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NO ISSUES in Political Issues

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Jul 12, 20192 min read

Updated: Jul 16, 2019

By: Bryce Dhom and Chloe Walker


While observing the political issues focus area, they transitioned very often to incorporate many issues, both local and foreign affairs. They started off by talking about Iran political turmoil and our involvement the instructor, Derrick Staton, presented the class with the issues in Iran. Then, he opened discussion to the whole class, in which there was a wide spectrum of beliefs, which made for a healthy debate. Derrick then talked about how our military is very powerful and receives more funding then anything else. The talk then shifted to KY and how our economy is booming under Bevin. He connected the growth and stability of economy to the road and highway systems in the area. After openly talking about KY’s growth and stability in relation to the power of the US, the teacher mate upcoming speaker. Some of these questions included: What is the greatest national threat; How did you prepare your work for FBI and did that prepare you for public office? They then broke off into groups for their final project, a debate.

This final project is a mock trial. At the end of GSP, political issues area is designing a mock trial called Utopia vs. Grayson Zayne. Grayson Zayne is accused of first-degree murder, but claimed that he was not the reason of Harder Finch’s death. With half the room serving on the persecution side and the other serving on defense, it should be an efficient debate. The location of debate, the focus area’s invited, and the date of the trial are not finalized at this time. However, based on their work ethic and focus in the classroom, this group will represent the GSP community in an astonishing way.

 
 
 

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Jennifer Price grew up in Hopkins County, Kentucky and attended South Hopkins High School. She was a Governor’s Scholar at Murray State University in 1992, and was assigned the Social and Political Theory focus area. After high school, she attended Transylvania University and pursued a degree in Psychology. She finished her bachelor’s degree and then decided to complete graduate school at the University of Arkansas, where she received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She has been a member of the GSP faculty and staff for many years, ranging from 1994 to present. She has done every job available except be a focus area instructor. Jen was recently encouraged by her friends to begin running and even completed a half marathon last may. Jen is a wife to Pete, and a mother to two children, Jacob (15) and Eli (12).

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Josh Woodward was a 1992 scholar at Murray State University. After completing undergraduate school at the University of Kentucky, Josh obtained a Masters in Water Resources from Minnesota and a Masters in Teaching from Cornell University. Outside of the program, Josh teaches a variety of science classes at Berea Community High School. When asked about his favorite part of the program, Josh responded with, “My favorite part is the notion that the five weeks is not really the program. It is everything after.” Nearly thirty years later, Josh and his fellow scholars are still close friends. 

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Helen Heines grew up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, which is in Bullitt County. She attended North Bullitt High School where she applied and was accepted to attend GSP at Murray State University in 2010. Upon graduation in 2011, she continued her education at Western Kentucky University with a degree in elementary education. Currently, Helen is a 5th grade social studies teacher in Louisville, and spends her summers deeply involved in the GSP community. She began working as a Resident Advisor (RA) at Bellarmine University in 2015. She began moving up the ranks to become head RA and then later she obtained the title of Assistant Campus Director, a title that she still holds. 

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