Tyler Martin

The College of Liberal Arts (CLA), like all other colleges at Purdue, has a set of core requirements that must be met in order to graduate. The College of Science requires a computer science course, all majors require a communications course, and the CLA requires a gender issues course. Of the many options under this gender category, one included is Political Science 222 -- Women, Politics, And Public Policy. The course description is as follows:  “An introduction to women’s participation in politics, with an emphasis on America. Read More »

From slavery to speed, our government can be credited with the elimination of great threats to the social integrity of this society. Being that it retains a solid sense of order and safety throughout, most of us find this type of legislative action to be appropriate. In relation to this idea, the first two centuries of United States history were marked by the granting of basic rights to all of the stereotypically disadvantaged social groups. Read More »

Historically, one would be quick to associate the term ‘czar’ with the tyrannical monarchs who ruled upon the Russian motherland for centuries. Since then, the term has shifted to a meaning of less malignancy as countries around the world have taken on more democratic forms of government. So what could this country possibly have to do with the term? Is there a hidden room under the White House where secret, unelected, sneering, leaders run the country as the President has a drink on the White House lawn? In a realistic sense, that description seems to hold some truth. Read More »