by Sean Mulholland | Sep 25, 2025 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
On September 24th, over 75 students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered to debate: “Are Deportations Under the Trump Administration Unconstitutional?” All participants offered excellent, concise, and well-supported views on a wide range of topics...
by Sean Mulholland | Apr 30, 2025 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
As part of the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise’s goal of enhancing free and open discussion and debate, the Barnes Student Fellows, Tryston Weiss and Kevin Lavery, led two classroom debates on April 29th. The resolution was: Government should often...
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 justify 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 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 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...
