Palin Prayed for Classmate, Was 'Average' student at 5 Colleges, Was Forgettable Journalist

[marmar]

Palin Prayed for Classmate, Was `Average' Student at 5 Schools

By Peter Robison

Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Palin's academic adviser at the University of Idaho said he doesn't remember her.

Roy Atwood, a journalism professor who signed her application for graduation in 1987, said the Republican vice presidential candidate was just one of dozens of students he helped process through the program that year.

Interviews with classmates paint a similar picture of Palin as an anonymous, though motivated and hard-working, student who spent time at four other colleges before earning her degree from the school in Moscow, Idaho. She later told a campus publication that one of her best semesters was spent learning about broadcasting at a student-run Idaho television studio.

``My sense from people is that she was an average student,'' said Kaylene Johnson, author of a biography, ``Sarah'' (Epicenter Press, 2008). ``I don't know that she distinguished herself in college in any particular way.''

Palin, 44, made an impression on one college friend, Stacia Hagerty, who credits her conversion to Catholicism in part to discussions the two had as dorm mates at the University of Idaho's Neely Hall. As a teenager, Palin had attended the Assembly of God Church in Wasilla, Alaska, and she encouraged her friend to commit time to church.

``She just had a strong relationship with the Lord,'' said Hagerty, now an Idaho lawyer.

Hagerty shared a dating dilemma with Palin one day. ``I'm going to go back to my room and say a prayer for you,'' Hagerty recalled Palin saying. When Hagerty felt better the next day, Palin credited the prayer. ......(more)

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[LiberalFighter]

1. She attended as many colleges as Obama, Biden, McCain combined.

[denverbill]

2. And in only 5 years! It took Obama and Biden more than twice as long, combined.

I can see that coming in this years version of the Republican smear-mail. The 2004 version I received mentioned that Kerry didn't have any sort of advanced degree as opposed to Bush's MBA. For some reason, I guess a law degree doesn't count as an advanced degree, but the newly minted MBA degree did.

[tanyev]

3. See? She really does have more experience.