Lyndsey Medsker MSU alum likes living on the "hill" by Brenda McDonald Not many people would consider Washington, D.C., a small town, but Lyndsey Medsker, '97 BuMktg, does. It's all perspective. Medsker spent nearly three years in the heart of sprawling New York City. "When you think about it, D.C. is really about the same size as Spokane, Wash., about 10 square miles," she said. Medsker is communications director for the League of Women Voters. "I love where I am now," she said. "I live on Capitol Hill. I love being able to go on a jog and run past the Capitol Mall and the Lincoln Memorial." She says it's exciting and scary at the same time. "I live seven blocks from the largest terrorist target in the United States." Medsker initially came to Washington, D.C., as an intern in Sen. Conrad Burns' office. "I love politics and American history." She was drawn to working at the League of Women Voters because of Montana's Jeannette Rankin. "I grew up in Missoula, and I was interested in Rankin," she said. "She was the first women elected to Congress when women didn't even have the right to vote." Medsker spent a lot of time this year promoting the HBO movie "Iron Jawed Angels," about the women's suffrage movement. "I went to the HBO screening of the movie and wound up sitting next to Betty Friedan, the mother of the feminist movement," she said. "A lot of younger women today don't realize what women had to go through to get the vote." The League is a nonpartisan organization with the mission of educating voters. This election year the organization's goal is to have as many people vote as possible. The League has set up a Web site, www.dnet.org. By typing in a zip code, one can learn who is running for office in an area and what the candidates' positions are on the issues. Even though Medsker enjoys her big city life, she does miss her Montana roots. That's something that she and five friends addressed recently with "D.C.'s First Annual Testicle Festival." "We held the event at the American Legion Hall in Arlington, Va." she said. "The product (which comes from cattle) was flown in from Montana. We had about 250 people attend." It was so successful that they'll probably have to find a larger place to hold it next year. "It's comforting to know that when you meet someone from Montana in Washington, D.C., chances are that you either know that person directly or you know someone that person knows."