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The political science department mourns Dr. Phyllis Farley Rippey, who passed away April 17th. Professor Rippey specialized in constitutional law, the U.S. Court system, and religion and politics. Her classes helped many students succeed in law school, and many others became political science majors because of her teaching in general education classes. She loved politics and debate, and was an energetic, passionate mentor and leader in the department. She also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, where she helped shape a generation of faculty. Services for Dr. Rippey will be held Saturday, April 27th, at the Western Illinois Multicultural Center at 10:00 am.
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Political Science major John Johnson was announced the third place winner in the Podium competition category at the 2013 Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day. Here he is pictured with Provost Hawkinson accepting his award. John's abstract was entitled
"The German Pirate Party: Post-Materialist Politics in the 21st Century" and his research was conducted under the guidance of Greg Baldi. Other participants at Undergraduate Research Day were: Datrese H
earn (MaCherie Placide advising) with "A Comparison Between Machiavelli 'The Prince' and Scott 'Utopia'--The Real World to the Imaginary Wo
rld," Julia Bertolino (Rick Hardy advising) with "The 5th Amendment and The States," Hannah Bradshaw (Rick Hardy advisi
ng)
with "Development of Women's Reproductive Rights," Greg Boidy Jr. (Jonathan Day advising) with "The Nature and Extent of Student Media Censorship in the
United States," and Anthony Ginn (Erin Taylor advising) with "The Trial and Death of Socrates." Anthony Ginn is pictured at right.
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Janna Deitz was inducted into WIU's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society April 14th.
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Kim Rice spoke to UNITY, a student-run group at the WIU Quad Cities campus, on Thursday, March 28th, about the Supreme Court's discussions on same-sex marriage. A summary of the discussion is posted on WQAD's website.
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The annual Trivia Challenge between the Political Science and History departments took place March 21st in Morgan Hall. Unfortunately, Political Science wasn't able to repeat last year's performance and lost by a narrow margin. Pictures from the Trivia Challenge can be seen here.
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Twenty students recently attended the Model Illinois Government simulation in Springfield, Illinois. The MIG simulation is structured for a legislative simulation as well as a moot court competition. Students choose among various roles including: Legislators, lobbyists, journalists, attorneys, justices, budget analysts, as well as many leadership positions within the parties and committees. Participants included: Brokk Doyle, Joe Pienta, Antonio Marshall, Jonathan McGee, Caleb Markey, David Goltzow, Steve Wailand, Gene Arifi, Mark Dasher, Nicholas Dollenmaier, Alli Reed, Marquita Daniel, Natalie Shinn, Joshua Wood, James Hennenfent, Marek Kazinski, Andrew Cochran, Alex Gleason, Greg Bordy, and Allison Ramsey. See a slide show from this year's MIG simulation.
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Eight students recently attended the Midwest Model United Nations simulation in St. Louis, Missouri. MMUN is designed to furnish a structure and forum for students to work with the most pressing international issues from a perspective outside of the classroom. Representing the role of another nation's delegation to the United Nations, students further realize the difficulties and complexities of international relations. Participants included: Beth Greenwood, Daniel Schmidt, Tyler Schrapf, Mark Hertel, William Grover, John Benning, Josh Wood, and James Hennenfent.
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Kim Rice received a 2013 Summer Stipend Award in the amount of $3,000 from the WIU Foundation & Office of Sponsored Projects.
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Kim Rice and Casey LaFrance get smashed! Both were very good sports and agreed to participate in a faculty pie smash sponsored by Phi Beta Delta. Watch the results.
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Janna Deitz and Vin Auger discussed "Foreign Policy in the 2012 Presidential Election" on Tri-States Public Radio October 24th. Listen to the discussion.
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Janna Deitz and Keith Boeckelman discussed "Campaigning vs. Governing" on Tri-States Public Radio October 17th. Listen to the discussion.
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Julia Albarracin and Keith Boeckelman were interviewed in the Peoria Journal Star's "In the Spotlight: Latino Vote Important Part of Presidential Election" on October 22nd. Read the article.
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Congratulations to Erin Taylor who won the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award. Read the press release.
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Daniel Ogbaharya organized a Presidential Debate Viewing on October 5th. Read the report by the Western Courier.
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The Poliballers team participated in the 12th annual Big Pink Volleyball tournament. Team members consisted of Keith Boeckelman, Casey LaFrance, Erin Taylor, Julia Albarracin, Jongho Lee, Greg Baldi, Kim Rice, Tim Rice, and Sean West.
- Congratulations to Maya Stainback, the Fall 2012 Department Scholar and nominee for the College of Arts & Sciences College Scholar Award.
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Casey LaFrance gave some helpful advice for both new and returning students in his missive "Silly to Miss the Syllabus" published in the Western Courier. Read the article.
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Two of our Political Science undergraduate majors, Katelynn Henry and Alexis Kathalynas, spoke to the Western Courier about why they became Political Science majors for the September 21st issue. Read the article.
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The Department welcomes a new faculty member beginning Fall 2012. Kimberly Rice joins us in the area of American Politics.
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Janna Deitz was the recipient of the American Political Science Association's Congressional Fellowship. Read the article.
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Greg Baldi was inducted into Western Illinois University's Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society chapter Eta Epsilon. He studied in Germany and has published and presented research on various European countries, including Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. He also has supervised American students interning in the British Parliament.
