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Tagged: Department of Political Science

NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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NIU’s 2019 Lincoln Laureate aims to fight inequality

‘How far a kid from Rockford can go’

  • November 20, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — In first grade, Ian Pearson decorated his room with a poster featuring the country’s presidents. He knew then the path he’d eventually pursue. “I was just interested…

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NIU’s 2018 Lincoln Laureate: All about ‘the greater good’

Cambodian student driven to help others, inspired by his parents’ dream

  • November 8, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — I Younan An didn’t have much when he came to NIU from Cambodia, aside from hope. He’ll graduate this December as the 2018 Student Lincoln Laureate, an…

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NIU political scientist: Reason we vote on a Tuesday antiquated

A look back at the history behind Election Day

  • October 25, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — Why do we vote on a Tuesday in November? You might be surprised by the answer—unless you were born in the 19th century. The voting day was…

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New study scrutinizes time and effort it takes to vote in each state

Changes in restrictions, state discrepancies impact voter turnout

  • September 25, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — Wide variations among the 50 states when it comes to the ease of casting a ballot are impacting the quality of democracy in the United States, a…

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Speak Your Mind

Lessons for America? Why Muslim-European youth are recruited into radical Islamism

  • November 23, 2015
by Kikue Hamayotsu The Paris attacks of Nov. 13 came as a shock to French citizens as well as many of us around the world. The terrorist attacks by European…

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Road signs at intersection of Religion and Politics

Using My Religion

Politically unified state governments stir constitutional waters, trouble

  • April 22, 2015
With a swipe of his pen in late March, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence ignited a national firestorm by signing into law the state’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Lawmakers believed…

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Five years later: Citizens United v. FEC

  • January 21, 2015
On Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that political spending is a form of protected speech. Five years later, NIU political science professor Scot Schraufnagel examines the playing…

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