College of Arts and Sciences

  Happy autumnal equinox!  Those of us who have spent a few years in northeast Ohio will know how rare it is to have such lovely warm weather into late September.  I hope everyone has been able to enjoy it.  While you’re reading outdoors or simply lazing in the late...

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  On Monday, September 25, a vote on establishing an independent Kurdish state was held in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.  Turnout was relatively high, at a reported 72 percent, and 92.73 percent of those who voted supported independence, in response to the question “Do you want the...

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  This week the US experienced another mass shooting, unrelated to actual politics.  The shooting appears unmotivated by any political agenda; was not organized or advanced by any terrorist group; and sent no political message.  The shooting was “typical,” insofar as the shooter was male, using guns acquired legally; such information...

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Getting Established in the Semester.  As the semester gets under way, Senior Capstone arrangements are being confirmed by our faculty and by the students who have requested their advice as capstone directors.  Senior POSC majors who have not yet completed POSC396 and who intend to graduate this spring will...

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Save the Date!  The new spring semester is under way, and faculty in the Department of Political Science are already turning our attention to senior capstone supervision, working with and advising POSC396 students as they initiate work on their projects.   Please add to your calendar the Senior Capstone...

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