Brown Bag Discussion: Midterm Elections

We had our second Brown Bag Discussion. 


This time the topic was on Midterm elections.

Some things that came up

Our Rights and Beliefs

As our goal with this blog is to give our members a platform for expressing political opinion, we have opened up to students who wish to write "op-ed" pieces about political issues that are important to them. These pieces do not reflect official views of our club, but rather help to demonstrate the diversity of ideas and opinions our members have.

Feel free to leave comments and discuss

Thoughts on our rights and beliefs
Matt Miklas
mmiklas@aug.edu


As many people know here at Augusta State University, the Ku Klux Klan will rally in support of Jennifer Keeton, a student who sued the university because she felt the university was trying to change her beliefs on homosexuality and invading her freedom of religion.

Meeting on October 7, 2010

***if you missed the meeting on oct. 7, 2010 these are a couple things that were discussed***

• APSA (American Political Science Association) Membership- being a member of the APSA gives you a head up on all political issues that are occuring. For a fee of only $43.00 a year one could be a member of this association. Since we are a group, we found out that if enough of us join then it will only be $21.50 per year. The APSA prepares citizens to be effective citizens and political participants. There are also many different journals that you could purchase at additional cost. These journals focus on more specific issues such as political methodology, urban politics, women & politics, etc. If anyone needs anymore information contact Carrie Shoultz via e-mail at cshoultz@aug.edu.
• Sponsorship Packets- We are now going to be searching for sponsors for this year. Our sponsors help us do things such as materials for volunteering, our social events, and our BIG TRIP TO WASHINGTON, DC. There are three levels of sponsorship including gold, silver, and bronze. The minimum for these levels is $150.00 but we do however accept donations. If one would like to see a brief descriptions of the levels of sponsorship that we have and the advertisements limited to these levels contact Amanda Jones in the main political science office. If you obtained one of these fliers at the meeting and have company interested Amanda will also be the person one would need to contact for the official sponsorship packet.
• Fundraising Committee- The main thing we focused on for this event was the book raffle. This is where we sell raffle tickets and at the end of the semester whoever wins the political science club will buy their books for them. Jordan Pruner will be the one to contact if one has any further questions.
• Volunteering-

A Note from a Political Science International Student

As our goal with this blog is to give our members a platform for expressing political opinion, we have opened up to students who wish to write "op-ed" pieces about political issues that are important to them. These pieces do not reflect official views of our club, but rather help to demonstrate the diversity of ideas and opinions our members have.

Our second piece comes from Irina Melnic.

Feel free to leave comments and discuss

A Note From a Political Science International Student

Irina Melnic

Imelnic@aug.edu

 My career choice is an outcome of my life experience. I was born in Ukraine during the Soviet Union and two years later, when it fell apart, my parents moved back to their home country, Moldova, because they were worried that their children will grow up without learning their native language. I grew up listening to horrifying stories from my grandparents about subversion of cultures and people during the Soviet Union. I had to teach my parents the Romanian alphabet because they were forced to write with Cyrillic’s. I grew up confused about my country’s history. The language I was speaking home was spoiled Romanian with intrusion of Russian words. At school and public areas I had to speak pure Romanian, in order to be considered literate. I was forced by the circumstances to speak Russian because a large population of Russians in Moldova never learned Romanian, and communication was impossible. Growing up in a country that struggles to recover after political and cultural suppression, I became interested in discovering different cultures and political systems.

Healthcare Reform Legislation

As our goal with this blog is to give our members a platform for expressing political opinion, we have opened up to students who wish to write "op-ed" pieces about political issues that are important to them. These pieces do not reflect official views of our club, but rather help to demonstrate the diversity of ideas and opinions our members have.

Our first piece comes from Matt Miklas, about Health Care legislation. Feel free to leave comments and discuss.

Healthcare Reform Legislation

By: Matt Miklas

Mmiklas@aug.edu

Nearly seven months ago, President Obama signed the most historic piece of legislation in the history of the U.S. with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.