The odds seemed stacked against us.  It was a Friday evening, after an intense week of summer school at Stanford.  Many students had research papers due the next morning. Some were scheduled to audition for the talent show.  All had one more week of classes before completing what was probably the most intense academic experience in their lives.  What were the chances that we could gather 20 students from California and Arizona into one room to participate in an “experiment” in citizenship and experiential learning?

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Mullen Encourages Young People to Pursue Global Service

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2009 – The U.S. military’s senior uniformed officer saluted a group of high school student leaders interested in learning about the U.S. government and political processes during a meeting at the Pentagon Auditorium today.

Frank Harrison (1940 - 2009)
Constitutional Law Professor - Junior Statesmen Summer School at Yale (1996-2008)

The faculty at the Junior Statesmen 2009 Summer School at Yale have decided to present an award to the best student in this year’s Constitutional Law course at Yale in memory of Professor Frank Harrison who died in June and who taught Con Law at Yale for the past 13 years.

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America must reclaim moral standing, McCain says

By Greg Clary
CNN
    
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain said Thursday the United States must recover from the "moral failures" of human rights abuses and called for Americans to stand on the "right side" of history as a leader of the free world.