by Sean Mulholland | Mar 25, 2026 | Events, News, Previous Events, The Director's Blog
On March 23, students and community members gathered for the CSFE’s fourth campus-wide debate/discussion of the year to debate whether the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, or ICE, should be abolished. Participants who were against the...
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 | 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 | 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 | Dec 12, 2023 | News, Previous Events, Research, The Director's Blog
On December 2nd, the Liberty over Lunch student hosted Lightcast Economists and Research Manager, Rachel Sederberg. Sederberg and her team collect labor market data in real time by collecting job postings and candidate availability post in online job search websites....
