The internship application season at Georgetown can be brutal, and this year was no exception. Marcie Corron (SFS ’24) spent last weekend in a mad rush as she scrambled to fill out an application to work for one of the senators of Missouri, a state she has never been to, cannot spell, and knows shockingly little about. Strapped for time and desperate for recommendation letters, she was forced to get coffee with her old CPS teacher, who during her time in his class never learned her name, but did make sure to tell her she would “make a good aunt.” And even after that excruciating three hours, she still had twelve essays to write, through which she struggled to convince the senator (and, let’s be honest, herself) of her undying love for both the state of Missouri and its “hearty” citizens.

But her efforts were not in vain! In mid-April she will receive her treasured hill-ternship, a position she has coveted since before she could walk (and yes, she learned to walk really late, but that’s not what this is about!). For Marcie, the summer of 2023 will be chock-full of senators, spandex, social gatherings, and a new breed of mosquitoes found exclusively in DC. And her idyllic daily journey into the hallowed halls of the Capitol will provide the perfect backdrop as she realizes that, contrary to her expectations, all politicians are in fact uncaring despots and all interns are manipulative, power-hungry children (all except Steven, of course, with whom she will have a brief but passionate fling before learning he has 23 goldfish. For some reason, she will not be able to get past the goldfish). As an added bonus, her mind-numbing ten weeks manning phone lines for constituents will leave her convinced that the U.S. political system is beyond saving.