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Now that you have all returned rested and refreshed from Spring Break, here for your enjoyment is the Spring 2011 Government Department newsletter. Inside you will find news about all your favorite faculty, including an in-depth, behind the scenes look at our favorite teaching power couple, Natalie and Flagg Taylor. You will hear about and from some of the best and brightest of your peers, including those who have become eligible for membership in the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha, and those who are currently writing senior honors theses in the Govern-ment Department.

You'll discover what amazing places your fellow GO majors have been traveling and studying abroad, and what some GO-department affiliated clubs are up to. You'll hear about some wonderful summer internship opportunities and about some of our most accomplished alumni. We hope you'll be inspired to apply for some of these internship awards and to contact some of our alumni if you have questions about your own post-Skidmore careers. Finally, you'll hear about some upcoming events and speakers, and find important information about the upcoming Fall 2012 semester. We hope this information will be helpful to you as you think about registration for next fall (yes, registration for fall is right around the corner !).

In closing, I'd like to offer special thanks to all the students who contributed to this newsletter. I wish you all the best and hope that each of you has a successful end to the semester.

Kate Graney

PS: Juniors who might be interested in writing a senior honors thesis next year will soon find an important email in their in-boxes from me, which will explain the application and registration process for the senior thesis.