Winners of MSA Speech Competitions

MSA has sponsored 2 speech competitions in the past couple of months. The winners of each of these competitions will now go on to state level and compete against peers from numerous schools.
Poetry Outloud winner: Noah Taylor
English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Competition: Keri Betters
We’re proud of all the students who participated in the competitions [...]

The Importance of Having a Personal Philosophy

Did you know that philosophers rule the world?
Really, they do. (However, the poor things usually don’t get to experience their reign because their philosophies catch on 10 years after they die.)
Every day, you are influenced by what philosophers have philosophized into place for you.
1) How did your doctor tell you about the virus you have? [...]

Starting (and Coming from) Traditions

On Monday, the new semester begins for us college people. Starting a new semester here in the new year. I’ll begin by teaching my students about Descartes, who thought of himself as starting philosophy over. Things were going to be new and different and better, Descartes hoped.
And things definitely were different because of Descartes. Philosophers [...]