The Academical Village* All Things Political 
*after Mr. Jefferson's Academical Village The University of Virginia
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 "You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think." --  Finley Peter Dunne

    Dr. David Garrison
                              Professor  of Political Science
"Teaching is not a lost art,  but the regard for it is a lost tradition."  -- Jacque Barzun

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Spring Creek Campus D217
 972.881.5815 office, 972.881.5800 Secretary, 972.881.5700 fax
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The Courses:
     

                                                         
       Govt 2305 Federal Government
Spring Semester 2017                                                      Sections: S15, S18

Final Exam Schedule  Course Syllabus  Election 2016 Task  The USA Library CANVAS via CougarwebB
US NEWS
THE INTERACTIVE  CONSTITUTION   New York Times Washington Post  Los Angeles Times Wall  Street Journal
 The Quorum Report  The Texas Tribune  Dallas Morning News  Houston Chronicle  Austin American Statesman Ft. Worth Star Telegram
     Texas Observer Texas Monthly
Public Opinion Polls  Editorial Cartoons    

   
 "Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."  - H.L. Mencken


       Govt 2306 Texas Government
Spring Semester 2017                                                    Sections: S01, S02, S05

 Final Exam Schedule  Course Syllabus Task 1  The Texas Library Texas Library II
   TEXAS NEWS
  Media: The Texas Tribune   Dallas Morning News The Quorum Report   Houston Chronicle  Austin American Statesman Ft. Worth Star Telegram
     Texas Observer Texas Monthly New York Times Washington Post  Los Angeles Times Wall  Street Journal
  Public Opinion Polls  Editorial Cartoons @ DMN
 
 "Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession,
the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.” --- John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America      

Big Bend National Park Texas             Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum      KUT   TEXAS STANDARD
 
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"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce
or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both."
 -- Letter from James Madison to W. T.  Barry  (Aug. 4, 1822)
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