility of
@RepRheingans
' National Popular Vote proposal coming up for a vote, almost a year after it was first referred to the House floor.
National popular vote may be coming up in the Michigan Legislature . . .
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Several House Democrats are set up to announce the introduction of the 7-part “Brite Act” this afternoon.
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.
@SpeakerJoeTate
and
@GovWhitmer
joined Visit Detroit President Claude Molinari to talk about the $10 million cost to Detroit’s organizing committee to prepare the city for the NFL draft, and the estimated $160 to $170 million economic impact the draft will have.
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As someone who received a Schuette House desk blood orange yesterday, I can confirm that they are delicious.
The Schuette House desk fruit bowl has gone through three bags of clementines this week.
Could be a long day - time to refill!
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BREAKING: Everyone in the MIRS Monday meeting is bonding over a shared love of lava lamps. They transcend generations.
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Today investigators widened their hexavalent chromium sampling effort further into the Huron River, EGLE said.
Residents with questions about potential exposures can call the MI Toxic Hotline at 800-648-6942, 8 to 5 M-F, and extended hours on Sat. and Sun, 8 to 5.
🚨🚨🚨URGENT! PLEASE share!
Do not touch the water in the Huron River (from North Wixom Trl to Kensington Rd). This includes North Creek (downstream from the Wixom Water Treatment Plant), Hubble (AKA Mill Pond) and Kent Lake (the lake in Kensington). Do not swim/wade/drink 1/
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Some
#SotS
tallies for you.
Number of 80’s song references: 12
Number of Dem. standing ovations: 30
Number of Republican standing ovations: 1 (Whitmer shouted out state police)
Number of Lions references: 3
Lions pins and hats: too many to count
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Speaker Pro Tem
@lpohutsky19
shares a letter of opposition from her personal stationary on behalf of
@MichiganLCV
, opposing a package of bills to exempt data center sales & use tax. The bills are on the agenda. Pohutsky’s letter was pulled off member desks this morning.
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Michigan State University has unanimously voted to approve Kevin Guskiewicz, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill chancellor, as MSU's president. He has also been appointed as a professor with tenure.
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Despite tough competition, Sen. Lana Theis gave the winning presentation.
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Members of the state House are currently being ushered to the ground floor of the building during a tornado warning.
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Multiple reps. have walked up to the press desk and jokingly asked if the reporters brought pillows for today’s session. Anticipating it’ll be a long one.
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First day back! Featuring my morning writing spot, a mandatory fit check for my bf and a sighting by
@maggielynng
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Spotted in East Grand Rapids - a Biden/Harris yard sign gets a makeover.
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The picture of dedication to state government reporting.
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Court of Appeals judges are in, plus a few state officers who didn’t hear the original call.
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The House took up
#HB5120
and adopted over 25 Democratic amendments. Rule 32 was enforced prior to voting, and R’s responded by calling for caucus. Voting is now underway on the first siting bill.
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.
@GovWhitmer
put out a statement on Schriver's post promoting the "great replacement theory," calling it "abhorrent rhetoric" that "goes against our state and national values."
Reporting on the theory and response in last night's edition of MIRS, with follow up coming.
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Energy Vice Chair
@Rep_Andrews
told MIRS he has remained part-owner of a solar installation company, on the same day the House took up green energy siting legislation.
There’s no conflict, he said, as the company’s been inactive for several years and didn’t tackle big installs.
The House Energy Committee is taking a second day of testimony on a Dem bill package preempting local control on large scale green energy projects and allowing the state to OK them.
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My story on bills by Rep.
@grahamfiller
and
@VoteMcFall
to ban bots from scooping up large quantities of event tickets and driving up prices, similar to what occurred during
@taylorswift13
’s Eras Tour sales on Ticketmaster.
“We’re in our consumer protection era,” Filler said
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Honored to have made an appearance
MOVE OVER 🌽 corn and ⛰️ granite, we’ve got coney dogs and stormy kromers! On Tuesday, I introduced my first bill! HB 4029 moves forward Michigan’s presidential primary, empowering Michiganders to have the strongest possible voice in selecting presidential nominees.
#MoveUpMI
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Though the House Republican caucus, and House R. Leader
@RepMattHall
, have yet to make an official statement, a source close to the caucus said Schriver is being stripped of caucus resources, like communications and policy staff.
It's been 6 days since state Rep. Josh Schriver posted his "great replacement" theory tweet, and still no statement about it from House Minority Leader Matt Hall.
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My story in MIRS about a
@waynestate
proposal to address the healthcare workforce shortage in the House DHHS Appropriations subcommittee.
Wayne State proposes state funding as a three-part proposal to address "critical healthcare workforce shortage" in Michigan . . .
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Sen.
@singhsam94
proposed re-opening the Capitol on weekends during today's
@MIStateCapitol
Commission meeting, a practice that ended during the pandemic. It will now be re-considered via a committee addressing how to implement weekend hours with new security protocols.
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I was thrilled this week to find my former professor Eric Freedman was one of six inductees into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, and honored to have written a letter in support of his nomination, which was put together by another one of my great former profs, Dave Poulson.
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.
@lpohutsky19
said the stakeholder letter was pulled because her office and the floor leader’s office didn’t catch the LCV signature still on it, which isn’t allowed under House rules. She said the letter was emailed out to members instead.
Speaker Pro Tem
@lpohutsky19
shares a letter of opposition from her personal stationary on behalf of
@MichiganLCV
, opposing a package of bills to exempt data center sales & use tax. The bills are on the agenda. Pohutsky’s letter was pulled off member desks this morning.
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Members of the “Rent Is Too Damn High” coalition are protesting on the House floor. Members of the press have confirmed that today and tomorrow will be the last session days before an early adjournment.
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Spent the morning with SOS
@JocelynBenson
, Ingham County Clerk
@BarbByrum
, EL City Clerk Shuster and
@michiganstateu
President Stanley, who turned in the first absentee ballot at MSU’s new rotating satellite clerk’s office. The office will move thrice more before Election Day.
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The bills also allows the Public Service Commission to factor in climate and affordability issues when making decisions, and expands on the energy waste reduction standards for utilities.
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Arbit's bill package expanding the definitions and penalties for hate crimes, along with creating protections against destruction of community property, passed the House on Tuesday. The bills also contained restorative justice provisions.
WE DID IT!!! Both of my hate crime bills passed the House! Thank you to my colleagues, my legislative director Joanne Wisely, AG
@DanaNessel
, and most of all to the people of Greater West Bloomfield. I promised that I would get this done, and today we are one giant step closer!!!
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Confirmed: the suspect has been located and has died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to MSU Police.
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One day after what would have been Richard Rohrer’s 48th wedding anniversary with his wife, Melody, he watched from the gallery as the three Senate bills named after her, which criminalize nechrophilia, passed with unanimous support in the House.
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On the bright side, today my car is finally getting the wash it badly needed. In other news, I forgot my umbrella and am also being showered.
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The group of auto crash survivors and families that for months has been protesting at the state Capitol has made the 3 hour drive up to Mackinac Island to reach more lawmakers.
The group wants change to the 2019 Auto No Fault law, which was signed on the island 5 years ago.
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Complete dedication to the bit in
@McdonaldRivet
’s newest campaign ad.
My husband knows, and now you do. I could talk about cutting taxes ALL DAY LONG.
I helped put $1 billion back in the pockets of Michigan working families and seniors. And in Congress, I’ll fight for a federal tax policy that works for working people.
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It’s a packed House with only 30 minutes to go before the State of the State. Follow along for some of my highlights from the floor.
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On quarterly candidate filing duty today for
@MIRSnews
, so feel free to reach out and flag something interesting if you see it! In the meantime,
@tombarrettmi7
announced his largest quarterly fundraising haul yet at $1.1 million.
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Sen. Lana Theis speaking at the signature drop for the Let MI Kids Learn ballot initiative, which turned in 520,598 signatures this afternoon.
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INBOX: In a letter to
@GovWhitmer
, Republican Reps. John Roth and David Martin expressed concern about the state of the House’s SOAR reform package and listed some extensive changes they want before they’ll support the bills.
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A quick snapshot of week one in Kenya, where our MSU team has been working with artists at the Kuona Artists Collective, visiting an elephant orphanage and feeding giraffes at a Nairobi sanctuary.
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The House will NOT be taking up its SOAR reform package today,
@SpeakerJoeTate
said. Tate said it’s “not really about the votes,” but about continuing conversations.
Rep.
@koleszar_matt
’s bill reducing school district contributions into MPSERs is not yet off the table, however.
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Valentines Day cards handed out on the House floor today. “Sorry, we’re on a budget.”
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The bill amends the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act, removing a portion of the language that says “abortion not intended to save the life of the mother” is excluded from protection.
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Another piece I did on the performance of state House candidates compared to Gov. Whitmer in 2022.
One thing to note, Rep. Harris won his seat with 58.56%, which has been updated in our story online.
If Democratic House candidates had captured the same percent of the vote in their respective districts as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer - they'd have 11 more seats . . .
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Updated w/ a fix
Today in MIRS: Rep. Skaggs’ wife started lobbying for WinMatt Group’s solar energy company, Nexamp, one week before he introduced legislation creating a state-led system for solar citing.
Skaggs said he wasn’t aware of his wife taking on the client.
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My advisor noticed and fixed an issue with my graduation application without being asked, and I know so many people have sub par experiences with advising, but I genuinely don't think I could have done it without her. Also she told me congrats on my degree and I did cry a little.
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