Special Tribute:
Thank
you Ed
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Plug the Hole An Open Letter Steven Brown, -ACLU Rhode Island Privacy
at the Workplace:
Protecting
Faith Versus Protecting Futures
Privacy
vs. the Public’s Right to Know
Chaplinsky:
Defining Freedom of Expression
Of
Genetics and Privacy
Editorial
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ThePSCReportonline!
A Semi-Quarterly Journal for the Alumni of the University
of Rhode Island Political Science Department.
Faculty Editors:
Professor Alfred Killilea
Professor Nicolai Petro
Editor:
Michael D. Fox
Associate Editor:
Sherry Keneson-Hall
Supported by the generous
donations of the University of Rhode Island Political
Science Alumni.
Political Science Department
at the
University of Rhode Island
(and, of course, your fellow alumni)
Spring, 2000
Don't forget to register and
vote.
This issue of the PSC Report is dedicated to what
may be one of the biggest and most contentious issues of this new millennium
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the issue of privacy.
The rapidity with which we are making new advances in both the computer industry and in genetic research have, along with the obvious benefits, brought us to accept that society must address these changes using a political system whose simplicity of design revolves around the inefficiency and sluggishness of its process.
(I wonder if these guys are interchangeable?)
In this issue we have compiled various articles on the subject of privacy and other first amendment issues which we hope will serve to both enlighten our readers - and compel them to put their PoliSci majors to work, in order to protect one of America's most cherished and necessary rights - the right to privacy.
(We can only wish and some of us still hope for a
McCain-Bradley ticket, or was that Bradley-McCain?)
Also, in this issue, we pay a humble tribute to one of our most respected and loved professors - Ed Leduc - who will be retiring at the end of this spring semester. I'm sure that all of our past graduate students will never forget our time spent with Professor Leduc in Scope and Methods, and many of our other alumni have had the unforgettable opportunity to partake of his American Public Opinion and American Government classes. God speed Ed, may you always have, in the old Navy vernacular, "fair winds and following seas."
Barry Goldwater
forPresident
in '64
In your heart, you know he's
right.
(Well, some of us weren't too
sure, but
we don't have Dick to kick around
anymore...)
Of course, along with our many articles written by our esteemed authors, we also have what we hope will be our regular columns - Notes from the Chair, Verbage from Alumni, the Editor's Diatribe, our Professional Bio, and our Alumni Spotlight.
(We had to include these fellas, one of those equal time things.)
So, sit back (not too far back, we don't want you to fall over out of your chair), grab a pop and a pizza, put down that Thucydides tome, and enjoy our Newsletter's lighthearted, sometimes tongue-in-cheek look at political science. Oh by the way, there are some really good articles.
Comments? Please contact Professor Al Killilea at: hookshot@uri.edu
The PSC Report invites unsolicited submissions (really, we need the material!!) of essays, articles and editorial comments. Submissions should be sent via e-mail to hookshot@uri.edu or via US Mail on 3 1/2" diskette or CD-ROM with hardcopy to:
The PSC Report
Al Killilea, Faculty Editor
Political Science Department
University of Rhode Island
Washburn Hall
Kingston, RI 02881