Editor’s Note: This article contains reference to death.

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An email sent out to political science students from Dr. Michael Struett, associate professor and chair of the political science department, informed recipients of the death of 37-year-old James Nickerson, who was a fourth-year studying political science. According to the email, Nickerson passed at his family home of natural causes after an extended illness.

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