{"id":1410,"date":"2026-01-07T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/?page_id=1410"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:38:20","slug":"alumni-2006-07","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/mhight\/alumni-2006-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni-2006-07"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Phil 304 ‘Nineteenth Century Philosophy.’ (Standing, left to right<\/em>):\u00a0J.M. Jenkins, Timmy ‘Texas Ranger’ Adams, Connellee\u00a0Armentrout, Clark Chapman, Casey Ariail, Ryan Carter. (Seated, left to right):\u00a0<\/em>Seth Cooper, Price Gutshall, and Jason Bart.<\/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 312 ‘Philosophy of Science.’ (Left to right<\/em>):\u00a0Connellee Armentrout, Seth ‘I can’t get enough Hight courses’\u00a0Cooper, Ross Garrison, Neal Eike, Josh Schniper, and Price Gutshall.<\/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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And what was going on in 2006? The world’s population was ‘only’ 4.4 billion human persons, a Danish newspaper challenged taboos against depicting images of Muhammad, President Bush renewed the Patriot Act (including a section that explicitly exempted himself from any requirement to inform Congress how it is being used), and the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in the Superbowl.\u00a0\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

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WCul 103 ‘Western Culture 1815 to present.’ (Standing, left to right<\/em>):\u00a0Will Showalter, McLean Bean, Brandon Clapp, Jeff\u00a0Kiser, Greg Williams, Tom Putnam, David Bowen, Chase Linger. (Seated, left to right<\/em>): Matt Davis, Seth Cooper, Jeff ‘I’m a Marxist’ Roberts, and Craig ‘The\u00a0Talker’ Miller.<\/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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Hight’s WCul 103 class engaged in an exercise where we put western culture on trial for alleged crimes against civilization and people. After a tense trial filled with interesting historically researched witnesses, the jury (a mix of student peers, faculty, and staff) found Western Culture narrowly….\u00a0not guilty.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>

Above: The Prosecution Team poses after the event.\u00a0<\/p>

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Phil 385 ‘Radical Political Philosophy.’\u00a0(Left to right):<\/em> Patrick von Holt, Joshua Sorey (seated), Nick ‘gotta love the\u00a0Irish’ Finucan, Lee Johnson, Joshua Bohannon, John Louis (front), Casey\u00a0Ariail, Price Gutshall, Zach Dussault, J.M. ‘the talker’ Jenkins, Ryan ‘I love to smoke’ Carter.<\/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 217 ‘Philosophy of Religion.’ (Left to right<\/em>):\u00a0J.C. Miller, Jimi Lancaster, Chase Linger, Clark ‘don’t\u00a0ask about the eye’ Chapman, Seth Cooper, Stuart Pannill, Ashleigh Kimmons,\u00a0Quinn Duckett, and Connellee Armentrout. Not pictured: Thomas Cauley.<\/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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2007 Philosophy Senior Dinner. (Standing, left to right<\/em>): Patrick Yeatts, Hight, Prof. Wilson, Prof. Janowski, Ryan Carter, Clark Chapman. (Kneeling, left to right<\/em>): Jason Bart, Everett Gardner, Garrison Ross, and Timmy Adams.\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

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Phil 303 ‘Empiricism and Kant.’ (Standing, left to right): <\/em>Timmy ‘Texas Ranger’ Adams, Greg Williams, Thomas\u00a0Cauley, Casey Ariail, Joshua Bohannon, Kyle Spencer. (Seated left to right<\/em>):\u00a0Patrick Yeatts, Brian ‘Broilerman’ Thompson, ‘Le bon David’ Harp.<\/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.’ (Standing, left to right<\/em>): George Elliott, Alex ‘never says anything’\u00a0Bell, Thomas Landen, Nick ‘2’ Junes, Taylor Neal, Graham Tate, Kirby\u00a0Preroff, Scott ‘David’ Cain. (Seated left to right<\/em>): Allen West, Brad Cook,\u00a0Craig Gurchinoff, Nick ‘1’ Mason. Not pictured: Chris Norman, Sam Rosten.<\/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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The 2007 HSC Ethics Bowl Team, hard at work! (Left to right):\u00a0<\/em>Kyle Martin, Brennan Breeland, Spencer Mobley, and Everett Gardner.\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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