Philosophers have been inspiring us and teaching us critical thinking skills for centuries; now Southwest Minnesota State University is bringing the philosophers to you with the third annual Student Philosophers Conference. It will be held March 30, 1:15 p.m.-4 p.m. in the Conference Center lower ballroom. Student papers will be presented before the key-note at 3 p.m. It is free and open to the public
Three students were chosen to present their papers after open submissions across the student body. Senior Joshua Straub will be presenting a paper on the benefits of multiplayer online video games in the disabled community. Sophomore Tanner Barrington’s paper titled “Machevellian Love and Fear” challenges the idea that ruling with fear is more effective than ruling with love. Junior Theresa Klingbile’s paper explores the similarities between the Communist Manifesto and the Occupy Wall Street protests.
The keynote will be given by Emily Esch. Her talk is titled “Knowing Thyself,” and examines the relationship between personal self concept and the accuracy of those beliefs. Esch is an associate professor at St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn.
3rd Annual Student Philosophers Conference
Hannah Kiges, Staff Writer
March 21, 2012
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Hannah Kiges, Variety Editor
Hannah Kiges is a Creative Writing major and Speech Communications minor at Southwest Minnesota State University. She hails from Hastings, Minnesota near the Twin Cities but now resides in Marshall. Hannah joined the newspaper in fall semester of 2011 as a writer and took on an editorial position at the end of the semester. One day Hannah hopes to write TV and movies and follow in the steps of her hero Joss Whedon.
