by Sean Mulholland | Oct 24, 2024 | Events, The Director's Blog
Election Day is less than two weeks away. As of Oct. 4, 2024, polls showed that 46.5% had an unfavorable opinion of Kamala Harris and 52.6% felt unfavorably toward Donald Trump. So, what about voting for a Presidential candidate from a different party? On Wednesday,...
by Sean Mulholland | Sep 26, 2024 | Events, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
On September 25th, the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, Braver Angels, and the College Debate and Discourse Alliance cohosted a debate on the resolution: Is Donald Trump a threat to democracy? Over 95 students, faculty, and staff offered their views in support...
by Sean Mulholland | Sep 12, 2024 | Events, Speaker Preview, The Director's Blog
This fall the CSFE will continue to co-sponsor events that offer students the opportunity to listen, learn, and discuss potentially polarizing topics through two campus-wide debates. Because 2024 is an election year, we polled students about eight possible resolutions...
by Sean Mulholland | Apr 25, 2024 | Events, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
Learning how to fully listen to others and respectively debate ideas is crucial to growth and learning. On April 22nd, Braver Angels and The Center for the Study of Free Enterprise at Western Carolina University, with support from the Barnes Family Foundation,...
by Sean Mulholland | Nov 14, 2023 | Events, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
On November 10th, the Liberty over Lunch students hosted Craig Richardson where he presented his work on housing availability and affordability. Through a discussion of his paper, “Did the 2010 Dodd–Frank Banking Act Deflate Property Values in Low-Income...
by Sean Mulholland | Nov 7, 2023 | Events, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
On November 3rd, the Liberty over Lunch students hosted Professor Celeste Carruthers of the University of Tennessee. Professor Carruthers holds the William F. Fox Distinguished Professorship of Labor Economics in the Haslam College of Business. Professor Carruthers...
