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The Presidential Nominating Process: A Place For Us? (Book Review), Gary L. Rose
The Presidential Nominating Process: A Place For Us? (Book Review), Gary L. Rose
Political Science & Global Affairs Faculty Publications
Book review by Gary Rose.
Cook, R. (2004). The presidential nominating process: A place for us?. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
ISBN 9780742525931; 9780742525948 (pbk.)
Beyond 'Hot Lips' And 'Big Nurse': Creative Writing And Nursing, Sandra Young
Beyond 'Hot Lips' And 'Big Nurse': Creative Writing And Nursing, Sandra Young
English Faculty Publications
This essay describes a special topics creative writing course designed for nursing students, and argues that creative writing strategies work to improve nurses' compositional skills. Also discussed are other potential benefits from creatively writing patients' lives, notably, the blending of arts and sciences, and the ways in which medical schools are encouraging their students to study the humanities, especially literature and creative writing. The essay includes student creative writing samples.
The essay also discusses the depiction of nurses in popular culture. M*A*S*H*, Richard Hooker’s black comedy about the antics of doctors and nurses during the Korean War, gave us “Hot …
The Challenge Of Ethical Political Leadership, Brian Stiltner
The Challenge Of Ethical Political Leadership, Brian Stiltner
Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications
Without a solid ethical foundation to state governance, the process of developing and implementing sound public policy is weakened. In addition to the crisis of public confidence, which may turn voters away from politics in disgust, political scandals undermine the quality of the policymaking process.
Connecticut needs watertight laws, vigorous oversight, independent voices, and an electoral process that does not pervert the information voters receive. The responsibility of citizens includes not only voting their consciences but pressing their representatives to put the electoral process and policymaking on a cleaner, more transparent foundation.