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Historians and Doctors: Getting the Facts Straight

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by Bob Schoone-Jongen. “Just the facts, ma’am.” Popular history says that for years Sgt. Joe Friday (LAPD, badge 714) intoned this refrain as he gathered clues and information to solve each case. The perpetrator always finished the show looking guilty as sin, while the faceless narrator recited the catalog of charges and the sentence. The …

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Celebrating Our Honors Students

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by Bob Schoone-Jongen. About a year ago a student walks into my office.  “Hey, professor…,” begins the conversation.  (It may have been just “prof.”)  Anyhow, the conversation immediately turns to an honors thesis: How to do one?  Would I supervise a project?  In my mind there are counter questions: What’s the topic?  Why me?  Do …

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