By Katherine Kirkpatrick A liberal arts education is an education that reaches beyond pure instruction. It is not the teaching of facts, or even of a specific set of skills, but is an education which creates a way of thinking, a sophisticated and finely-tuned mental capacity, and a graduate who has the innate ability to be comfortable and capable in any career. In "The Idea … [Read more...] about Are G.E. Classes D.O.A. ?
A Return to an Ethical Analysis of Free Trade
By Carolyn Davidson Adam Smith is often credited for prescribing unrestricted trade as an economic policy to improve societal welfare. Such ideas now dominate economic policy as over one hundred regional free trade agreements exist. However, the modern day neo-liberal manifestation of free trade would have surprised Smith; as such capitalist ideas have no ethical foundation, … [Read more...] about A Return to an Ethical Analysis of Free Trade
From Sponge To Steel: My Battle with Bone Cancer
By Erin Toole Cancer: the one word that can strike fear into every person's heart, a word that had seemed foreign to me until I volunteered in the pediatric cancer wing of a hospital the summer after my freshman year of college. I quickly realized that I had found my passion, the reason behind my drive to become a physician. The children amazed me every day with their … [Read more...] about From Sponge To Steel: My Battle with Bone Cancer