ECU SENIOR WINS 2012 BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD

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Pictured (left to right) are Iva Asllani, winner of the Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, and Dr. Christine Pappas, ECU professor.

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East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.

Asllani’s paper titled ‘The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument’ was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.

Twelve Political Science and Legal Studies students visited the Supreme Court as a part of the D.C. Internship Experience organized by ECU Professor Dr. Christine Pappas.

“While sitting in the court room and listening to the Justices, it was surprising to realize that they talk more about hypothetical issues rather than citing past cases,” said Asllani.

After formulating the idea for the paper, Asllani spent hours analyzing the transcripts of other oral arguments to see if the pattern held. She concluded that over the last 10 years there has been a decline in the use of legal arguments.

“Winning was a privilege and a grand opportunity for me as an undergraduate student. I was honored to be awarded with the prize,” Asllani said.

Asllani is the third ECU political Science student to win the award in the last five years.

“I was so delighted to learn that Iva has won this award. Her hard work really paid off,” said Pappas. “Our program’s focus on undergraduate research allows graduates to elevate their skills and become very competitive in the job search and law school application process.”

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ECU STUDENTS RECIPIENTS OF KROEKER BEST HISTORICAL PAPER AWARDS

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From left to right are ECU Professors, Dr. Scott Barton and Dr. Mark Hollingsworth, along with Porsha Courtney, of Blanchard; and Brandy Baldwin, of Wynnewood. Courtney and Baldwin are the winners of the Kroeker Best Historical Paper Awards.

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East Central University students Porsha Courtney, of Blanchard; and Brandy Baldwin, of Wynnewood are the recipients of the Kroeker Best Historical Paper Awards.

The $300 award is presented annually to the ECU student who prepares the best paper in history and/or Native American studies. There were two awards presented this year because no award was handed out in 2012.

The award was established by Dr. Marvin Kroeker, a retired ECU professor, who taught at ECU from 1966 to 1993. He developed ECU’s first Native American studies courses, which led to the development of the current Native American Studies Program. The award recipient is selected by a committee from the History and Native American Studies Department.

Courtney wrote a paper titled Chickasha, a Rural Town’s Responses to WWII. The paper described Chickasha during World War II and the three installations that called Chickasha home, including the W&B Flight School, Borden General Hospital and a Nazi POW camp that was housed at the fairgrounds. The flight school and hospital were fought for by the townspeople. However, the people of Chickasha worked hard to repress the memory of housing prisoners during the last years of the war.

Baldwin, a junior history major and Alpha Chi member, wrote a paper titled A Battle for Extradition; The Inciting to Riot Cases of A.J. Smitherman, J.B. Stradford and Charles Smithie. The paper was a study to sort through evidence and provide a more discerning look into three extradition cases that transpired as a result of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.

Baldwin was also recently selected as winner of the 2013 Martin Luther King Junior Essay Award for her essay titled Faith, Hope and Love: Dr. King’s Journey to Nonviolence. The campus-wide competition was put on by the Cultural Diversity Committee.

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ECU SENIOR WINS 2012 BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.

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East Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)

Pictured (left to right) are Iva Asllani, winner of the Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, and Dr. Christine Pappas, ECU professor.

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East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.

Asllani’s paper titled ‘The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument’ was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.

Twelve Political Science and Legal Studies students visited the Supreme Court as a part of the D.C. Internship Experience organized by ECU Professor Dr. Christine Pappas.

“While sitting in the court room and listening to the Justices, it was surprising to realize that they talk more about hypothetical issues rather than citing past cases,” said Asllani.

After formulating the idea for the paper, Asllani spent hours analyzing the transcripts of other oral arguments to see if the pattern held. She concluded that over the last 10 years there has been a decline in the use of legal arguments.

“Winning was a privilege and a grand opportunity for me as an undergraduate student. I was honored to be awarded with the prize,” Asllani said.

Asllani is the third ECU political Science student to win the award in the last five years.

“I was so delighted to learn that Iva has won this award. Her hard work really paid off,” said Pappas. “Our program’s focus on undergraduate research allows graduates to elevate their skills and become very competitive in the job search and law school application process.”

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ECU STUDENTS RECIPIENTS OF KROEKER BEST HISTORICAL PAPER AWARDS

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.

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East Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)

From left to right are ECU Professors, Dr. Scott Barton and Dr. Mark Hollingsworth, along with Porsha Courtney, of Blanchard; and Brandy Baldwin, of Wynnewood. Courtney and Baldwin are the winners of the Kroeker Best Historical Paper Awards.

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East Central University students Porsha Courtney, of Blanchard; and Brandy Baldwin, of Wynnewood are the recipients of the Kroeker Best Historical Paper Awards.

The $300 award is presented annually to the ECU student who prepares the best paper in history and/or Native American studies. There were two awards presented this year because no award was handed out in 2012.

The award was established by Dr. Marvin Kroeker, a retired ECU professor, who taught at ECU from 1966 to 1993. He developed ECU’s first Native American studies courses, which led to the development of the current Native American Studies Program. The award recipient is selected by a committee from the History and Native American Studies Department.

Courtney wrote a paper titled Chickasha, a Rural Town’s Responses to WWII. The paper described Chickasha during World War II and the three installations that called Chickasha home, including the W&B Flight School, Borden General Hospital and a Nazi POW camp that was housed at the fairgrounds. The flight school and hospital were fought for by the townspeople. However, the people of Chickasha worked hard to repress the memory of housing prisoners during the last years of the war.

Baldwin, a junior history major and Alpha Chi member, wrote a paper titled A Battle for Extradition; The Inciting to Riot Cases of A.J. Smitherman, J.B. Stradford and Charles Smithie. The paper was a study to sort through evidence and provide a more discerning look into three extradition cases that transpired as a result of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.

Baldwin was also recently selected as winner of the 2013 Martin Luther King Junior Essay Award for her essay titled Faith, Hope and Love: Dr. King’s Journey to Nonviolence. The campus-wide competition was put on by the Cultural Diversity Committee.

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ECU SENIOR WINS 2012 BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.

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East Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)

Pictured (left to right) are Iva Asllani, winner of the Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, and Dr. Christine Pappas, ECU professor.

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East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.

Asllani’s paper titled ‘The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument’ was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.

Twelve Political Science and Legal Studies students visited the Supreme Court as a part of the D.C. Internship Experience organized by ECU Professor Dr. Christine Pappas.

“While sitting in the court room and listening to the Justices, it was surprising to realize that they talk more about hypothetical issues rather than citing past cases,” said Asllani.

After formulating the idea for the paper, Asllani spent hours analyzing the transcripts of other oral arguments to see if the pattern held. She concluded that over the last 10 years there has been a decline in the use of legal arguments.

“Winning was a privilege and a grand opportunity for me as an undergraduate student. I was honored to be awarded with the prize,” Asllani said.

Asllani is the third ECU political Science student to win the award in the last five years.

“I was so delighted to learn that Iva has won this award. Her hard work really paid off,” said Pappas. “Our program’s focus on undergraduate research allows graduates to elevate their skills and become very competitive in the job search and law school application process.”

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ECU SENIOR WINS 2012 BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

East Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)

Pictured (left to right) are Iva Asllani, winner of the Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, and Dr. Christine Pappas, ECU professor.

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East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.

Asllani’s paper titled ‘The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument’ was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.

Twelve Political Science and Legal Studies students visited the Supreme Court as a part of the D.C. Internship Experience organized by ECU Professor Dr. Christine Pappas.

“While sitting in the court room and listening to the Justices, it was surprising to realize that they talk more about hypothetical issues rather than citing past cases,” said Asllani.

After formulating the idea for the paper, Asllani spent hours analyzing the transcripts of other oral arguments to see if the pattern held. She concluded that over the last 10 years there has been a decline in the use of legal arguments.

“Winning was a privilege and a grand opportunity for me as an undergraduate student. I was honored to be awarded with the prize,” Asllani said.

Asllani is the third ECU political Science student to win the award in the last five years.

“I was so delighted to learn that Iva has won this award. Her hard work really paid off,” said Pappas. “Our program’s focus on undergraduate research allows graduates to elevate their skills and become very competitive in the job search and law school application process.”

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ECU SENIOR WINS 2012 BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

East Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)

Pictured (left to right) are Iva Asllani, winner of the Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, and Dr. Christine Pappas, ECU professor.

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East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.

Asllani’s paper titled ‘The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument’ was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.

Twelve Political Science and Legal Studies students visited the Supreme Court as a part of the D.C. Internship Experience organized by ECU Professor Dr. Christine Pappas.

“While sitting in the court room and listening to the Justices, it was surprising to realize that they talk more about hypothetical issues rather than citing past cases,” said Asllani.

After formulating the idea for the paper, Asllani spent hours analyzing the transcripts of other oral arguments to see if the pattern held. She concluded that over the last 10 years there has been a decline in the use of legal arguments.

“Winning was a privilege and a grand opportunity for me as an undergraduate student. I was honored to be awarded with the prize,” Asllani said.

Asllani is the third ECU political Science student to win the award in the last five years.

“I was so delighted to learn that Iva has won this award. Her hard work really paid off,” said Pappas. “Our program’s focus on undergraduate research allows graduates to elevate their skills and become very competitive in the job search and law school application process.”

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ECU SENIOR WINS 2012 BEST UNDERGRADUATE PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD

ECU's mission is to foster a learning environment in which students,
faculty, staff and community interact to educate students for life.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

East Central University Communications and Marketing580-559-5650 or 405-812-1428 (cell)

Pictured (left to right) are Iva Asllani, winner of the Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, and Dr. Christine Pappas, ECU professor.

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East Central University senior Iva Asllani, a political science major from Tirana, Albania, won the award for Best Undergraduate Paper of the Year by the Oklahoma Political Science Association, it was announced recently at Cameron University in Lawton.

Asllani’s paper titled ‘The Use of Precedent in U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument’ was inspired by her viewing U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments as the personal guest of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last March.

Twelve Political Science and Legal Studies students visited the Supreme Court as a part of the D.C. Internship Experience organized by ECU Professor Dr. Christine Pappas.

“While sitting in the court room and listening to the Justices, it was surprising to realize that they talk more about hypothetical issues rather than citing past cases,” said Asllani.

After formulating the idea for the paper, Asllani spent hours analyzing the transcripts of other oral arguments to see if the pattern held. She concluded that over the last 10 years there has been a decline in the use of legal arguments.

“Winning was a privilege and a grand opportunity for me as an undergraduate student. I was honored to be awarded with the prize,” Asllani said.

Asllani is the third ECU political Science student to win the award in the last five years.

“I was so delighted to learn that Iva has won this award. Her hard work really paid off,” said Pappas. “Our program’s focus on undergraduate research allows graduates to elevate their skills and become very competitive in the job search and law school application process.”

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