"We try

not to talk politics because we both think we're right," says Marcy,

a Fayetteville native who returned to college two years ago after working

for several years as a flight attendant.

Marcy, a political

science major, isn't sure whether she wants to follow her dad, now serving

as House minority leader, into elected office.

But she's getting

a taste of political life this semester as an intern at the state Capitol,

where she works in a nonpartisan office that researches bill-related issues

for state senators.

During the

recent Georgia flag controversy, she examined the possible effect of a

threatened economic boycott on the state.

Upon graduating

this spring, Marcy plans to head for Washington, D.C., to look for a job

doing political research.

She says her

journey into politics has as much to do with Georgia State as with her

upbringing in a political family.

"Back

when I was 18, I never dreamed I'd be doing this," says Marcy, 25,

a graduate of Landmark Christian School in Fairburn.

A policy research

class and the opportunity to participate in the political science internship

program were major sources of inspiration for her future career, she says.

The university is also convenient to the Westmoreland family home in Sharpsburg,

where Marcy lives with her father and mother Joan.

"Georgia

State's urban location allows students to get experience and a good education

at the same time," says Marcy, who adds she may attend the university's

law school after spending a year in Washington.

She says she

treasures the international travel that her years as a flight attendant

gave her, but that going back to school was inevitable.

"My father

said his one wish before he dies is for all of his children to graduate

from college," says Marcy, who has a sister, Heather, and a brother,

Trae. "I was the only one who hadn't."