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P I S IGMA A LPHA L AUNCHES F ALL A CTIVITIES

Aaron Shifreen, ‘13, Pi Sigma Alpha President

Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, is off to a great start this year. In this fall season, on the cusp of a presidential election, Pi Sigma Alpha has worked hard to get as many members of the Skidmore College community registered and fired up to vote on Tuesday November 6 th .

Founded in 1920, Pi Sigma Alpha receives into mem-bership students in political science and related disciplines who have outstanding records of scholarship, high academic and social integrity, and academic distinction. Eligibility requirements in-clude:(1) Six Government courses, which have been weighted in your GPA, (2) A 3.5 GPA in these courses and (3) A 3.25 cu-mulative GPA.

If you have any questions about voter registration or Pi Sigma Alpha in general, feel free to email me, Aaron Shifreen, at ashifree@skidmore.edu .

M ODEL U.N. C LUB K ICKS

O FF F ALL S EMESTER

Olivia Kinnear, ‘15

Model UN is a simulation of the United Nations in which students debate world issues from the point of view of different coun-tries. Rather than just read about international relations in the news and in their textbooks, students are given the opportunity to transform themselves into an actual delegate from a foreign country. This creative thought in action enhances students’ ability to problem solve on a glob-al scale.

Just as importantly, it also helps students sharpen speech and debate skills, interdisciplinary skills that are becoming more and more vital today. Furthermore, students get firsthand experience with con-flict resolution, negotiation skills, and group work skills. After all, what could be more difficult than having an opportunity to get Iran and the United States on the same page about nuclear proliferation in the UNODA committee? Model UN not only prepares students for aca-demic challenges that they will be faced with here at Skidmore College, but it also molds them into global citizens who will be able to face glob-al challenges in America's workforce.

Model UN meets on Tuesday evenings, if you’d like more information please contact Olivia at okinnear@skidmore.edu.

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

    Government Majors and Minors are encouraged to submit a paper for inclusion in the biennial  

Kuroda Symposium in Early American Politics and Culture . The Symposium was established to honor the contributions of the late, beloved Professor Tadahisa Kuroda to American History and  pedagogy at Skidmore from 1970 to 2005. It is a collaborative effort between the Departments of  

History, Government and American Studies. 

  

One or two students from each of the three departments are selected to present papers as part of the Symposium, which will take place in April, 2013.  Professor James W. Ceaser, of the University of Virginia, who will be delivering this year's Kuroda lecture, will provide oral commentary on each of 

the selected papers.  

 

The Kuroda Symposium Award is highly competitive and is one of the highest awards that our  departments bestow on our students. So if you have a paper of which you are proud that deals with American political thought, the American Founding,  American Political Culture, or American  Political Institutions, please speak with the professor to whom you submitted it originally, requesting that it be nominated for this year's Kuroda Symposium Award. Nominations will be accepted until the  

beginning of the spring term (January 22, 2013).  

 

For more details, students are asked to contact Professor Timothy Burns,  

Professor Ronald Seyb, or Professor Natalie Taylor.