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[Senior Thesis] Just Housing: An Examination of Inequality in John Rawls’ Theory of Justice as Fairness
Date of Submission: April 2015 Readers: Alex Rajczi, Andrew Schroeder Department: Philosophy and Public Affairs Abstract How would a housing system work in a just society? How do we account for differences in opportunity according to one’s birthplace? These two questions, both a result of our recent housing crisis, can be addressed through inquiries into policy, economics, […]
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Entrepreneurship & the Liberal Arts
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There is an ongoing tension that exists between the tenets of higher education and the key principles of entrepreneurship. Our role at CIE, as a research institute, is not to fight those tenants, but instead to supplement them. This means we must be honest with ourselves about the challenges entrepreneurs face as students of a […]
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Summer 2014
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The weekly flights can be exhausting. The delays, the sitting, the need to remove my shoes. Sometimes when I sit down on my flight I pass out within a couple minutes. Sometimes I continue the work I never really stopped thinking about. The one thing that seems to break up the seeming monotony are the […]
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The Case for ASCMC Senate Committees
(This post appeared in the CMC Forum on February 24, 2014) Last night’s debate in Executive Board about student fees raised numerous questions regarding the way in which ASCMC is run. The clearest issue was that conversations on issues such as tuition increases are surprisingly absent in ASCMC, especially in Senate. While Senate is great […]
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