My name is Patrick McCaully, my concentration is officially titled Liberal Studies of the Modern Period and my minor is in Political Science. When I entered Appalachian State I was a member of
After doing this for two years, I found myself with an abundance of IDS classes, quite a few PS classes and a little bit of everything else. My interests have always been centered around politics, but I also feel that in order to fully understand the things talked about in PS classes, it's best to have a bit of general background in History, and to an extent English. Not to mention that these other classes are just plain interesting in their own regard.
Liberal Studies of the Modern Period as a concentration allowed me to continue taking classes that interested me, no matter what department they were in, and apply them all to one degree. Rather than saying I fell ass-backwards into it, I prefer to say that it best fit my interests.
Currently my primary interest is writing, mostly about politics. I am one of three editors for the Pilot, which you might have seen around campus, and I really enjoy both writing for it and putting it together. My pieces for the Pilot generally range from commentary on events or people to interviews and more straight forward research.
I still don’t really know where I want to go with my senior project, but it will certainly involve writing in some way and probably take the form of a research project/paper.
4 comments:
I gotta say, I always wondered why you wound up with that concentration. At times, I wish I could have found a more appropriate, already established concentration instead of forging ahead on my own fool-hardy path.
Maybe your project could encompass institutionalizing the Pilot as a literary journal for students? Something like that, maybe, I dunno.
See ya, PMac.
Patrick,
i just got ahold of a copy of the pilot and its pretty cool man. i only had time to read two entries and both truly engaged and affected me. i applaud anyone who stops talking or speculating and actually works to produce something, to put something out there to reach people in some way, any way. good work, man.
Perhaps you could incorporate the pilot into your final project somehow.
the pilot? Hmmm... I do not have a strong memory of past issues, but I shall re-look. After listening to what you are studying and your interests it makes me more compelled to read a news paper with you as an editor. Cheerio, I am on my way to pick up a paper.
PS a spin off of a literary journal sounds like it would be interesting.
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