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So far my
main focus has been political science, specifically dealing with American
politics, American foreign policy
I had a vast interest in how the United States deals with
foreign countries, Russia for example,
the issue going on currently in Ukraine is something I'm interested in
and as of this semester I've started to deal with
domestic economics, so dealing with macro-economics,
micro-economic behavior, so I've switched because I'm finishing up my
political science degree
I've switched my interest, I'm kinda of reaching out to somewhere I haven't
necessarily been comfortable,
but I'm interested in pursuing at Hofstra. So my one-on-one experience with a professor
would have to be with Professor. Schaeffer who
was my professor for international relations. I was in
his office nearly every morning working on my 15 page paper involving
the cuban missile crisis, comparing it to the Syrian conflict
and one day he suggested our class to go to
a symposium with Howard Dean talking about JFK
and I asked a question there where I was I talked about how Kennedy is somewhat
of a Shakespearian type of political
figure in a sense, that what he spoke a fifty years ago is still something that
he, people understand today and that was kinda my
work with Professor. Schaeffer and then he sort of was my
springboard into the outside experiences.
Well outside experience in the political science department has been,
in my opinion, vast. I've spoke with Howard Dean,
aAlfonse D'amato, I spoke with Chris Matthews, I spoke with
Jim Lehrer I, so being a member of the political science department I've had
experience with dealing with many
people that have been known on a political landscape for
decades. I think having one-on-one experiences with actors outside of our
Hofstra classroom is fundamental to a college degree. For myself as a
political science major
I believe that you should make the
young, inexperienced, mistakes before receiving a diploma
than doing it outside the classroom after
you receive a diploma so I think that what how she's doing with having people
like Howard Dean being a presidential fellow
or having the presidential debates in 2012 or even maybe try to get the
possible goventorial debates in the following
next year or two. I think those experiences from myself as a
political science major is fundamental to getting a well-rounded
degree where Hofstra, in the real world
has a weight above other universities and colleges. My one thing right now is
the one where enjoy myself is through doing
the a cappella groups. Myfirst semester here I was accepted into the Hofstra
University Dutchman
which is an all-male a cappella group and my second semester I was part of
Sigma cappella
Currently I am just part of the Dutchman, I wasn't able to do both
that is my main extra
thats my fun. That's what I look forward to twice a week. If I was speaking
to a high school student and I was advocating for Hofstra to set us apart
from other universities, which in my opinion, I think that we are part from
other university's,
I would say is the
pragmatic approach to how we deal with political issues in this country
and throughout the world. I think our curriculum dealing with
the issues. Right now, I guarantee if you walk into an international relations
class
ukraine would be the number one thing we were talking about. If you walk into US
politics class
the first thing that we would be talking about is how John Boehner
is relating to Barack Obama or how Barack Obama's
policies are affecting such as Obamacare the latest update on Obamacare. So I
think
what sets us apart from other colleges and universities is taking
the concepts and what the basic approaches to these political ideas
are and actually putting them into practice. What I'm looking forward to post
graduation
is hopefully going to law school and then pursuing
a career as a public servant.