Tiger GPS: Government and Public Service Blog

GROWING INDEPENDENCE AND PLANTING SEEDS FOR CHANGE by Kelly Todd

The Buck Creek Foundation began with a dream and that dream was to create a place where regardless of intellectual disability, individuals could come and be taught essential skills that lead to greater independence, social awareness, and that enable them to live the best life they possibly can. Through their two campuses, Giving Hope Gardens […]

TOO OLD TO LEAD THE NATION? by Jessica Walton

Should there be an age limit on people who serve as public representatives? You must be 25 or older to serve as a U.S. Representative, 30 or older to serve as a U.S. Senator, and 35 years of age or older to serve as the President. However, there is no age limit on when you […]

THE WHITE HOUSE, A BLACK BOX, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, AND DR. RILEY by Liz Laxton

As I sat in Lee Hall on Clemson’s campus last Thursday, surrounded by my peers to listen to Dr. Russell L. Riley, Co-Chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, present on  “The White House as a Black Box,” I was unsure where a topic like this could lead. […]

IS BAD BEHAVIOR ACTUALLY GOOD POLITICS? by Gretta Determann

Recently I read The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alistair Smith. This book not only left me with a new outlook on politics but it also left me with some taunting questions. Do politicians really pick power over policies they believe in? Will the […]

MPA SPRING FLING 2019 (with pictures and Lisztomania)

The Spring Fling was memorable, fun, educational, stimulating, intellectually challenging, boundary expanding, and “a hoot.” Folks who attended got a chance to work on a case study, tour the Clemson campus, go to a football and a baseball games, tailgate, have meals together, taste some classic FRIED OKRA, and enjoy the company of fellow MPA […]