{"id":905,"date":"2011-02-24T15:08:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.wordpress.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:58:23","slug":"guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_920\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/samedwards.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-920\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-920\" title=\"SamEdwards\" src=\"http:\/\/bsuenglish.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/samedwards.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/02\/10100336\/samedwards.jpg 539w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/02\/10100336\/samedwards-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Edwards (left)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 When State Auditor Tim Berry spoke to my intern class mere weeks ago, he began impromptu crowd-picking\u2014\u2018Why did you do this internship??\u2019 (Yes, with two question marks).\u00a0 This was going to be my answer: to not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 Despite my ambitious peers\u2019 responses about their burning passion to know state government better and their devotion for politics, I was ready to be honest.\u00a0 Lucky for the other interns (and probably more lucky for me), Auditor Berry never picked me.\u00a0 However, I was picked for this internship out of a very large pool of political science, criminal justice, and international relations majors.\u00a0 And yet, I majored in English.<\/p>\n<p>The internship\u2019s official title is Legislative Intern.\u00a0 Since the beginning of 2011, I spend five days a week inside of that luminous building in front of Lucas Oil Stadium called the Statehouse.\u00a0 I work for two senators, assisting with everything from constituent correspondence (via e-mail, letters, and phone calls), to committee coverage, to racing my senator\u2019s computer from one marble-tiled floor to another.\u00a0 You see, I had no particular political ambitions, to say the least.\u00a0 But now that I find myself here\u2014in a <em>fine<\/em>-looking suit\u2014I\u2019m entirely enamored with it.\u00a0 And I know my writing background, including all the effort I put into it during my four-year stay at Hotel Ball State, had everything to do with why I have this internship.<\/p>\n<p>My specialty was Creative Writing, but I spent just as much time and probably more passion on my literature classes.\u00a0 Thus, by graduation in May of last year, I had done every type of writing imaginable, and it has truly paid off. \u00a0My present job requires me to be able to understand and utilize each type of writing I learned at Ball State. \u00a0I write thank you letters, letters of recommendation, letters of support for other bills, letters to constituents on smoking ban bills, taxes in Illinois, education reform, and on and on.\u00a0 The Legislative Assistant that I work directly under is thrilled that I am writing-savvy.\u00a0 She no longer checks my letters, but passes them right on for senator approval.\u00a0 I have seen through this experience that not everyone speaks the delicate language of writing, yet it is oh-so-valued.<\/p>\n<p>In the bigger picture, I know this is a lasting love affair with my English major. I want to continue to be a nomad, wandering different avenues of careers and locations.\u00a0 I am quite confident (perhaps, partly because I\u2019m still wearing my awesome suit) that my English major will take me wherever I want to go next.\u00a0 There will always be employers who need skilled writers to communicate their awesomeness to the public\/clients. Ergo, a job.<\/p>\n<p>Allow yourself to be swept away by the major.\u00a0 You won\u2019t regret it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Two years later, we heard back from Sam and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2013\/02\/06\/alumni-guest-post-samantha-edwards-discusses-working-for-the-indiana-state-government-and-teaching-english-in-bangkok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her next career adventure<\/a>.\u00a0Since then, she&#8217;s gone on to <strong>medical school<\/strong> at the University of Louisville! You can connect with her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samantha-edwards-0713a4115\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 When State Auditor Tim Berry spoke to my intern class mere weeks ago, he began impromptu crowd-picking\u2014\u2018Why did you do this internship??\u2019 (Yes, with two question marks).\u00a0 This was going to be my answer: to not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 Despite my ambitious peers\u2019 responses about their burning passion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":17209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1973],"tags":[135,154,160,258,513,748,908,1310,1389],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardinal-directions","tag-auditor-tim-berry","tag-ball-state","tag-ball-state-university","tag-bsu","tag-english-department","tag-internships","tag-legislative-intern","tag-sam-edwards","tag-statehouse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship - Ball State English Department<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship - Ball State English Department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 When State Auditor Tim Berry spoke to my intern class mere weeks ago, he began impromptu crowd-picking\u2014\u2018Why did you do this internship??\u2019 (Yes, with two question marks).\u00a0 This was going to be my answer: to not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 Despite my ambitious peers\u2019 responses about their burning passion [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ball State English Department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-24T20:08:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-16T20:58:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.blogs.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"924\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bsuenglish\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bsuenglish\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bsuenglish\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5d5bdb431c46777781c832805fc5c5c8\"},\"headline\":\"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-24T20:08:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-16T20:58:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":524,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/16152528\\\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Auditor Tim Berry\",\"Ball State\",\"Ball State University\",\"BSU\",\"English Department\",\"internships\",\"Legislative Intern\",\"Sam Edwards\",\"Statehouse\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cardinal Directions\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship - Ball State English Department\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/16152528\\\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-24T20:08:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-16T20:58:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5d5bdb431c46777781c832805fc5c5c8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/16152528\\\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/16152528\\\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png\",\"width\":1640,\"height\":924,\"caption\":\"A red cardinal perches on a bare branch against a blue sky. Text reads \\\"CARDINAL DIRECTIONS CSH ALUMNI TAKE FLIGHT\\\" and includes the Ball State University logo.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/24\\\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ball State English Department\",\"description\":\"Your home for all things #bsuenglish\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5d5bdb431c46777781c832805fc5c5c8\",\"name\":\"bsuenglish\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/500c2bd8b588bc94b7e044b419369841b4b7b0b13fa6baaef952f1f345bf5e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/500c2bd8b588bc94b7e044b419369841b4b7b0b13fa6baaef952f1f345bf5e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/500c2bd8b588bc94b7e044b419369841b4b7b0b13fa6baaef952f1f345bf5e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"bsuenglish\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.bsu.edu\\\/english\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/bsuenglish\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship - Ball State English Department","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship - Ball State English Department","og_description":"To not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 When State Auditor Tim Berry spoke to my intern class mere weeks ago, he began impromptu crowd-picking\u2014\u2018Why did you do this internship??\u2019 (Yes, with two question marks).\u00a0 This was going to be my answer: to not be waiting tables anymore.\u00a0 Despite my ambitious peers\u2019 responses about their burning passion [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/","og_site_name":"Ball State English Department","article_published_time":"2011-02-24T20:08:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-16T20:58:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1640,"height":924,"url":"https:\/\/assets.blogs.bsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"bsuenglish","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bsuenglish","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/"},"author":{"name":"bsuenglish","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/5d5bdb431c46777781c832805fc5c5c8"},"headline":"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship","datePublished":"2011-02-24T20:08:14+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-16T20:58:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/"},"wordCount":524,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png","keywords":["Auditor Tim Berry","Ball State","Ball State University","BSU","English Department","internships","Legislative Intern","Sam Edwards","Statehouse"],"articleSection":["Cardinal Directions"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/","name":"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship - Ball State English Department","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png","datePublished":"2011-02-24T20:08:14+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-16T20:58:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/5d5bdb431c46777781c832805fc5c5c8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png","width":1640,"height":924,"caption":"A red cardinal perches on a bare branch against a blue sky. Text reads \"CARDINAL DIRECTIONS CSH ALUMNI TAKE FLIGHT\" and includes the Ball State University logo."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2011\/02\/24\/guest-post-sam-edwards-on-her-internships-at-the-statehouse-and-sarabande-books-inc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sam Edwards on her Ind. Statehouse internship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/","name":"Ball State English Department","description":"Your home for all things #bsuenglish","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/5d5bdb431c46777781c832805fc5c5c8","name":"bsuenglish","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/500c2bd8b588bc94b7e044b419369841b4b7b0b13fa6baaef952f1f345bf5e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/500c2bd8b588bc94b7e044b419369841b4b7b0b13fa6baaef952f1f345bf5e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/500c2bd8b588bc94b7e044b419369841b4b7b0b13fa6baaef952f1f345bf5e49?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"bsuenglish"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/author\/bsuenglish\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/11\/16152528\/Cardinal-Directions-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}