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Upcoming Events
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6th Annual Political Science Bracket Challenge
Mar 21, 10:00am: March Madness
Compete in the Department's 6th Annual March Madness Bracket Challenge. The winner will receive an award at the end of the year Evanspalooza Party. Go to http://uu-psc.mayhem.cbssports.com/e, register (if you need to), and enter the password "PAC10stinks" to join.
Blog
Jury Duty a Lesson in Civics
Hunter Baker, Associate Dean of Arts & Science
Mar 8, 2013 - I have been tapped for jury duty in Madison County. Recently, I joined 70-80 other citizens in a courtroom. A very polite judge provided our orientation and explained that for the next two months the state of Tennessee would have first claim on our time.
After the orientation, the judge met with many individuals, including me, who petitioned for particular days off during the two months because of plans already made or other special circumstances. When it was my turn to speak ...read more
Can We All Get Along?
Sean Evans, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science
Mar 1, 2013 - As we face another budgetary crisis through ideological conflict, many Americans ask, a la Rodney King, “Why can’t we all get along?” The simple answer is that we argue because we have differing assumptions about the world, and ask questions that lack overlapping answers.
The typical liberal believes that humans are naturally good but have been corrupted by the...read more
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News
Trent Speaks on Working in DC
Feb 22, 2013 - Last night, Union Alum Josh Trent spoke to students about living and working in Washington, DC in an event sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Honors Community. Trent graduated from Union in 2001 after serving as President of the Student Government Association. Since Josh left, he worked at the Labor Department, the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services, and earned ...read more
McGraw Speaks on Citizenship as Vocation
Feb 20, 2013 - On Tuesday, February 19th, the Department of Political Science and the Center for Politics & Religion hosted Dr. Bryan McGraw of Wheaton College. Dr. McGraw delivered a lecture entitled “Citizenship as Vocation”. In this lecture Dr. McGraw considered the question of whether and how Christians should think about their earthly citizenship given that involvement with worldly politics necessarily means making decisions that have awful consequences. Can Christians be bot...read more