The Fearless Forecasting Service of Greater Baltimore again published their predictions and prognostications in time for the quadrennial presidential elections. According to the Forecasters, Clinton's reelection was secure long before the polls opened.
According to the document, released Monday, November 4, Clinton was expected to win with 370 votes in the electoral college, and predicted 164 for Dole and 4 for Perot. In fact, this turned out to be quite close. The actual electoral college results were Clinton 379, Dole 159, and Perot was shut out completely.
The members of the Fearless Forecasting team accurately predicted that the Democrats would pick up a number of seats in the House (predicted 12, compared to an actual change of 10 seats), but incorrectly indicated that the Democrats would pick up a seat in the Senate, where in fact the Republicans gained two seats.
Additional news regarding the Fearless Forecasting Service can be found elsewhere in this newsletter.
A new name is showing up in the course books this year with the addition of Greg Kalscheur, S.J., as an adjunct in the Department of Political Science. Kalscheur is a Jesuit scholastic here at Loyola during a period of preparation for ordination to the priesthood known as regency. He will be here for two years, teaching political science courses and working in the Center for Values and Service. After Loyola, Kalscheur will continue his theological studies for three years prior to ordination.
Kalscheur brings a legal background to the department. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan, where he served as a member of the Michigan Law Review. After graduation from law school, he served as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Kenneth F. Ripple of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. More recently, he spent three years as a litigation associate with the firm of Hogan and Hartson in Washington, D.C., and has done graduate coursework at Loyola University Chicago in Philosophy and Theology.
The Political Science Department sponsors internships in a range of national, state, and local governmental and political offices. There will be an informational meeting for all students who are interested in learning more about how internships are administered here at Loyola during activities period (12:15-1:30 p.m.) on Thursday, November 14. The meeting will be held in Jenkins Hall, Room 305, and should last about an hour. Feel free to bring your lunch.
If you have questions, contact Dr. Hula (x.2133, or e-mail HULA@LOYOLA.EDU), or check out the Internship Web Site: http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intern.html
Pi Sigma Alpha is the national political science honor society. Loyola's chapter received applications from 12 students this year to join the prestigious group. To be eligible, applicants had to have completed at least 10 hours of political science, including at least two upper division political science courses. In addition to the course requirement, applicants had to carry a 3.0 g.p.a. in political science and place in the top third of their class. Dr. Diana Schaub serves as the society's moderator and Andrew Kowalczyk is the student president. There will be another opportunity for students to sign up next semester, and both groups will be inducted at a dinner planned for the spring.
If you are going through the November wave of interviews with the Pre-Law Committee, remember that all of your letters of recommendation are due in to Dr. Kitchin by November 15.
In the wake of Bob Dole's loss to Bill Clinton last week, Republican strategists will be second guessing their failure to heed the outcome of the Loyola Mock Convention held last spring. In the quadrennial event, Loyola students nominated Jack Kemp for President and Colin Powell for Vice President. While the primary process and the Loyola Convention differed in selecting the top of the ticket, it does appears that Bob Dole paid heed to the Loyola Convention's advice on running mates in selecting Kemp.
Keynote speakers at the Mock Convention were the Hon. Robert Ehrlich (Republican) and the Hon. Ben Cardin (Democrat), both members of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Maryland districts.
The Department of Political Science's web site on the World Wide Web continues to grow in both content and use. The department's home page can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/home.html. Students can find links to a wide variety of departmental, governmental, and political science resources on the home page.
To access this address from a computer lab, simply start the Netscape program, type http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/home.html on the white address line at the top of the screen, and press return. If you are dialing in to the vax, type LYNX at the $ prompt, and when the Lynx program has been loaded, press the letter G. You will be prompted at the bottom of the screen for the address. Type the now familiar address http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/home.html and hit return.
As we approach the home stretch for the Fall Semester, you will probably be doing research and writing papers in some of your classes. You should be aware that a large amount of information relevant to political science is now on the world wide web. As noted on page one, the Political Science Department has a home page, and we have made an effort to put a number of useful sources of information on our site. In particular, you should take a look at http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/polilink.html. This site is a good starting point for your research, whether it is in American Politics, Theory, or International Relations. There is also a link on that page with information on how to cite information from the internet in footnotes and your bibliography. The Honor Code applies, even in cyber space.
Another cite that you might find useful is the departmental announcement page at: http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/announce.html. This page is updated monthly with information about upcoming events, faculty members, talks, meetings, etc. When you browse the departmental web site, you should get in the habit of briefly looking at the announcement page. New items will always be listed first.
Students who wish to pursue an internship for course credit are often uncertain of the requirements, so we're printing a quick overview. For more detailed information, though, you should check talk with Dr. Hula, who will be serving as the Departmental Internship Coordinator.
In brief, you must obtain a Specialized Study Form from the Records Office and complete it in consultation with a supervising professor. The form must then be signed by the Department Chair (Dr. Franz) and the Director of Advising (Dr. Jordan) and submitted to the Records Office no later than the first week of the term.
It is an established practice of the Department that students must make their own arrangements with the office in which the internship is to be served, but we will provide information regarding offices that students may wish to contact. Two books that may help are the Washington, D.C. Internship Directory and The Complete Guide to Washington Internships. Both books are available in Mrs. Krivak's office (314 Beatty Hall). You may photocopy pages out of these books with Mrs. Krivak's permission, but please do not take them away from the third floor.
Also available are brochures detailing internship possibilities; these are kept in organizer racks between the office doors of Drs. Holc and Franz. Again, you may photocopy these brochures, but please do not remove them.
Internships are almost always graded like regular courses, and particular requirements are negotiated between the student and the professor and specified on the Specialized Study Form.
Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) announced last week that he would be close all hearings related to the Whitewater Affair and turn his attention to an investigation of the Fearless Forecasting Service of Greater Baltimore next Spring.
According to D'Amato, the forecast of a Clinton victory by the Fearless Forecasters a day before the election was highly suspicious. In a late-night interview, D'Amato claimed that the so-called forecast was simply another sordid chapter in election fixing and posed a broad range of ethical questions to be sorted out over the next year by the Senate Banking Committee.
The Fearless Forecasters is registered as a subsidiary of Friends of Frivolity, Inc., of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. D'Amato pointed out that the Friends of Frivolity connection was a smoking gun linking the Vice President (also of Tennessee) with the Forecasters.
Dr. Donald Wolfe, CEO of the Fearless Forecasting Service, remains unavailable for comment.
The Loyola College Political Philosophy Society was founded in 1989 to promote discussion of political issues and problems from a philosophical perspective, and to foster interaction among leading students from across the College. The Society has no dues, conducts no business, and has no formal application or operating procedures. The highfalutin name was chosen in an effort to lead future resume-readers to mistake this for something weighty. In fact, the Society does nothing but meet for lavish dinners in the VIP Lounge at least once a semester, after which a relaxed discussion is pursued with one or more guests. Over a dozen such dinner-discussions have been held to date, with topics ranging from, "Justice in the Study and Practice of Law: Does it Matter?" to "The Character Issue in Campaign Politics: Fair or Foul?" Members in good standing are taken to a local French restaurant for a dinner and wine tasting in the spring of their senior year. Participation is not limited to political science majors, so if you have friends who might be interested, encourage them to join. Demand for seats always exceeds the available supply, so please get on the mailing list by slipping a note with your name, local address, and phone numbers to Drs. Franz or Schaub.
The Southwestern Political Science Association is sponsoring a contest for the best undergraduate paper of 1996. If you have written a paper during the Spring or Fall of 1996 for a political science course and would like to be considered, see Dr. Hula.
In an effort to bolster the culinary skills of political science students, at the November Faculty meeting, members of the Political Science Department decided to provide a small selection of recipes in this newsletter.
(in honor of her new puppy, Fennel) Recipe by Apicius, first
century gastrophile author of De Re Coquinaria (On Cookery).
Rabbit or Hare in Onion Fennel Sauce. Ingredients:
Put the rabbit into a covered pan and braise gently for 1/2 hour. Remove, wipe, and brush with oil or butter. Cook covered, in a 350° F oven in a stewing pot for 30 minutes. Then brush a second time with oil or butter, and cook a further 30 minutes. Lastly, uncover the pot and cook the rabbit for 30 minutes in the following sauce.
In a mortar, grind together pepper, lovage, savory, chopped onion, rosemary, and celery seed. Combine with stock, fennel, wine, and olive oil. Add this sauce to the rabbit, and cook 30 minutes, basting from time to time. Serve the rabbit in its own gravy.
Place four heaping tablespoons of ground expresso into a heat resistant drinking glass. Pour in boiling water to the top of the glass. After the grounds settle to the bottom of the glass, drink. How are you supposed to pick up a hot glass to drink it? That is a mystery unresolved throughout the centuries. Good luck.
Whip cream cheese until soft and fluffy. Beat in peanut butter and sugar, slowly add milk and blend thoroughly. Fold whipped topping into mixture and pour over pie crust. Freeze until firm. Cover if storing longer than 4-6 hours.
In a 9x13 pan, dump in:
(a) 1 can cherry pie filling (spread it around the pan)
(b) 1 can (15 1/4 oz) pineapple chunks (spread it around on top
of the cherry)
(c) Sprinkle on 1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix (spread it
around on top of the pineapple)
(d) Sprinkle on 1 pkg. of yellow cake mix (spreak it around on
top of the pudding mix)
(e) Melt 1 ½ sticks of butter (drizzle it on over the cake
mix)
(f) Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes/until top is lightly browned.
It doesn't get any easier than that!
Place 4 boneless-skinless chicken breasts in a baking dish. Top each piece of chicken with a slice of low-fat cheese. Spread a can of low-fat mushroom soup over the cheese. Prepare a box of Stove-Top Stuffing mix according to the directions on the box and place on top of the chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Serve with vegetable, salad and hot rolls. Delicious!!
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