{"id":1396,"date":"2026-01-02T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/?page_id=1396"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:58:45","slug":"alumni-2013-14","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/alumni-2013-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni-2013-14"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Phil 305 ‘Contemporary Philosophy.’ (Left to right<\/em>):\u00a0Bryon ‘I ain’t free’ Hines, Daniel Hopkins, Dylan\u00a0Schlaak, Ryan Rivas, and Benjamin Hartnett.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Phil 102 ‘Introduction to Philosophy (Sci-Phi).’ (Standing, left to right<\/em>): Logan McDonald, Caleb ‘I’m not\u00a0sleeping’ Swiney, Michael Kim, Zach Martin, Alec Gouax, David Hill, and\u00a0Wilbur Earp. (In front, left to right<\/em>): Bryce Jones, Sidney ‘Suzanne’ Henry, and\u00a0Alex Abbott.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Phil 210 ‘Ancient and Medieval Philosophy.’ (Left to right<\/em>): Dylan Johnson, Drake Bishop, Skyler\u00a0Whitfield, Russell Taylor, Matt O’Donnell, Joe Bean, and Alex Abbott.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Most of time in the spring was spent working on my third book, tentatively entitled\u00a0Good Christians are Immaterialists<\/em>. A work in analytical theology. Making the book accessible has been a worthy challenge!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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WCul 103 ‘Western Culture 1800-present.’ (Left to right<\/em>):\u00a0Christian Clifton, Will Lacey, Mitch ‘7\u00a0December what?’ Owens, Nathan Knox, Alex ‘Cone of Silence’ Trivette,\u00a0Atticus O’Brien, Will ‘The Card Dispenser’ Brantley, Andrew Gass, Chris\u00a0Hawk, Baker Allen, Joe Bean, Bo Turney, and Caleb Swiney.<\/p>

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On 17 November 2013 the class staged a formal public debate. Using\u00a0<\/div>
their historical and western culture skills, the class engaged in\u00a0<\/div>
counter-factual analysis to debate the impact of a Confederate victory\u00a0<\/div>
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The Affirmative Team (arguing that a Confederate victory\u00a0<\/div>
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The Affirmative team won the debate, but the balloting (submitted by\u00a0<\/div>
judges consisting of HSC students, faculty, staff members, and a few\u00a0<\/div>
members of the community) was\u00a0very<\/em> close.<\/div>
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Phil 302 The Rationalists. (Left to right):<\/em> Bryon Hines, Ryan ‘I love to make bets with Hight so I can\u00a0lose and sing the cup song’ Rivas, Dylan Schlaak, Daniel Hopkins, and\u00a0Davonte Bradley. Come on Rivas, remember that challenge concerning\u00a0whether you could come up with a non-question begging argument for a\u00a0foundational value….?\u00a0Still waiting.<\/em><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Liesl happy and soaking up the March sun. She has had a good year and was made a quasi-honorary member of UPLS this past fall. She has her own UPLS pin! I am told her speech was ‘astounding.’\u00a0<\/p>

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In other news, after 10 years as Ethics Bowl coordinator (with 5 final round appearances and 2 championships for HSC), I handed over the reigns to Prof. Wilson. In 2014 Prof. Wilson took over, leading HSC to more achievements! My thanks to all the Ethics Bowl guys over the years (and years to come).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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