December 8, 2011 Stephen Brooks, Bliss Institute associate director and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealerabout the challenges Democrats are facing to collect enough signatures to put the state’s new congressional boundaries before voters. Text is available at http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/12/democrat-led_petition_drive_on.html.
December 7, 2011 UA’s Bliss Institute for Applied Politics and the Akron Press Club will sponsor a talk by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown next month. Coverage is available from the Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com/news/local/local-news-briefs-dec-6-1.249239 ; and AkronNewsNow.com, http://akronnewsnow.com/news/local/item/12930-mandel-blows-off-akron-press-club.
December 6, 2011 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an ABC.com story on religion and politics. Text is available at http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/religion-powerful-force-in-2012-elections/.
December 5, 2011 Continuing coverage of the Bliss Institute’s collaboration with the University of Mount Union and Cleveland State on the Civility in Politics Forum is available from the Canton Repository. This article, whichincludes a quote from John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is available at http://www.cantonrep.com/life/religion/x764850215/Forum-examines-civility-in-politics.
Stephen Brooks, Bliss Institute associate director and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealer article about next year’s Cuyahoga County Council election. This story is available at http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2011/12/cuyahoga_county_seats_draw_few_competitors.html.
David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for a WKSU-FM story on congressional redistricting. Text and audio are available at http://www.wksu.org/news/story/30096.