Q: How are Republicans and Democrats like divorced parents?
A: They care more about you hating the other person than they do about your well-being
Jody Baumgartner
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Soviet Union Lifts Its 11-month Blockade Against West Berlin
“On May 12, 1949, an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin’s two million citizens.”
More: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-blockade-lifted
“On May 12, 1949, an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin’s two million citizens.”
More: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-blockade-lifted
POLS Major Adrian Flores Rosas in the News!
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN): “Several people [including ECU POLS Major Adrian Flores Rosas] spent the day Saturday making care packages for migrant farmworkers who will spend the summer working farms in North Carolina.
“The group “Student Action with Farmworkers” created 200 care packages – including wipes, bandages, socks and other items.”
See more: https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/group-makes-care-packages-for-migrant-farmworkers-in-nc/
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN): “Several people [including ECU POLS Major Adrian Flores Rosas] spent the day Saturday making care packages for migrant farmworkers who will spend the summer working farms in North Carolina.
“The group “Student Action with Farmworkers” created 200 care packages – including wipes, bandages, socks and other items.”
See more: https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/group-makes-care-packages-for-migrant-farmworkers-in-nc/
BREAKING NEWS
A new study sponsored by the National Science Foundation finds that the majority (78.6%) of college professors are actually real people.
Don’t believe it? Come on down to Nash Chicken (5th St., downtown) this Saturday, from 7-10, and see political science professor Jody Baumgartner’s band, 28 West!
THE OAK FOUNDATION & ECU SECURITY STUDIES
The Department of Political Science and its Security Studies program are thrilled to announce that the Oak Foundation has continued its generous support! This year’s contribution will allow us to continue scholarship programs for Security Studies undergraduate, graduate, and study abroad students.
The funds will also be used to resume a speaker series that brings Security Studies professionals to campus to talk to our students. Finally, the Oak Foundation funding will help pay the costs for faculty members and students to attend professional conferences to present their research.
The Department of Political Science and its Security Studies program are thrilled to announce that the Oak Foundation has continued its generous support! This year’s contribution will allow us to continue scholarship programs for Security Studies undergraduate, graduate, and study abroad students.
The funds will also be used to resume a speaker series that brings Security Studies professionals to campus to talk to our students. Finally, the Oak Foundation funding will help pay the costs for faculty members and students to attend professional conferences to present their research.
