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From the Classroom to the State Capitol: The Virginia Government Simulation and Career-Ready Undergraduates
Abstract The Virginia Government Simulation (VGS) is designed to build career readiness by immersing students in a realistic legislative environment where they practice the professional skills employers value: research, written and oral communication, negotiation, teamwork, leadership, problem solving, professionalism, advocacy, conflict management, etc.
Chapman Rackaway: How about Brownback as K-State president?
One of Kansas’ most visible and revered leaders, Kansas State University president Kirk Schulz, shook up the state by announcing he was leaving to take the helm at Washington State University. The move makes great sense for Schulz, who had established an excellent record at the state’s second-largest higher education institution. Washington State will pay Schulz a $625,000 salary, up from his $476,000 in Kansas.
Chapman Rackaway: Direct primary is an antidemocratic disaster
Emporia State University political science professor Michael Smith wrote how Kansans can participate in the March 5 presidential caucuses (Feb. 21 Opinion). Sadly, only 2 percent of the public likely will do so. Primary elections, especially the caucuses conducted in Kansas, are a dismal exercise in internecine party bloodletting that polarizes our politics and reduces the quality of nominees for political office.
Chapman Rackaway: Resolve to have better political year in Kansas
In Kansas, the new year of renewal is punctuated by a new legislative session, which gaveled open last week. What New Year’s resolutions have Kansas political figures chosen? I have some ideas. ▪ The Legislature: Stop procrastinating. The House should have learned from last year’s exercise in hubris that it must address issues early. Waiting until late in the session to produce a budget and panicking into overtime gave the Legislature a black eye from which it has not recovered.
Chapman Rackaway: ‘Safe space’ contrary to mission of universities
Prior to my employment at Fort Hays State University, I was a happy resident of Columbia, Mo., and I will always be a proud Mizzou alum. Thus I’m greatly saddened by recent events there, and warn my adopted home state of Kansas to be careful not to follow the same path. Censors have disguised themselves as sincere reformers, and their success could produce disastrous consequences. The Missouri campus has fallen prey to the same overzealousness seen at an increasing number of universities.
Racism a subject suppressed due to censorship - The Arkansas City Traveler : Columns
Censors have disguised themselves as sincere reformers, and their success could produce disastrous consequences. The Missouri campus has fallen prey to the same overzealousness seen at an increasing number of universities. Unlike some I do not deny that racism persists in Columbia: I have actually seen it firsthand. Sadly the protests often fail to eradicate racism and instead merely suppress a conversation that needs to be held.
Don’t call it a republican comeback? - The Arkansas City Traveler : Columns
Just when we thought it could go no further after 2012, conservative Republican legislative victories in 2014 coupled with Governor Sam Brownback’s re-election showed that the pendulum could actually go further right. So perhaps there is still room for conservatives to add more victories in the 2016 cycle. But more than likely, the pendulum should start moving back to center.
Chapman Rackaway: Time to revive spirit of 1787?
The U.S Constitution is a remarkable example of resilience. Changed an average of once a decade, the two-century-old document has adapted to the times. Or has it? Compromises on the slave trade pushed an inevitable conflict back until civil war was necessary. Millions had civil rights denied because of a lack of constitutional protections.
Chapman Rackaway: Myth of the monolith
Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi novel “2001: A Space Odyssey” features an obsidian monolith, a single unified entity that brings change in its wake. The word “monolith” has been overused in Kansas lately, especially related to Gov. Sam Brownback’s takeover of state government since 2010. We recently saw the first cracks in monolithic government, and that news promises a significantly different legislative session than expected.
Chapman Rackaway: Why was polling off in state races?
August’s primary elections in Kansas strongly suggested an electorate in an angry mood, ready to boot incumbent candidates. An unknown GOP gubernatorial candidate who spent pennies on the dollar took 37 percent of the vote. Subsequent polls were no kinder, showing both Gov. Sam Brownback and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., in deep trouble. But Brownback and Roberts won, despite close races.
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