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2007 Truman Scholar and Harding University student Brett Keller recently helped launch the inaugural issue of Frank, a new politics and public affairs magazine tied to the Clinton School of Public Service. Each issue of Frank focuses on a different topic and aims to elevate the discourse on public service, which Editor Patrick Kennedy shares “is expanding beyond government into the non-profit community, business, and even pop-culture.” Kennedy was able to attract an impressive list of contributors — Karl Rove, Jesse Jackson, Simon Cowell, etc. — as contributors to the first issue, which focused on race relations in America by posing the question, “Has the Dream Arrived?” Keller got involved early in 2007: “I had been to the Clinton School several times for the extraordinary speakers. The school has really become the intellectual heart of Arkansas, so I started an internship so I could be involved, and most of my work has been with Patrick on Frank. The first issue was already coming along when I got involved, so I helped edit some pieces and put the Public Service in Review section together,” shared Keller.

Frank has already received some great press, namely this review in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Kennedy says we can look forward to exciting work in the future, as well. “The goal with everything we do is always to get better. It’s important that we continue to attract bright volunteer staffers, like Brett, in order to continue making quality material.” For a copy of the inaugural issue, contact Kennedy at frank AT clintonschool.uasys.edu