Complex sentence: After graduating from high school in 1967, she attended Good Counsel College majoring in English and journalism, but took a leave of absence to work on the successful 1970 U.S. Senate campaign of Conservative Party of New York member James Buckley.
Split into simpler sentences: After graduating from high school in 1967, she attended Good Counsel College majoring in English and journalism. While in Good Counsel College, O'Beirne took a leave of absence to work on the successful 1970 U.S. Senate campaign of Conservative Party of New York member James Buckley.