** Database of Missouri Soldiers Enhanced
From ResearchBuzz
The state of Missouri has updated their database of state soldiers to include soldiers from the War of 1812 through World War I, which means that the new database includes over 550,000 Missourians.
It's available at
The University of Southern Mississippi will again offer students an
opportunity to study in London through five-week courses offered through
the British Studies Program.
Two of the many exciting courses you can take in London are the Royal
Britain and World War II classes. The courses carry six hours of
undergraduate or graduate credit in HIS 499, or 599 and 799. They are
offered from July 7, 2005-August 7, 2005, in London. Last year more than
150 students took part in the British Studies Program, the largest
London-based international program in the U.K.
Students studying Royal Britain hear lectures by British experts on the
monarchy; examine historical, artistic, and literary portraits of the kings
and queens; and visit palaces, castles, educational institutions, and
churches associated with royal rule. The focus will be on the ways in which
the monarchy has shaped political, social, economic, religious and
intellectual developments in Great Britain from the Anglo-Saxons to the
present.
Those who study World War II will have a unique chance to learn about the
events of the war from a European perspective. Distinguished British
historians, including professors from the Royal Military Academy at
Sandhurst, present lectures covering such topics as the fall of France, the
Russian Front, the Battle of Britain, women at war, and the Holocaust. The
class crosses the English Channel to Normandy for a four-day tour of the
battle area, following in the footsteps of America's "greatest generation."
The course is enriched by trips to Parliament, the university town of
Cambridge, and Duxford Airbase, home of the world's largest collection of
military aircraft. Students will also have the opportunity to conduct
primary research in the Public Record Office of the Imperial War Museum,
allowing them to experience World War II through the eyes of the
participants themselves.
The courses meet four days a week to allow ample time for touring. Students
typically visit two or three other countries on their own in the course of
their five-week stay.
You can get financial aid just as if these were courses you were taking in
the U.S. You apply through your school's financial aid office. There are no
prerequisites for the courses.
We stay in central London in King's College at one of their dormitories.
The rooms are small, but everyone gets a private room with fridge and
private bath. Each five flats share a kitchen. While few folks do a lot of
cooking, the kitchen is handy. The dorm has a large courtyard that is the
social center of the program. Students quickly make friends with the folks
in their class as well as students from across the country.
The dorm is on Stamford Street, a hundred yards or so from Waterloo Stat
ion. The central location puts you just a few minutes' walk from Trafalgar
Square, Leicester Square, and the theater district. Most folks walk when
they're headed to central London, it's so close.
The cost for the program is about $5,000, not including food and spending
money. While the amount may seem quite high, it's low when compared to
other schools' tuition for similar programs. And since it includes tuition,
air travel, and lodging, it's not as steep as it sounds. Moreover, student
loans are available for almost any student. So, money is not nearly the
worry that you think it is.
More info:
British Studies
Frances Sudduth, 601-266-4344
frances.sudduth@usm.edu
Hope to see you in London!
The assignment for paper 4 is as follows:
Paper Assignment 4
Choose one of the ten amendments in the original Bill of Rights. Research and write a paper on its background and inclusion in the Bill of Rights. Why was it important to the founding fathers? What historical events had led to it becoming an issue? Who supported that particular amendment? Who argued against it? Why wasn’t it included in the original constitution?
The Bill of Rights:
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Amendment VII
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Paper Form:
12 point font, 1 inch margins all around, page numbers.
5-7 pages
Citations (Turabian for history, poli sci, or social studies majors, MLA for non-majors)
Bibliography of sources: The more the better. If you use web sources, put a sentence after each explaining why you think they’re reliable. I wouldn’t use a lot of web sources.
Due: November 30th.
"Report from Vietnam," Walter Cronkite Broadcast, February 27, 1968.
Tonight, back in more familiar surroundings in New York, we'd like to sum up our findings in Vietnam, an analysis that must be speculative, personal, subjective. Who won and who lost in the great Tet offensive against the cities? I'm not sure. The Vietcong did not win by a knockout, but neither did we. The referees of history may make it a draw. Another standoff may be coming in the big battles expected south of the Demilitarized Zone. Khesanh could well fall, with a terrible loss in American lives, prestige and morale, and this is a tragedy of our stubbornness there; but the bastion no longer is a key to the rest of the northern regions, and it is doubtful that the American forces can be defeated across the breadth of the DMZ with any substantial loss of ground. Another standoff. On the political front, past performance gives no confidence that the Vietnamese government can cope with its problems, now compounded by the attack on the cities. It may not fall, it may hold on, but it probably won't show the dynamic qualities demanded of this young nation. Another standoff.
We have been too often disappointed by the optimism of the American leaders, both in Vietnam and Washington, to have faith any longer in the silver linings they find in the darkest clouds. They may be right, that Hanoi's winter-spring offensive has been forced by the Communist realization that they could not win the longer war of attrition, and that the Communists hope that any success in the offensive will improve their position for eventual negotiations. It would improve their position, and it would also require our realization, that we should have had all along, that any negotiations must be that-negotiations, not the dictation of peace terms. For it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate. This summer's almost certain standoff will either end in real give-and-take negotiations or terrible escalation; and for every means we have to escalate, the enemy can match us, and that applies to invasion of the North, the use of nuclear weapons, or the mere commitment of one hundred, or two hundred, or three hundred thousand more American troops to the battle. And with each escalation, the world comes closer to the brink of cosmic disaster.
To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past. To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion. On the off chance that military and political analysts are right, in the next few months we must test the enemy's intentions, in case this is indeed his last big gasp before negotiations. But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could.
This is Walter Cronkite. Good night.
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