JOHN BECK (BA ’71; MS ‘74) started at the University of Illinois in 1967 as a student in what is now known as the Division of General Studies. He transferred into the Department of Political Science during his freshman year. As an undergraduate he took classes on a variety of topics throughout the department, but really remembers his time in International Relations. It was this class along with his Constitutional Law class that made him want to become a political science major. For Beck, “these classes were both challenging and interesting and really trained you think comprehensively.” After...