Wednesday, January 16th 2008
UC Berkeley’s Election Websites
The University has launched a couple of websites for the upcoming election.
Just today the Berkeley Newscenter reported the Institute of Governmental Studies Library has a website with information about the propositions in California’s upcoming February 5 election. It offers the basic facts about the propositions and has many links to polls, studies, and recent articles about the issues.
Last week, the University launched a website that highlights professors who specialize in different political and policy areas. They highlighted a couple of professors in areas of campaigning and politics, economy and taxes, education, environment, gender, health care, immigration, international relations, legal issues, and voting technology. Looking at the descriptions of their expertise, I would guess they are more liberal then the average group of people you would find on the street. The website is intended to help reporters covering the Presidential election get in contact with experts from the University.
As my majors take me far away from political science classes, I don’t know how any of the above linked professors are as teachers. If you are looking for a political science class to take, one person I have heard good things about is Dan Schnur. He worked on many campaigns, including John McCain’s 2000 Presidential effort where he was the communications director. While the department only considers him a lecturer and not a professor, he has a lot of experience.
Don’t forget about Gregor’s classes! Every liberty-loving, communist-hating conservative should take this undergraduate trilogy. Unfortunately, he will not be teaching this Spring, but make sure to take his class on European Revolution in Fall 08! PolySci 137A, 137B, and 136.
Comment by A J Gregor — 1/21/2008 @ 1:17 pm