Political Science

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. -- Samuel Carpenter Birnbaum of Sharpsburg was recently awarded the Hampton Davey Award at the annual St. Mary's College of Maryland Awards Convocation. The award was established in 2000 as a tribute to Associate Professor of Political Science Hampton "Red" Davey, recognizing an outstanding senior majoring in political science. Birnbaum graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in political science, and a minor in international languages and cultures (Chinese)

A pair of candidate forums will be held Oct. 18 and 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Kepler Theater at Hagerstown Community College. The forums are sponsored by Hagerstown Community College, the League of Women Voters of Washington County, Antietam Cable Television and The Herald-Mail Co. Candidates for Washington County Commissioners, state's attorney and sheriff are scheduled to participate in the Oct. 18 forum. Candidates for Washington County Board of Education and Maryland House of Delegates subdistricts 1C and 2C will participate in the Oct. 19 forum.

Date of birth : Nov. 10, 1971 Address : 20209 Sweet Meadow Lane Hometown : Gaithersburg Education : bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy from Alfred University in New York in 1993; law degree from State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1996 Occupation : lawyer at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., in Washington, D.C. Party affiliation : Democrat ...

Date of birth : Sept. 5, 1972 Hometown : Germantown Education : bachelor's degree in political science from Rutgers University in 1994, law degree from George Washington University Law School in 2001 Occupation : attorney with Stein, Sperling, Bennett, De Jong, Driscoll, P.C. Party affiliation : Democrat Political experience : in his third term as a state senator; Senate majority leader since 2011;...

Date of Birth : Oct. 4, 1946 Address : 183 Brynwood St. Education : Graduate of Westmont Hilltop High School,1964 ; bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Gettysburg College, 1968; took graduate course at George Washington University. Occupation : Retired Party affiliation : Democrat Political experience : Appointed to City Council, served from 2006-09; Elected to council and served from 2009 to present.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Twelve faculty members will join the Shepherd College teaching staff for the 2002-03 academic year. Kevin Badanes, Blacksburg, Va., has been appointed associate professor of music. Prior to coming to Shepherd, Badanes was an assistant professor of music and a director of choral ensembles at Virginia Polytechnic and State University, a director of choral activities at St. Bonaventure University and a graduate assistant at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

FREDERICK, Md. - Four faculty members were honored for their accomplishments during Hood College's recent holiday dinner. -- Kimberly Lanegran, assistant professor of political science, was awarded the Martha E. Church Endowment Prize for Leadership and Service. The award is named in honor of Martha E. Church, who served as president of Hood College from 1975 to 1995. The Martha E. Church Center for Leadership and Service established an endowed fund through a gift from F&M Bank of Frederick in 1997.

PITTSBURGH  - Megan Micco of Clear Spring was named to the dean's list for the fall and spring semesters at Duquesne University. She is  a freshman in the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts. Megan is pursuing a bachelor of science degree in political science.  During the fall semester, Megan will study abroad at Duquesne's Italian campus in Rome, Italy. Megan is a 2011 graduate of Clear Spring High School.  She is the daughter of Jim and Robin Micco of Clear Spring.

Moats-Miller Abigail Rachel Moats and Jason Carroll Miller announce their engagement. Miss Moats is the daughter of Christine Moats of Maugansville, and Richard Moats of Williamsport. She is a 2000 graduate of Williamsport High School and a 2005 graduate of University of Maryland Baltimore County with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences. She is pursuing a master's degree in dietetics at University of Maryland, College Park. Mr. Miller is the son of Larry and Carol Miller of Hagerstown.

Siriki Diabate left his four daughters, parents and three siblings behind in 2005 when he was forced to flee his native Ivory Coast after suffering a terrific beating by thugs who left him for dead. He was working for a local newspaper at the time, writing stories exposing the national government's practice of persecuting the Malinki tribal people in the country's northern region, he said. “I am a Malinki,” said Diabate, who was 32 at the time he was beaten. The men who beat him were unofficial paramilitary goons hired by the government to harass Malinki activists, Diabate said in a recent interview.

PITTSBURGH  - Megan Micco of Clear Spring was named to the dean's list for the fall and spring semesters at Duquesne University. She is  a freshman in the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts. Megan is pursuing a bachelor of science degree in political science.  During the fall semester, Megan will study abroad at Duquesne's Italian campus in Rome, Italy. Megan is a 2011 graduate of Clear Spring High School.  She is the daughter of Jim and Robin Micco of Clear Spring.

The following area students graduated May 20 from Wilson College: Emilee A. Beidel of Chambersburg, cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in biology and business Tina K. Brown of Chambersburg, Bachelor of Arts in environmental sustainability Tammy L.C. Clark of Chambersburg, Bachelor of Science in psychology Lois L. Collingwood of Greencastle, Pa., cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education and environmental sustainability ...

Four Washington County high school students had supporting roles in keeping the wheels of state government turning in recent weeks. Each spent two weeks as a Maryland General Assembly page. Valerie Downs of Williamsport, a senior home-schooled through Broadfording Christian Academy, was in the House of Delegates during the legislature's opening week in January and returned for a second week at the end of February. “I have been interested in political science for a while now, and this way I can see it firsthand,” she said.

Todd Eberly, a Greencastle, Pa., native and an assistant political science professor at St. Mary's College of Maryland, is catching the media's attention with his latest paper, “Family Feud: Democratic Activists v. Democratic Voters - The Ideological Gulf that Thwarts a Sustained Majority.” Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus recently interviewed Eberly and wrote about the paper, which was inspired by a book Eberly is co-authoring with...

Date of birth : Nov. 10, 1971 Address : 20209 Sweet Meadow Lane Hometown : Gaithersburg Education : bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy from Alfred University in New York in 1993; law degree from State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1996 Occupation : lawyer at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., in Washington, D.C. Party affiliation : Democrat ...

Date of birth : Sept. 5, 1972 Hometown : Germantown Education : bachelor's degree in political science from Rutgers University in 1994, law degree from George Washington University Law School in 2001 Occupation : attorney with Stein, Sperling, Bennett, De Jong, Driscoll, P.C. Party affiliation : Democrat Political experience : in his third term as a state senator; Senate majority leader since 2011;...

Date of Birth : Oct. 4, 1946 Address : 183 Brynwood St. Education : Graduate of Westmont Hilltop High School,1964 ; bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Gettysburg College, 1968; took graduate course at George Washington University. Occupation : Retired Party affiliation : Democrat Political experience : Appointed to City Council, served from 2006-09; Elected to council and served from 2009 to present.

Writers are continually faced with choices about what subjects merit attention. Some topics are so complex and seemingly insoluble that wisdom warns them to back off and pick another topic. Gun regulations, the Israel-Palestine debates, why we are in two wars and a number of other thorny issues scare even the most venturous writers. Each writer makes decisions about what subjects are worthy of attention based upon their educational background, interest and judgment about what is vital to the public's need to know.