by Sean Mulholland | Mar 28, 2025 | Events, The Director's Blog
On March 26th, over 40 students gathered to discuss whether – and when – human rights violations justified U.S. military intervention. Four students kicked off the debate by presenting two speeches in the affirmative and two speeches in the negative....
by Sean Mulholland | Feb 25, 2025 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Kevin Lavery presented his paper, “State Mandates on Sex Education and their Correlates to a Reduction in the Rate of Forcible Rape” in a faculty session at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in New York City. Kevin’s...
by Sean Mulholland | Feb 23, 2025 | Events, News, Research, The Director's Blog
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, Tryston Weiss presented his paper, “Trapped by Design: Redlining and the Cycle of Poverty in the US Cities” at the Issues in Political Economy Undergraduate research sessions at the Eastern Economic Association Meetings in...
by Sean Mulholland | Feb 22, 2025 | News, Research, The Director's Blog
On Friday, February 21, 2025, Joseph Duty presented his paper on the “Unintended Consequences: How the Different Implementations of Colonial Property Systems by the Spanish Effect Latin American Economic Development Today” at the Issues in Political Economy...
by Sean Mulholland | Feb 14, 2025 | Events, News, The Director's Blog
On Tuesday, February 11th, The CSFE welcomed back the College Debates and Discourse Alliance’s Kayla Johnson to serve as our discussion leader on the topic: What should be done about the lack of affordable housing in the Western NC region? This is the first ABCD...
by Sean Mulholland | Feb 4, 2025 | Events, News, The Director's Blog
Housing in Western North Carolina is expensive. Surprisingly expensive. Those from other parts of the country often assume that because Western North Carolina (WNC) is rural, housing is inexpensive. Residents know otherwise. On February 11th the CSFE along with the...
