POLIS
This leader set the stage for Cornell's first and foremost pre-professional government organization, with an origin story as bold as its founder's ideas
Who is Sam Barnett?
This was the first branch of government to be established
What is Legislative Branch?
In this state, it is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time
What is Alabama?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The elected executive head of a state in the US
What is Governor?
Borrowed from ancient Greek, the name POLIS directly translates to what word that refers to a bustling center of civic life?
What is "city"?
There are this many number Justices in the Supreme Court
What is 9?
In this state, during a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks
What is New York?
This city hosted the Constitutional Convention
What is Philadelphia?
The effects felt the day after being very inebriated, or, nearly every single Cornellian after Halloweekend and St. Paddy's
What is Hungover/Hangover?
These VPs of Programming are always excited to contribute to E-Board and POLIS events
Who are Victoria and Marialena?
The Legislative Branch is broken up into __________.
What is the Senate and House of Representatives
In this state, it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge
What is Florida?
"Among the handwritten marks on the Constitution, one stands out for its extravagant scale--a flourish by a founding father whose autograph remains unforgettable."
What is John Hancock's signature?
A woman who is hired to teach and care for children at a home
What is Governess?
POLIS is part of a growing network, and has chapters at these prominent academic institutions
What is Columbia University, Pennsylvania University, and Dartmouth University?
This branch regulates interstate and foreign commerce
What is Legislative Branch?
In this state, it's against the law to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license.
What is Ohio?
The clause that allows Congress to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its duties
What is the Elastic Clause?
An aerobatic maneuver in which an airplane makes a steep climb, followed by a vertical flat-turn, and sounds nearly identical to a popular chicken restaurant in collegetown that is open until 1 am
What is Wingover?
Fill in the blank: Our mission is to create a ________ system and provide _________ development opportunities for passionate students interested in a public service careers and advancing social issues.
What are 1) support system; 2) professional
This branch has the authority to declare war
What is the Legislative Branch?
In this state, it is illegal to use profanity in the presence of a corpse
What is Georgia?
The Constitution has been revised this many times
What is 27?
Of, relating to, or affecting both the meninges (the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord) and the blood vessels of the central nervous system
What is Meningovascular?