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Starting his job in June, Downer has worked as an assistant in the convention’s Office of External Relations and Program Committee, where he planned logistics for the convention week’s speeches. “Preachers and patriots” are his charge, he says, referring...
“I definitely wanted to do an internship that would help reelect President Bush,” he says. “I thought I could make the largest contribution as part of the convention.”
Kadakia is helping to organize breakfast events held throughout the convention week. He prepares briefing materials for “surrogates,” guest speakers who address delegations at their Manhattan hotels.
Other Harvard volunteers were not as pleased with their convention jobs.
With New York University and Columbia University summer housing ending in early August, some college-age convention workers were left without a place to stay. Many volunteers, including Lieb and Kadakia, received hotel accommodations for the week of the convention. Lieb stayed at the Hotel Pennsylvania, directly across the street...